Various Architectures of Colloidal Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2 and Cu3Mo2O9; Thermal Stability, Photoluminescence and Magnetic Properties of Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2 and Cu3Mo2O9 Nanosheets

TL;DR

This study synthesizes various nanostructures of Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2 and Cu3Mo2O9 using a surfactant-assisted hydrothermal method, examining their stability, luminescence, and magnetic properties with environmentally friendly processes.

Contribution

It introduces a simple, scalable, and eco-friendly synthesis method for high-quality Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2 and Cu3Mo2O9 nanostructures with diverse morphologies and enhanced photoluminescence and magnetic properties.

Findings

Nanostructures with rod, sheet, and hollow sphere morphologies were synthesized.

Both compounds exhibit superparamagnetic behavior at room temperature.

Enhanced red-shifted photoluminescence with high intensity was observed.

Abstract

The lindgrenite compounds [Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2] with various architectures and high crystallinity were prepared by a simple surfactant-assisted hydrothermal method. Then, the Cu3Mo2O9 samples were prepared by calcination of the as-synthesized Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2. The resulting samples have high crystallinity, colloidal properties, high-yield, large-scale production capability with using of nontoxic and inexpensive reagents and water as an environmentally solvent. The scanning electron microscope studies show that the as-prepared lindgrenite nanostructures are well crystallized with rod, sheet and hollow sphere morphologies. Meanwhile, the photoluminescence and magnetic properties of the nanosheet samples have been investigated that the both of Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2 and Cu3Mo2O9 samples have super paramagnetic behavior at room temperature and in comparison with previous works, Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2 and Cu3Mo2O9 samples synthesized by the surfactant-assisted hydrothermal method in this work have a very obvious red-shifted PL emission and high intensity.