Copper sulfides based photocatalysts for degradation of environmental pollution hazards: A review on the recent catalyst design concepts and future perspectives

A Sudhaik, P Raizada, S Rangabhashiyam… - Surfaces and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Amongst various metal chalcogenides, CuS (copper sulfides) have been widely explored in
past years due to its semiconducting behavior and non-toxic nature. CuS owns remarkable …

A review on recent advances in photodegradation of dyes using doped and heterojunction based semiconductor metal sulfide nanostructures for environmental …

D Ayodhya, G Veerabhadram - Materials today energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Among the admired photocatalysts, metal sulphide-based semiconductors are most
prominent photocatalysts for the degradation or decomposition of dyes in wastewater …

Disruption Symmetric Crystal Structure Favoring Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction: Reduced *COOH Formation Energy Barrier on Al Doped CuS/TiO2

J Wang, H Zhang, Y Nian, Y Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
How to break the C═ O bond and reduce the energy barrier of* COOH formation is the key
to triggering the photocatalytic CO2 reduction (PCR) reaction and subsequent proton …

Diversified copper sulfide (Cu 2− x S) micro-/nanostructures: a comprehensive review on synthesis, modifications and applications

S Sun, P Li, S Liang, Z Yang - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
As a significant metal chalcogenide, copper sulfide (Cu2− xS, 0< x< 1), with a unique
semiconducting and nontoxic nature, has received significant attention over the past few …

In situ construction of CNT/CuS hybrids and their application in photodegradation for removing organic dyes

Y Wang, F Jiang, J Chen, X Sun, T **an, H Yang - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Herein, a coprecipitation method used to synthesize CuS nanostructures is reported. By
varying the reaction time and temperature, the evolution of the CuS morphology between …

Breaking Platinum Nanoparticles to Single‐Atomic Pt‐C4 Co‐catalysts for Enhanced Solar‐to‐Hydrogen Conversion

J Yan, Y Ji, M Batmunkh, P An, J Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Effective transfer and utilization of the photogenerated electrons are a key factor for
achieving highly efficient H2 generation by photocatalytic water splitting. Apart from the …

[HTML][HTML] Facile fabrication, characterization and efficient photocatalytic activity of surfactant free ZnS, CdS and CuS nanoparticles

D Ayodhya, G Veerabhadram - Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this research, some metal sulfide nanoparticles (NPs) including ZnS, CdS and CuS NPs
were prepared by a simple and low-cost co-precipitation method for the photocatalytic …

Green synthesis of tin dioxide nanoparticles using Camellia sinensis and its application in photocatalytic degradation of textile dyes

PA Luque, MJ Chinchillas-Chinchillas, O Nava… - Optik, 2021 - Elsevier
SnO 2 nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by a green route using different concentrations
(1, 2 and 4%) of Camellia sinensis. The biosynthesized nanoparticles were characterized …

Microwave-assisted synthesis of porous aggregates of CuS nanoparticles for sunlight photocatalysis

C Nethravathi, JT Rajamathi, M Rajamathi - ACS omega, 2019 - ACS Publications
Solvated two-dimensional nanosheets of copper hydroxy dodecylsulfate in 1-butanol react
with thiourea under microwave irradiation to yield surfactant-free porous aggregates of CuS …

Photocatalytic Application of Ag-Decorated CuS/BaTiO3 Composite Photocatalysts for Degrading RhB

Y Wang, R Li, X Sun, T **an, Z Yi, H Yang - Journal of Electronic Materials, 2021 - Springer
Herein, binary CuS/BTO and ternary CuS/Ag/BTO composite photocatalysts have been
fabricated by anchoring CuS and Ag nanoparticles onto BaTiO 3 (BTO) polyhedra. The as …