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Tungsten Trioxide as a Visible Light Photocatalyst for Volatile Organic Carbon Removal

Tungsten trioxide (WO(3)) has been demonstrated to possess visible light photoactivity and presents a means of overcoming the UV-light dependence of photocatalysts, such as titanium dioxide. In this study, WO(3) nanostructures have been synthesised by a hydrothermal method using sodium tungstate (Na...

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Autores principales: Wicaksana, Yossy, Liu, Sanly, Scott, Jason, Amal, Rose
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6271203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25365299
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules191117747
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description Tungsten trioxide (WO(3)) has been demonstrated to possess visible light photoactivity and presents a means of overcoming the UV-light dependence of photocatalysts, such as titanium dioxide. In this study, WO(3) nanostructures have been synthesised by a hydrothermal method using sodium tungstate (Na(2)WO(4)·2H(2)O), sulphate precursors and pH as structure-directing agents and parameters, respectively. By altering the concentration of the sulphate precursors and pH, it was shown that different morphologies and phases of WO(3) can be achieved. The effect of the morphology of the final WO(3) product on the visible light photoactivity of ethylene degradation in the gas phase was investigated. In addition, platinum (Pt) was photodeposited on the WO(3) structures with various morphologies to enhance the photocatalytic properties. It was found that the photocatalytic properties of the WO(3) samples greatly depend on their morphology, chemical composition and surface modification. WO(3) with a cuboid morphology exhibited the highest visible light photoactivity compared to other morphologies, while adding Pt to the surface improved the performance of certain WO(3) structures.
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spelling pubmed-62712032019-01-07 Tungsten Trioxide as a Visible Light Photocatalyst for Volatile Organic Carbon Removal Wicaksana, Yossy Liu, Sanly Scott, Jason Amal, Rose Molecules Article Tungsten trioxide (WO(3)) has been demonstrated to possess visible light photoactivity and presents a means of overcoming the UV-light dependence of photocatalysts, such as titanium dioxide. In this study, WO(3) nanostructures have been synthesised by a hydrothermal method using sodium tungstate (Na(2)WO(4)·2H(2)O), sulphate precursors and pH as structure-directing agents and parameters, respectively. By altering the concentration of the sulphate precursors and pH, it was shown that different morphologies and phases of WO(3) can be achieved. The effect of the morphology of the final WO(3) product on the visible light photoactivity of ethylene degradation in the gas phase was investigated. In addition, platinum (Pt) was photodeposited on the WO(3) structures with various morphologies to enhance the photocatalytic properties. It was found that the photocatalytic properties of the WO(3) samples greatly depend on their morphology, chemical composition and surface modification. WO(3) with a cuboid morphology exhibited the highest visible light photoactivity compared to other morphologies, while adding Pt to the surface improved the performance of certain WO(3) structures. MDPI 2014-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC6271203/ /pubmed/25365299 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules191117747 Text en © 2014 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6271203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25365299
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules191117747
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