Adhikari, Sangeeta and Sarkar, Debasish and Madras, Giridhar (2017) Hierarchical Design of CuS Architectures for Visible Light Photocatalysis of 4-Chlorophenol. In: ACS Omega, 2 (7). pp. 4009-4021. ISSN 2470-1343
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Abstract
Hydrothermal-assisted CuS hierarchical architectures were grown in the presence of anionic sulfur sources, and the investigation of their degradation efficiency for a pesticide 4-chlorophenol (4-CP) under visible light irradiation was carried out. The dissociation of S2- from the sulfur compound governs the nucleation of CuS followed by a specific pattern of growth to produce different morphologies. The self-assembled covellite spherical CuS flower architecture assembles in the presence of thiourea and exhibits the highest photodegradation activity. The open architecture of ∼2.3 μm spherical CuS flowers consisting of a ∼100 nm thick sheet encompasses a comparatively high surface area and particle growth along the (110) plane that facilitates more active sites for catalytic activity enhancement. The catalyst loading for 4-CP degradation has been optimized, and a detailed trapping mechanism has been explored.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | ACS Omega |
| Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
| Additional Information: | The Copyright of this article belongs to the Authors. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Chemical Engineering |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Jun 2022 05:26 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2022 05:26 |
| URI: | https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/72943 |
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