Synthesis of Bi<inf>2</inf>MoO<inf>6</inf> nanoplates with the assistance of PEG by hydrothermal method and their photocatalytic activities

Abstract

Bi2MoO6 nanoplates have been successfully synthesized via a simple hydrothermal method using polyethylene glycol (PEG) with M.W. of 20, 000 as surfactant. The assynthesized products have been characterized by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. In this research, the results show that the as-synthesized products were orthorhombic Bi2MoO6 phase. The photocatalytic activity was tested using tetraethylated rhodamine B (RhB) degradation under UV visible light. The photocatalytic activity of Bi2MoO6 nanoplates was determined to be 95.02 % RhB degradation within 100 min irradiation time.