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Surface-modified CuO nanoparticles for photocatalysis and highly efficient energy storage devices

Journal

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 30, Issue 15, Pages 43320-43330

Publisher

SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25131-4

Keywords

Photocatalysts; AR88; CTAB; CuO nanocomposite; AR88 dye; Supercapacitors

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In this study, multifunctional surface-modified CuO nanomaterials were used for electrochemical energy storage and efficient photocatalysis. The CuO nanomaterials were modified using cationic surfactant CTAB, resulting in high capacitance and observable electrochemical responsiveness. The modified nanoparticles were characterized using various techniques, and showed excellent performance in both energy storage and dye degradation. This concept provides new insights into the preparation of cost-effective multifunctional materials for future energy storage and photocatalytic applications.
Hereinwe report multifunctional surface-modified CuO nanomaterials were used to fulfill escalating needs in the electrochemical energy storage system and to achieve efficient photocatalysts for the degradation of AR88 organic dye. Due to the atom economy, ease of synthesis, high capacitance, observable electrochemical responsiveness, and low bandgap in CuO-based nanomaterials, its active surface was modified through cationic surfactant CTAB. Surface-modified nanoparticles were characterized using various characterization techniques such as XRD, DRS, FESEM, and TEM. Intriguingly the synthesized materials demonstrated a capacitance of 133 F/g with a long-term charge-discharge cycle of 2000 cycles. In addition, at pH 11, the material also exhibited a superior dye degradation performance under the UV lamp by showing 94.8% AR88 degradation at a catalyst concentration of 1.0 g/L. Hence, we believe this concept would provide novel insights into the preparation of the simplest and cheaper multifunctional materials for next-generation energy storage and photocatalytic applications.

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