title: The Facile Hydrothermal Preparation of Orthorhombic WO3 With (001) Facet and Its Photocatalytic Performance.
abstract: The orthorhombic WO3 nanoplates with (001) facet were fabricated via a facile hydrothermal process, using HBF4 as the acid source. The products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and UV-vis diffused reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), respectively. It indicated that the obtained product was orthorhombic WO3 (JCPDS No. 20-1324). And the energy gap was estimated to be 2.52 eV by the intersection point of the tangent of the absorption edge and the baseline. It was affirmed that WO3 crystalline grew along the (001) direction, indicating the product was exposed with (001) facet. The photocatalytic activity of (001) WO3 nanoplates was investigated on the degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB). It demonstrated that photocatalysts exhibited obvious photocatalytic performance under visible light irradiation. The degradation rate of RhB with the typical product reached 95% after being irradiated for 5 h. It indicated that the photocatalytic efficiency of WO3 could be improved by controlling the crystal growth and its morphology.
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Jinbiao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dou
authors.forename: Fenfen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hongtao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Guangjun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu