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The Growth Process and Photocatalytic Properties of h-MoO3 and α-MoO3 under Different Conditions

Journal

CRYSTALS
Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cryst13040603

Keywords

alpha-MoO3; band gap; h-MoO3; microwave hydrothermal method; photocatalytic activity

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In this experiment, the effects of different reactions on the growth process and morphology of h-MoO3 and a-MoO3 were investigated. The optical properties and photocatalytic activities were also studied. The results showed that the morphology of h-MoO3 was influenced by the amount of ammonium molybdate tetrahydrate (AHM), the type of acid, the reaction temperature, and the holding time. The samples produced by the microwave hydrothermal method had sharp diffraction peaks and high crystallinity. The spherical sample A11 showed excellent adsorption and photocatalytic activity.
In this experiment, we investigated the effects of different reactions on the growth process and morphology of h-MoO3 and a-MoO3, and their optical properties and photocatalytic activities were also investigated. Orthogonal experiments were designed to investigate the effects of four influencing factors, namely the amount of ammonium molybdate tetrahydrate (AHM), the type of acid, the reaction temperature and the holding time, on the morphology of h-MoO3 by a microwave hydrothermal method. The phase and morphology were analyzed by using advanced physicochemical techniques. The XRD results showed that the samples produced by the microwave hydrothermal method had sharp diffraction peaks, high crystallinity and complete crystalline shape. AHM generates h-MoO3 in both hydrochloric and nitric acid environments. In particular, when the temperature rises to 200 ?, the generated h-MoO3 will be converted to a-MoO3 in a nitric acid environment, which will be generated in a sulfuric acid environment. Therefore, increasing the reaction temperature will result in the conversion of h-MoO3 to a-MoO3 in sulfuric acid solution. SEM results show that the sample prepared from hydrochloric acid solution has a complete hexagonal prism morphology, while the sample prepared from sulfuric acid solution presents a long fibrous morphology, and the sample prepared from nitric acid solution has many defects on the surface of the hexagonal prism morphology. Interestingly, sample A11 prepared in nitric acid solution showed a spherical structure. Since the generated A3, A6 and A9 samples are all stable phase a-MoO3, they have a wider band gap compared with other samples. Their particle size is up to the nanometer scale, so they have strong adsorption properties. The spherical sample A11 has excellent adsorption and photocatalytic activity.

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