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Synthesis of WO3−x nanomaterials with controlled morphology and composition for highly efficient photocatalysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

Zhenguang Shen ,
Zengying Zhao ,
Jingwen Qian ,
Zhijian Peng  and
Xiuli Fu
Zhenguang Shen
Affiliation:
School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China; and State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, and School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, People's Republic of China
Zengying Zhao
Affiliation:
School of Science, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China
Jingwen Qian
Affiliation:
School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China; and State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, and School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, People's Republic of China
Zhijian Peng*
Affiliation:
School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China
Xiuli Fu*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, and School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, People's Republic of China
*
a) Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: pengzhijian@cugb.edu.cn
b) e-mail: xiulifu@bupt.edu.cn
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Abstract

Tungsten oxide (WO3−x) nanomaterials with controlled morphology and composition were fabricated by thermal evaporation of WO3 and S powders at different temperatures in a vacuum tube furnace. At 850 °C the obtained green particle is still of the same monoclinic WO3 phase as that of the starting powder. At a temperature between 900 and 1100 °C, the resultant dark-blue products are particle-like clusters composed of numerous monoclinic WO2.90 short nanorods, but the clusters became looser and the nanorods grew somewhat longer as the temperature increased. At a temperature between 1150 and 1250 °C, elongated and thoroughly separate purple-red monoclinic W18O49 nanorods were obtained. The growth of the prepared WO3−x nanomaterials was controlled by a gas–solid mechanism. Their photocatalytic degradation on organic contaminants was evaluated by decomposing methylene blue (MB) in aqueous phase under sunlight, in which WO3 particles presented higher photocatalytic activity than its oxygen-deficient counterparts, WO2.90 and W18O49. But the W18O49 nanorods had higher adsorption ability to MB in all the samples.

Keywords

nanostructurechemical vapor deposition (chemical reaction)crystal growth
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 31 , Issue 8 , 28 April 2016 , pp. 1065 - 1076
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2016 

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