Investigating the preparation of Cu3Mo2O9 as a photocatalyst

Dummer, Nicholas F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0946-6304, Sodiq-Ajala, Zeenat, Morgan, David J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6571-5731 and Davies, Thomas E. 2022. Investigating the preparation of Cu3Mo2O9 as a photocatalyst. Catalysis Communications 163 , 106414. 10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106414

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Abstract

The structural formation of copper molybdate was investigated using a surfactant added during the preparation. The calcined materials were confirmed by XRD to be Cu3Mo2O9 and the absorbance band-gap was calculated to be ca. 2 eV. The addition of surfactant resulted in a platelet morphology, in contrast to the agglomerated particles of the standard preparation. Photocatalytic degradation over the catalysts was investigated with indigo carmine. The Cu3Mo2O9 catalysts were able to degrade the dye under irradiated conditions. However, the catalyst prepared with surfactant were not as active, although, surface decoration by Cu species was greatly reduced.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Chemistry Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI)
Additional Information:	This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	1566-7367
Funders:	Max Planck Cardiff Centre and Cardiff University
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	21 February 2022
Date of Acceptance:	24 January 2022
Last Modified:	17 Aug 2023 07:56
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/147710

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