“…Up to now, various morphologies of YVO 4 with different sizes, such as nano/micro-crystals, 3,4 polyhedral micron crystals, 5 nanoparticles, 6 nano/micro-spheres, 7,8 nano/microbelts, 5,9 nanofibers, 9 mesoporous structures, 10 nanowires, 11 nanoplates, 12 microhamburgers, 13 potato-cakes, 13 thin films, 14 core-shell structures, 15 nano/micro-composites, [16][17][18][19] and spindle-, 20 rock-, 21 lichee-, 13 olive-, 22 cereal-, 23 flower-and rodlike 24 shapes have been synthesized according to the different approaches.…”