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Synthesis of tungsten oxide as visible light-driven photocatalyst for removal of salicylic acid

Yuliati, Leny and Maisarah, Mazalan and O. Lintang, Hendrik (2011) Synthesis of tungsten oxide as visible light-driven photocatalyst for removal of salicylic acid. Journal of Fundamental Sciences, 7 (1). pp. 62-66. ISSN 2289-5981

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Official URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.11113/mjfas.v7n1.221

Abstract

In the present study, tungsten oxide (WO3) was prepared using mesoporous carbon nitride (m-C3N4) as a template. Based on the results obtained from X-ray diffraction (XRD) and diffuse reflectance (DR) UV-Visible spectroscopy, it was confirmed that WO3 can be successfully prepared at all investigated calcination temperatures, even at low temperature of 200°C. It was found that the WO3 prepared at 700°C using m-C3N4 showed higher photocatalytic activity than the WO3 commercial for salicylic acid removal under visible light irradiation. With the optimum loading amount of platinum as cocatalyst, 80.6% of salicylic acid removal was obtained on the prepared WO3. It was suggested that the small particle size and the high crystallinity of the prepared WO3 played important role in giving high photocatalytic activity.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:WO3, m-C3N4, photocatalyst, visible light, salicylic acid
Subjects:Q Science
Divisions:Science
ID Code:39937
Deposited By: Fazli Masari
Deposited On:21 Jul 2014 05:20
Last Modified:05 Mar 2019 01:33

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