Fabrication and photocatalytic properties of self-assembled in(OH) 3 and In2O3 nano/micro-cubes

M. Muruganandham; Mika E.T. Sillanpää; Rominder P.S. Suri; Gang Juan Lee; J. J. Wu; Bashir Ahmad; Yasushige Kuroda

doi:10.1166/jnn.2013.7143

Fabrication and photocatalytic properties of self-assembled in(OH) ₃ and In₂O₃ nano/micro-cubes

M. Muruganandham, Mika E.T. Sillanpää, Rominder P.S. Suri, Gang Juan Lee, J. J. Wu, Bashir Ahmad, Yasushige Kuroda

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Abstract

This article reports a novel fabrication method for In(OH)₃ from indium oxalate by hydrothermal process. Hydrothermal decomposition of indium oxalate at 180 °C for 10 h results in In(OH)₃. The influence of hydrothermal experimental conditions such as temperature, time on the formation of indium hydroxide was investigated. The self-assembly process was strongly influenced the experimental conditions. The thermal decomposition of In(OH) ₃ at 400 °C results In₂O₃. The synthesized In(OH)₃ and In₂O₃ were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), thermal analysis (TGA and DTA), diffuse reflectance spectra (DRS), and nitrogen adsorption analysis. The XRD patterns indicated the formation of well crystallized cubic phase In(OH)₃ and In₂O₃. The FE-SEM results indicated formation of In(OH)₃ and porous In₂O₃ nano/micro-cubes. The photocatalytic activity of the synthesized In(OH) ₃ was studied under UV light irradiation and results showed that the In(OH)₃ photocatalyst was efficient for dye degradation. We proposed a plausible mechanism for the formation of In(OH)₃, and In ₂O₃ self-assembly.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1639-1648
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Volume	13
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2013.7143
Publication status	Published - Mar 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Hydrothermal decomposition
In(OH)
InO
Indium Oxalate
Self-assembly

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Bioengineering
General Chemistry
Biomedical Engineering
General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics

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