کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
236544 465676 2014 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Hydrothermal growth of CuS nanostructures and its photocatalytic properties
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی شیمی مهندسی شیمی (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Hydrothermal growth of CuS nanostructures and its photocatalytic properties
چکیده انگلیسی


• CuS nanostructures were prepared by a simple hydrothermal route.
• CTAB played a key role in the formation of hexagonal nanoplates.
• Photocatalytic results show that 87% of methylene blue dye has been degraded.

CuS nanostructures have been prepared by hydrothermal route using copper nitrate and thiourea as copper and sulfur precursors. Investigations were done to probe the effect of cationic surfactant viz. cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide on the morphology of the products. Further studies have been done to know the influence of reaction time on the morphology of CuS nanostructures. Results demonstrated that the morphology of CuS was influenced by the reaction time and surfactant. X-ray diffraction pattern showed that the as-prepared CuS nanostructures were in pure hexagonal phase and UV–vis spectra reveal a strong absorption in the visible region of 400–800 nm. A detailed mechanism has been elucidated for the growth of CuS nanostructures. The photocatalytic activity was evaluated by the decolorization of methylene blue (MB) dye under visible-light irradiation and results showed that 87% of the dye was degraded. Thus the as-prepared CuS catalysts are highly promising materials for photocatalytic applications towards dye degradation.

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ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Powder Technology - Volume 252, January 2014, Pages 25–32
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