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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 604, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.154482
Keywords
Z-schemeMoS2/Cu2O nanocomposite; Indigo carmine (IC); Photocatalytic degradation; Visible light illumination; Simulated waste water
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- University Grant Commission (UGC) , New Delhi
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A nanocomposite of MoS2 nanosheets with Cu2O spheres was synthesized and used as a potent photocatalyst for indigo carmine (IC) dye degradation. The optimized heterostructure of Cu2O decorated on MoS2 exhibited a 45% enhancement in IC photodegradation efficiency compared to pristine MoS2. The nanocomposite also showed efficient removal of organic contaminants from wastewater.
In this work, the nanocomposite of MoS2 nanosheets with Cu2O spheres was synthesized with different weight ratios of MoS(2 )and Cu2O by precipitation method and used as a potent photocatalyst for indigo carmine (IC) dye degradation. Various analytical techniques such as XRD, FTIR, FESEM, HRTEM, EDX, UV-DRS, PL, XPS, TGA, BET surface area, CV, and EIS were used to analyze the characteristics of as-synthesized MoS2/Cu2O. The electrochemical results revealed that Cu2O provides active sites as well as charge separation in Z-scheme nanocomposite which further confirmed robust coupling between MoS2 nanosheets and Cu2O spheres. The photocatalytic results showed that an optimized heterostructure consisting of Cu2O decorated on MoS2 with a weight ratio of 1:0.75 exhibited a 45 % enhancement of IC photodegradation efficiency in visible light as compared to pristine MoS2. The photocatalytic studies were also performed over simulated industrial waste-water, which is a significant aspect toward encouraging the practical application of the photocatalysis approach. The results depict that MoS2 nanosheets decorated with Cu2O spheres are valuable nanocomposites to remove organic contaminants from wastewater.
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