Keggin type of cesium phosphomolybdate synthesized via solid-state reaction as an efficient catalyst for the photodegradation of a dye pollutant in aqueous phase
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2016
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Ghalebi, H.R.
Aber, S.
Karimi, A.
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Molecular Catalysis, 2016; 415:96-103
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Here the potential use of cesium phosphomolybdate salt as a photocatalyst for the photodegradation of dye pollutants was studied. Polyoxometalates salts, having Keggin structure with large cations like Cs+, are porous materials. Cs₃PMo₁₂O₄₀ salt was prepared by solid-state method with a much higher surface area than the original Keggin-type heteropolyacids (H₃PMo₁₂2O₄₀). The morphological and structural studies of synthesized nanoclusters were carried out using field emission scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, energy dispersive analysis by X-ray and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller.
UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy determined the absorption edge and band gap energies of the prepared salt as a direct semiconductor. The optical energy gap was calculated equal to 2.35 eV. The cesium phosphomolybdate nanocluster exhibited high photodegradation ability for basic red 46 (BR46) under the simulated sunlight. The trapping experiments indicated that the photogenerated hydroxyl radicals and holes were the main responsible for the BR46 photodegradation. The presence of H₂O₂ significantly improved the photocatalytic activity of cesium phosphomolybdate. The Cs₃PMo₁₂2O₄₀ catalyst was very stable and easily separated from the reaction media for reuse.
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Data source: Supplementary data, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2016.01.031
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