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Abstract: Silver niobate (AgNbO3) with different morphologies is obtained by annealing the precursors prepared at different temperatures by solvothermal method at 800°C. Scanning electron microscope images of the samples show the formation process of the morphologies. The weakest photovoltaic and the highest photocatalytic properties of the sample obtained from the precursors prepared at 190°C are possibly caused by the synergetic effects between several kinds of particles, and between AgNbO3 and Nb2O5. Both the temperature and the amount of Nb2O5 are crucial for the morphologies, the photoelectric and photocatalytic properties of the samples. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

BaSnO grains with a rhombic dodecahedron shape have been synthesized via a facile modified hydrothermal approach. The structure and morphology evolution during hydrothermal treatment have been investigated with X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and Raman and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The sample with the single-phase of BaSnO can be obtained at the hydrothermal temperature of 24 °C, and the grain size grows with an increasing temperature from 10 to 15 μm below 270 °C. But the grain size decreases sharply to 4 μm when the temperature reaches 280 °C. The optical absorption and surface photovoltage spectroscopy analysis indicate that controlling the size and shape is of great importance in tuning photophysical properties of BaSnO powders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]