Novel nano-flowers of Nb2O5 by template free synthesis and enhanced photocatalytic response under visible light

Faryal Idrees; Chuanbao Cao; R. Ahmed; Faheem K. Butt; Sajid Butt; Muhammad Tahir; M. Tanveer; Imran Aslam; Zulfiqar Ali

doi:10.1166/sam.2015.2044

Novel nano-flowers of Nb₂O₅ by template free synthesis and enhanced photocatalytic response under visible light

Faryal Idrees
, Chuanbao Cao^*
, R. Ahmed
, Faheem K. Butt
, Sajid Butt
, Muhammad Tahir
, M. Tanveer
, Imran Aslam
, Zulfiqar Ali

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Niobium pentoxide (Nb₂O₅) has attracted considerable interest owing to its potential applications. A facile surfactant and template free hydrothermal method has been adopted to synthesize novel nanoflowers of Nb₂O₅. The incomplete oxidation process was completed by annealing in air at 400°C for 1 h. The initial band gap value varied from 3.1 eV to 2.9 eV with a red shift of 27.5 nm. Time dependent experiments were performed to understand growth mechanism. RhB under visible light was degraded by using Nb₂O₅ nanoflowers before and after annealing. The photdegradation constant k: 0.89 h_-1 and 2.62 h_-1 were calculated, respectively. The rate constant of Nb₂O₅ nanoflowers after annealing was found larger than commercial Nb₂O₅, Commercial TiO₂ Degussa P25, HTiNbO₅, N-TiO₂, SnNb₂O₆ nanosheets, Bi₃NbO₇ nanocomposites and C, N-codoped InOOH microspheres.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1298-1303
Number of pages	6
Journal	Science of Advanced Materials
Volume	7
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1166/sam.2015.2044
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Hydrothermal
Nanoflowers
Optical properties
Photocatalysis
Semiconductor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Materials Science

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