Morphology evolution and quantitative analysis of β-MoO 3 and α-MoO 3
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Abstract The morphology evolution from monoclinic molybdenum trioxide (β-MoO 3 ) to orthorhombic molybdenum trioxide (α-MoO 3 ) and quantitative analyses of their mixtures were examined. It was found that the morphology (from spherical to elliptical shape) and color (from green to white) displayed obvious changes when β-MoO 3 converted to α-MoO 3 in ambient air at 773 K. The transformation from β-MoO 3 to α-MoO 3 resulted from a change of the internal crystalline structure. The mass percent of β-MoO 3 in MoO 3 mixtures showed an excellent linear relationship with the relative intensity ratio of the strongest peaks in X-ray diffraction patterns. This approach provides a simple and time-saving method to evaluate the amount of β-MoO 3 , which is a promising material in catalyst and electrochemical applications, in such mixtures. This finding may provide guidance for the analysis of catalytic performance of MoO 3 mixtures. In addition, it was found that β-MoO 3 can be easily decomposed into suboxides such as MoO 2 and Mo 4 O 11 in pure argon gas atmosphere. The possible decomposition mechanism of β-MoO 3 is discussed.
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OpenAlex topics: Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials · Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions · Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications
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The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Wuhan University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , 430081 , Hubei , China
Key Laboratory for Ferrous Metallurgy and Resources Utilization of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , 430081 , Hubei , China
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Beijing , Beijing , 100083 , China
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