Issue 11, 2010
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CrystEngComm

Single-crystalline orthorhombic molybdenum oxide nanobelts: synthesis and photocatalytic properties†

Yuping Chen,a   Chunliang Lu,a   Lin Xu,a   Ying Ma,a   Wenhua Hou*a  and  Jun-Jie Zhu*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE and Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P. R. China
E-mail: whou@nju.edu.cn, jjzhu@nju.edu.cn

Abstract

Single crystalline MoO3 nanobelts with width of 200–300 nm and the length up to several tens of micrometres were prepared by a facile hydrothermal method and characterized. Based on time- and temperature-dependent experiments, a solid–solution–solid transformation mechanism was proposed for the formation of crystalline MoO3 nanobelts. The as-prepared MoO3 nanobelts were used as a photocatalyst to degrade methylene blue (MB) under visible light irradiation and demonstrated a dramatic activity, indicating that the as-prepared MoO3 nanobelts were promising candidates for the photodegradation of organic dyes. A self-sensitization photocatalytic mechanism was suggested based on the experimental results.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C000744G
Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Jan 2010
Accepted
11 May 2010
First published
12 Jul 2010

CrystEngComm, 2010,12, 3740-3747

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Single-crystalline orthorhombic molybdenum oxide nanobelts: synthesis and photocatalytic properties

Y. Chen, C. Lu, L. Xu, Y. Ma, W. Hou and J. Zhu, CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 3740 DOI: 10.1039/C000744G

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