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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 393, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122423
Keywords
Antibacterial; g-C3N4; CuS; Photocatalytic; Photothermal
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Funding
- National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars [51925104]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51671081, 51871162, 51801056]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFC1100600, 2016YFC1100604]
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As the environment deterioration is becoming more serious, bacterial pollution is threatening the health of human beings. Hence, it is vital to develop rapid and safe sterilization strategy. Herein, CuS/protonated g-C3N4 (CuS/PCN) composites were synthesized by simple hydrothermal method and electrostatic adsorption. This heterostructured system exhibited enhanced photocatalytic properties under visible light compared with CuS or g-C3N4 alone, ascribing to the rapid separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs. Meanwhile, the obvious photothermal effects of CuS/PCN were achieved and the temperature increased with the increased amount of CuS in the composites due to the more light absorption. However, when the CuS content is more than 10 %, photocurrent density is decreased with increasing the amount of CuS, indicating the increased recombination of photogenerated electron-hole pairs. When the CuS content is 20 %, the composite can perform the optimized synergistic effects of both photothermal action and photocatalysis under light irradiation for 20 min. The corresponding bacteria-killing efficiency against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coll. is 98.23 % and 99.16 %, respectively. The underlying mechanism is that the bacterial membrane can be weakened by reactive oxygen species and bacterial activities are inhibited by hyperthermia. This CuS/PCN heterojunction is promising for environmental disinfection including water and public facilities sterilization.
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