Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of Dy-doped MoO<inf>3</inf> nanobelts for using as a visible-light-driven photocatalyst

• Main Authors: Anukorn Phuruangrat, Suchada Thipkonglas, Titipun Thongtem, Somchai Thongtem
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Materials Science; Agricultural and Biological Sciences
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85013903461&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/46847
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Dy-doped MoO 3 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, MoO 3 and Dy-doped MoO 3 were specified as orthorhombic MoO 3 nanobelts with their growth along the [0 0 1] direction. Photocatalytic activity of Dy-doped MoO 3 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 MoO 3 nanobelts, while 97.76% of MB was obviously degraded in the solution containing 3 mol% Dy-doped MoO 3 .