Controlled Morphology of Single-Crystal Molybdenum Trioxide Nanobelts for Photocatalysis

Uniform MoO 3 nanobelts and nanomaterials with various morphology are successfully synthesized via a facile hydrothermal method with nitric acid as additive. The obtained MoO 3 nanomaterials were characterized by means of XRD, SEM, SAED and TEM. In addition, the photocatalytic property of MoO 3 nanomaterials have been studied, showing the excellent photocatalytic property for degradation of rhodamine-B (RhB) under simulated sunlight irradiation (visible light).