Fabrication of 1D Nanometer Tungsten Trioxide under Different Solvent System

Abstract:

As a cheap and stable transition metal oxide, tungsten trioxide (WO₃) has received extensive attentions due to superior physical and chemical properties that could be used in electronic devices, lithium-ion batteries, gas sensors, dye sensitized solar cells, catalysts. In this study, the well-designed 1D architecture of nanowires and nanorods was successfully synthesized via a simple and facile solvethermal method with no template or additives. It is found that both solvent type and concentration of W raw material can affect the size and morphology of WO₃ significantly in a regular way. Different products showed distinct photocatalytic activities during the processing of degradation methylene blue under visible light, and the underlying reasons for the different photocatalytic activities were discussed.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 944)
• Pages: 1144-1151
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.944.1144
• Online since: January 2019
• Authors: Lin Yan Zhao, Yue Gang Shen, You Shu Fan, Li Wen Ma, Xiao Li Xi*
• Keywords: Nanometer, Photpcatalytic, Solvethermal, Tungsten Trioxide

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