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Enhanced photocatalytic activity of amorphous MoO3 thin films deposited by RF reactive magnetron sputtering



Pérez González, Mario

2018

M. Ponce-Mosso, M. Pérez-González*, P.E. García-Tinoco, H. Crotte-Ledesma, M. Morales-Luna, S.A. Tomás, Enhanced photocatalytic activity of amorphous MoO3 thin films deposited by RF reactive magnetron sputtering, Catalysis Today (2018), En Prensa, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2018.04.065


Abstract


The photocatalytic activity of molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) thin films was studied. The MoO3 thin films were deposited on Corning glass substrates by radio frequency reactive magnetron sputtering using a metallic Mo target. The dependence of the physical properties of the metal oxides on the sputtering power and working pressure was investigated. X-ray diffraction patterns of the films revealed the formation of amorphous structures. From optical absorption spectra, the band-gap energy was obtained in the range 2.8?3.0 eV for most compounds, while this parameter decreased down to 1.64 eV for samples deposited at 4.5?mTorr and 80?W. X-ray photoelectron spectra disclosed signals associated with the Mo6+, Mo5+, and Mo4+ oxidation states, which correspond to MoO3 and other substoichiometric molybdenum oxides. The photodegradation of a methylene blue (MB) aqueous solution was chosen to evaluate the photocatalytic performance of the thin films. There was found a dependence of the photocatalytic activity on the working pressure, with the samples deposited at 8.0 mTorr and 40?W displaying the highest MB removal.



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