Template-free hydrothermal synthesis of MgWO4 nanoplates and their application as photocatalysts

Jie Meng; Tao Chen; Xiao Wei; Jixue Li; Ze Zhang

doi:10.1039/C8RA06671J

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Template-free hydrothermal synthesis of MgWO₄ nanoplates and their application as photocatalysts†

Jie Meng,

‡^a Tao Chen,

‡^a Xiao Wei,*^a Jixue Li^a and Ze Zhang*^a

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^a Center of Electron Microscopy, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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Abstract

As a semiconductor, MgWO₄ has a potential in photocatalytic applications; however, it has been overlooked in previous studies; in this study, it has been demonstrated that MgWO₄ exhibits the ability to drive photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Compared to nanoparticle structures, MgWO₄ nanoplates show an increased photocatalytic ability due to their higher specific surface area. Moreover, the formation mechanism of MgWO₄ nanoplates has been discussed. An oriented attachment and ripening process is proposed for the formation of the MgWO₄ nanoplates. This study demonstrates that MgWO₄ can be considered a valuable photocatalytic material, and future studies should be focused on how to promote its photocatalytic conversion efficiency.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RA06671J
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 08 Aug 2018
Accepted: 03 Jan 2019
First published: 18 Jan 2019
This article is Open Access

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RSC Adv., 2019,9, 2567-2571

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Template-free hydrothermal synthesis of MgWO₄ nanoplates and their application as photocatalysts

J. Meng, T. Chen, X. Wei, J. Li and Z. Zhang, RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 2567 DOI: 10.1039/C8RA06671J

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