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Asian Journal of Chemistry, 2016
The C60 nanowhiskers prepared by the liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation method were characte... more The C60 nanowhiskers prepared by the liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation method were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, UV-visible spectrophotometry and Raman spectrophotometry. Niobium pentoxide nanoparticles were prepared using niobium(V) chloride as a precursor and pluronic F108NF as a templating agent. The C60 nanowhisker-Nb2O5 nanocomposites were heated in an electric furnace at 700 °C under an inert argon gas atmosphere for 2 h. The crystallinity, morphology and photocatalytic degradation activity of the Nb2O5 nanoparticles and C60 nanowhisker-Nb2O5 nanocomposites were confirmed by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and UV-visible spectrophotometry. The Nb2O5 nanoparticles and C60 nanowhisker-Nb2O5 nanocomposites were examined for their use as a photocatalyst in the photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes such as methylene blue, methyl orange, rhodamine B and brilliant green under ultraviolet light at 254 nm. The kinetics for the photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes with C60 nanowhisker-Nb2O5 nanocomposites were investigated.
Asian Journal of Chemistry, 2016
The C60 nanowhiskers prepared by the liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation method were characte... more The C60 nanowhiskers prepared by the liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation method were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, UV-visible spectrophotometry and Raman spectrophotometry. Niobium pentoxide nanoparticles were prepared using niobium(V) chloride as a precursor and pluronic F108NF as a templating agent. The C60 nanowhisker-Nb2O5 nanocomposites were heated in an electric furnace at 700 °C under an inert argon gas atmosphere for 2 h. The crystallinity, morphology and photocatalytic degradation activity of the Nb2O5 nanoparticles and C60 nanowhisker-Nb2O5 nanocomposites were confirmed by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and UV-visible spectrophotometry. The Nb2O5 nanoparticles and C60 nanowhisker-Nb2O5 nanocomposites were examined for their use as a photocatalyst in the photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes such as methylene blue, methyl orange, rhodamine B and brilliant green under ultraviolet light at 254 nm. The kinetics for the photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes with C60 nanowhisker-Nb2O5 nanocomposites were investigated.