Journal
MATERIALS LETTERS
Volume 152, Issue -, Pages 21-24Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2015.03.041
Keywords
Cu@CuSO4; Nanoparticles; Photocatalyst; SDS; Electron microscopy
Funding
- Chemistry Research Center at Islamic Azad University, Arak [159271/265]
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In the present study, for the first time Cu-core/CuSO4-shell nanoparticles were prepared through a microwave-assisted route. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) played role as a surfactant and sulfur precursor to produce Cu@CuSO4 nanoparticles. CuSO4 shell is uniformly coated on the whole surface of Cu nanoparticles. The obtained Cu@CuSO4 nanoparticles exhibited higher photocatalytic efficiency than Cu nanoparticles and these results proved that CuSO4-shell has significant effect on the photocatalytic efficiency. Furthermore, the efficiency of Cu@CuSO4 nanoparticles as a co-photocatalyst for the decolorization of methylene blue (MB) using visible light irradiation has been evaluated. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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