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FeVO4 nanobelts: controllable synthesis by electrospinning and visible-light photocatalytic properties

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In the present work, one-dimensional FeVO4 nanobelts with the width of about 400 nm have been successfully prepared by a simple electrospinning process followed by the subsequent calcination process. The prepared products are characterized by thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetric, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectra, scanning electron microscopy, UV-vis absorbance spectroscopy, nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms and total organic carbon. The results indicated that the as-prepared FeVO4 nanobelts belonging to the triclinic crystal system presented the one-dimensional belts structure. In addition, the morphologies, crystallite size and surface area of FeVO4 nanobelts were distinctly affected by the calcination temperature. And the FeVO4 nanobelts calcined at 600 °C for 2 h owned an excellent photocatalytic properties for the degradation of rhodamine B solution under the visible light irradiation.

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Schematic representation of electrospinning process and morphology evolution of FeVO4 nanobelts during calcination process.

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Acknowledgment

This work was supported by Project of Independent Innovation of University Institute of Jinan (Grant No. 201311034), Science and Technology Development Plan Project of Shandong Province (2014GGX102039) and Project of Shandong Province Higher Educational Science and Technology Program (Grant no. J14LA01).

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    Zhendong Liu, Qifang Lu, Mingzhi Wei & Enyan Guo

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Liu, Z., Lu, Q., Wei, M. et al. FeVO4 nanobelts: controllable synthesis by electrospinning and visible-light photocatalytic properties. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 82, 67–74 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-016-4271-1

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