Investigating the preparation of Cu3Mo2O9 as a photocatalyst

The structural formation of copper molybdate was investigated using a surfactant added during the preparation. calcined materials were confirmed by XRD to be Cu3Mo2O9 and absorbance band-gap calculated ca. 2 eV. addition resulted in platelet morphology, contrast agglomerated particles standard Photocatalytic degradation over catalysts with indigo carmine. able degrade dye under irradiated conditions. However, catalyst prepared not as active, although, surface decoration Cu species greatly reduced.