Facile synthesis of hierarchical double-shell WO3 microspheres with enhanced photocatalytic activity

作者:Wang, Zhenfeng; Chu, Deqing*; Wang, Limin*; Wang, Lipeng; Hu, Wenhui; Chen, Xiangyu; Yang, Huifang; Sun, Jingjing
来源:Applied Surface Science, 2017, 396: 492-496.
DOI:10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.10.181

摘要

Hierarchical double-shell WO3 microspheres (HDS-WO3) have been successfully obtained through the thermal decomposition of WO3.H2O formed by metal salts as the templates. The products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), and the morphology was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In addition, the HDS-WO3 microspheres were analyzed by the Thermogravimetric (TG) and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis. The synthetic mechanism of the products with hierarchical structures was proposed. The obtained HDS-WO3 exhibits excellent photocatalytic efficiency (84.9%), which is much higher than other WO3 sample under visible light illumination.