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Synthesis of W17O47 nanothick plates with preferred orientation and their photocatalytic activity

Azimirad, R ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1002/sia.3730
  3. Abstract:
  4. A simple method for synthesis of W17O47 nanothick plates by annealing sol-gel-deposited tungsten oxide thin films on soda lime substrate has been reported. After heat treatment of the dried thin films at 700 °C in N2 ambient for 60 min, W17O47 nanothick plates with [100] orientation were obtained. The synthesized product was characterized and analyzed by, X-ray diffraction (XRD), SEM, XPS and ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometery. According to SEM observations, nanothick plates grew with random orientations on the surface. In addition, it was observed that some of the nanothick plates were constituted from several nanosheets. XRD analysis determined that the nanothick plates were mainly composed of monoclinic W17O47 phase with strong (500) diffraction peak and about 50 nm average crystalline size. Basing on XPS analysis, the surface composition of the nanothick plates was determined WO 2.78. It was found that the 60 min annealed sample has the maximum number of nanothick plates per unit area over the surface as compared to the samples annealed for 15, 45 and 80 min. In addition, the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue over this sample exhibited the highest photoactivity rate. A mechanism for photocatalytic activity of the W 17O47 nanothick plates was also proposed
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  6. Characterization ; Nanostructures ; Photocatalyst ; Tungsten oxide ; [100] orientation ; After-heat treatment ; Annealed samples ; Average crystalline size ; Diffraction peaks ; Methylene Blue ; Per unit ; Photo catalytic degradation ; Photoactivity ; Photocatalytic activities ; Preferred orientations ; Random orientations ; SEM observation ; SIMPLE method ; Soda lime ; Tungsten oxide thin films ; XPS analysis ; XRD analysis ; Annealing ; Diffraction ; Oxide films ; Oxides ; Photocatalysis ; Photodegradation ; Thin films ; Tungsten ; Tungsten compounds ; X ray diffraction ; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy ; Photocatalysts
  7. Source: Surface and Interface Analysis ; Volume 43, Issue 11 , 2011 , Pages 1397-1402 ; 01422421 (ISSN)
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