Facile synthesis and characterization of nanostructured flower-like copper molybdate by the co-precipitation method

Nanostructured flower-like copper molybdate (CuMoO4) have been successfully synthesized with remarkable morphology via the co-precipitation method process by using Cu(Sal)2 (Sal=salicylidene) and (NH4)6Mo7O24·4H2O as starting materials. Influence of parameters such as temperature, reaction time, solvent and surfactant were studied to achieve the best condition. It was found that the morphology and particles size of the final products could be greatly influenced by these parameters. The as-synthesized nanostructures were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra, Energy Dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDX), and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM).