Facile Water-Based Strategy for Synthesizing MoO_3-x Nanosheets: Efficient Visible Light Photocatalysts for Dye Degradation.

ABSTRACT: Nanostructured molybdenum oxides are promising materials for energy storage, catalysis, and electronic-based applications. Herein, we report the synthesis of MoO_3-x nanosheets (x stands for oxygen vacancy) via an environmentally friendly liquid exfoliation approach. The process involves the reflux of the bulk α-MoO₃ precursor in water at 80 °C for 7 days. Electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy show that the MoO_3-x nanosheets are a few nanometer thick. MoO_3-x nanosheets exhibit near infrared plasmonic property that can be enhanced by visible light irradiation for a short time (10 min). Photocatalytic activity of MoO_3-x nanosheets for organic dye decolorization is examined using two different d

SUBMITTER: Etman AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6641438 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature