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Jing Zhou, Dan-dan Nie, Xian-bo Jin, and Wei Xiao, Controllable nitridation of Ta2O5 in molten salts for enhanced photocatalysis, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 27(2020), No. 12, pp. 1703-1710. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-020-2050-z
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Pyrolysis of the Ta2O5/melamine mixture in molten chlorides is herein demonstrated as a facile and controllable method to nitridize and functionalize Ta2O5. The influence of the stoichiometry and composition of Ta2O5/melamine in molten salts on the nitridation process is rationalized to ensure the controllable preparation of Ta3N5 and Ta3N5/TaON. The characterization results, including scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, elemental mapping, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and photoluminescence spectroscopy, all confirm the existence of the Ta3N5/TaON heterojunction, in which the TaON nanoparticles are closely anchored to the Ta3N5 nanorods. Benefiting from its composition and structure, the Ta3N5/TaON composites show enhanced photocatalytic activity for the degradation of methylene blue. The present study highlights that the molten salt method using a solid nitrogen source can be a new technique for rationalizing the design of nitrides and oxynitrides.
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