Evaluation of two processing routes for the synthesis of molybdenum oxide with cobalt addition

Molybdenum oxides are very interesting technologic materials, which present several industrial uses. The addition of a second metal may enhance its catalytic properties as well as change electronic behavior. Several methodologies for adding a second metal can be found in the literature, however, the...

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Autor: Araújo, Camilla Pacelly Brandão
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UFRN
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufrn.br:123456789/31163
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/31163
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Solid-state
Doping
Molybdenum oxide
Wet impregnation
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Sumario:Molybdenum oxides are very interesting technologic materials, which present several industrial uses. The addition of a second metal may enhance its catalytic properties as well as change electronic behavior. Several methodologies for adding a second metal can be found in the literature, however, the comparison between them is hardly ever found. Here two processing routes were tested for the synthesis of molybdenum oxide with cobalt addition: solid-state and wet routes. Ammonium molybdate and cobalt nitrate were used as starting materials and cobalt addition was carried out before calcination. Starting materials were characterized by SEM, FTIR, XRF, and XRD. Calcination products were evaluated by SEM, XRF, XRD and UV-vis spectroscopy. Calcined products whose doping was performed via solid-state presented smaller crystal size (~25 nm), larger cobalt retention (deviation, δ ~10%) and slightly smaller band gap in comparison to those doped via the wet route (~40 nm and δ>11%)