Journal
NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGEROPEN
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-1070-5
Keywords
Gallium oxides; Nanostructures; Chemical synthesis; Photocatalytic properties
Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korea government (MSIP) [2015 023255]
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Gallium oxide (Ga2O3) nanorods were facilely prepared by a simple hydrothermal synthesis, and their morphology and photocatalytic property were studied. The gallium oxide hydroxide (GaOOH) nanorods were formed in aqueous growth solution containing gallium nitrate and ammonium hydroxide at 95 degrees C of growth temperature. Through the calcination treatment at 500 and 1000 degrees C for 3 h, the GaOOH nanorods were converted into single crystalline alpha-Ga2O3 and beta-Ga2O3 phases. From X-ray diffraction analysis, it could be confirmed that a high crystalline quality of beta-Ga2O3 nanorods was achieved by calcinating at 1000 degrees C. The thermal behavior of the Ga2O3 nanorods was also investigated by differential thermal analysis, and their vibrational bands were identified by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. In order to examine the photocatalytic activity of samples, the photodegradation of Rhodamine B solution was observed under UV light irradiation. As a result, the alpha-Ga2O3 and beta-Ga2O3 nanorods exhibited high photodegeneration efficiencies of 62 and 79 %, respectively, for 180 min of UV irradiation time.
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