Ag/α-Ag₂MoO₄/h-MoO₃ nanoparticle based microspheres: synthesis and photosensitive properties

We report a new and the most simple strategy for the synthesis of silver molybdate functional composite microspheres based on low molecular weight gelators -amino acids, silver salts and heptamolybdate ions. The resulting material shows a high photocatalytic activity with respect to the methylene blue dye degradation at neutral pH.