Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of Dy-doped MoO3 nanobelts for using as a visible-light-driven photocatalyst

作者：Phuruangrat Anukorn^*; Thipkonglas Suchada; Thongtem Titipun^*; Thongtem Somchai

来源：Materials Letters, 2017, 195: 37-40.

DOI：10.1016/j.matlet.2017.02.053

• Dy-doped MoO3
• Hydrothermal method
• Photocatalyst

Dy-doped MoO3 nanobelts were synthesized by hydrothermal method. The phase, morphology and vibration modes of the samples were analyzed by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry and Raman spectroscopy. In this research, MoO3 and Dy-doped MoO3 were specified as orthorhombic MoO3 nanobelts with their growth along the [001] direction. Photocatalytic activity of Dy-doped MoO3 nanobelts was investigated by photodegradation of methylene blue (MB) under visible radiation. It was found that 77.34% of MB was degraded in the solution containing pure MoO3 nanobelts, while 97.76% of MB was obviously degraded in the solution containing 3 mol% Dydoped MoO3.

• 出版日期2017-5-15