Journal
GREEN CHEMISTRY
Volume 20, Issue 13, Pages 3001-3007Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c8gc00669e
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- European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant [721290]
- MINECO [FJCI-2016-29014]
- RUDN University program [5-100]
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Waste valorization for the production of valuable materials is of great importance for sustainable development. Herein, a new green methodology for the synthesis of photocatalytically active copper sulfide (Cu2S) carbon composites using pig bristles is reported. The catalyst was prepared via microwave-assisted methodology using ethylene glycol as the solvent, pig bristles as the sulfur and carbon source, and copper chloride as the metal precursor. Cu2S carbon composites (denoted as pb-Cu2S, where pb stands for pig bristle) were characterized by XRD, N-2 physisorption, EDX and UV-Vis spectroscopy. In order to validate the practical utilization of pig bristle-derived chemicals, the photocatalytic degradation of methyl red using pb-Cu2S was investigated under white, blue, green and red visible light irradiation.
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