Photoinhibitive Properties of α-MoO₃ on Its Composites with TiO₂, ZnO, BiOI, AgBr, and Cu₂O.

ABSTRACT: Orthorhombic molybdenum trioxide (α-MoO₃) is well known as a photocatalyst, adsorbent, and inhibitor during methyl orange photocatalytic degradation via TiO₂. Therefore, besides the latter, other active photocatalysts, such as AgBr, ZnO, BiOI, and Cu₂O, were assessed via the degradation of methyl orange and phenol in the presence of α-MoO₃ using UV-A- and visible-light irradiation. Even though α-MoO₃ could be used as a visible-light-driven photocatalyst, our results demonstrated that its presence in the reaction medium strongly inhibits the photocatalytic activity of TiO₂, BiOI, Cu₂O, and ZnO, while only the activity AgBr is not affected. Therefore, α-MoO₃ might be an effective and stable inhibitor for

SUBMITTER: Kedves EZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10223306 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature