Molybdenum oxide Nanocubes: Synthesis and characterizations

摘要

Molybdenum oxide nanoparticles were prepared by Solid state synthesis. The MoO_3 nanoparticles were synthesized by using commercially available ammonium heptamolybdate. The XRD pattern reveals that the synthesized MoO_3 has orthorhombic structure. In addition, lattice parameter values were also calculated using XRD data. The Raman analysis confirm the presence of Mo-O in MoO_3 nanoparticles. DRS-UV analysis shows that MoO_3 has a band gap of 2.89 eV. FE-SEM analysis confirms the material morphology in cubes with nano scale.