Monoclinic
Ag<sub>2</sub>Mo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> Nanowire: A New Ag–Mo–O
Nanophotocatalyst Material
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Abstract
We report a template-free facile
technique that allows for the first ever synthesis of a <i>monoclinic</i> Ag<sub>2</sub>Mo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> nanowire (m-Ag<sub>2</sub>Mo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>-NW), using a commercially available MoO<sub>3</sub> particle. The nanowire possessed high crystallinity and structural
homogeneity and strongly suggested that the nanowire was grown through
an oriented aggregation mechanism in contrast to the case of a typical
solution-phase method. The corresponding bulky counterpart showed
no photoresponse; however, a complete structural transformation toward
a nanowire triggered activity for O<sub>2</sub> evolution in the presence
of Ag<sup>+</sup> as an electron acceptor under visible-light irradiation