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Simple Synthesis of Au-WO3 Nanoparticles with Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance

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Metal oxide semiconductors have been proven to be a very effective photocatalytic material. In this study, Au-WO3 was successfully synthesized through a microwave irradiation-assisted one-pot method. The results demonstrated that the hydration degree of WO3·nH2O could be controlled by Au, and the nanorods could be refined. When the optimum Au modification level was 5.4 wt.%, the specific surface area of WO3·nH2O increased from 36.67 m2 g−1 to 71.72 m2 g−1, indicating that active sites on the catalyst surface were added. The photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) is considered to assess the photocatalytic performance of the Au-WO3 nanoparticles under visible light. The deterioration of the sample increased initially, then decreased as the Au level increased. The photocatalytic degradation capacity was strongest when the Au content was 5.4 wt.%, and the degradation rate was 0.0084 min−1.

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This work was funded by the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (23KJD430007), QingLan Project of Jiangsu Province, National Natural Science Foundation of China (61804069), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2021M702416), and Doctoral Start-up Fund Research supported by Jinling Institute of Technology (jit-b-202026). The authors thank TopEdit (www.topeditsci.com) for its linguistic assistance during the preparation of this manuscript.

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    Yuan Zhao, Kanrui Jiang, Wei Wang, Wenjing Chen, Qiutan Liu & Guowei Zhi

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Zhao, Y., Jiang, K., Wang, W. et al. Simple Synthesis of Au-WO3 Nanoparticles with Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance. J. Electron. Mater. 53, 4250–4260 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-024-11154-1

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