Morphologically controlled synthesis, characterization, and applications of molybdenum oxide (MoO<sub>3</sub>) nanoparticles
Saba Jamil, Ghulam Zahra, Muhammad Ramzan Saeed Ashraf Janjua
Abstract
Abstract Molybdenum nanoparticles are used as additives in alloys for various applications, such as or in corrosive or high‐vacuum environment. Their properties are completely different than the properties in their bulk. Molybdenum nanoparticles were prepared by hydrothermal technique. MoO 3 synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by UV‐visible spectroscopy, SEM, TEM, and XRD. MoO 3 had shown its maximum adsorption at wavelength 560 nm. Surface morphology of synthesized MoO 3 was studied by using SEM, which showed that MoO 3 nanoparticles have shown outgrowth at the edges of strands, while grain size, shape, and distribution was confirmed with TEM, which revealed that the synthesized nanoparticles are fiddle and thin in nature and these particles are made of joint nanosheets. Furthermore, the structure elucidation of synthesized nanoparticles was done by using the XRD calculations, which confirmed that the synthesized particles are MoO 3 without impurities. Moreover, MoO 3 nanoparticles can be used for photocatalytic properties and biological application.