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Photocatalytic properties of single crystalline MoV2O8 nanowires

IMRAN SHAKIR1,* , MUHAMMAD SHAHID1, MANSOOR SARFRAZ1, IFTIKHAR AHMAD2, MOHAMMAD A AL ESHAIKH1

Affiliation

  1. Sustainable Energy Technologies (SET) center, College of Engineering
  2. Center of Excellence for Research in Engineering Materials (CEREM), Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421 - P. O. Box 800, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

In this study, we synthesized high quality single crystalline MoV2O8 nanowires using spin coating technology and subsequent thermal annealing process. Structural investigations showed the successful preparation of 1D nanostructure of MoV2O8 in wires morphology owning average diameter less than 100 nm, and lengths ranging from 1-5 μm. Furthermore, the TEM analysis indetified <001>, the most prominent growth direction of MoV2O8 nanowires. The nanowires have also proven to be a potential photocatalyst for the degradation of toluidine blue O dye under ultraviolet irradiation. Therefore, we expect that MoV2O8 nanowires will be useful as material for future photocatalyst..

Keywords

MoV2O8 nanowires, Photocatalysis.

Citation

IMRAN SHAKIR, MUHAMMAD SHAHID, MANSOOR SARFRAZ, IFTIKHAR AHMAD, MOHAMMAD A AL ESHAIKH, Photocatalytic properties of single crystalline MoV2O8 nanowires, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 8, 11-12, November-December 2014, pp.1068-1071 (2014).

Submitted at: Sept. 25, 2014

Accepted at: Nov. 13, 2014