Bi-component synergic effect in lily-like CdS/Cu7S4 QDs for dye degradation. Issue 5 (18th January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wan, Mengli; Cui, Shizhong; Wei, Wutao; Cui, Siwen; Chen, Kongyao; Chen, Weihua; Mi, Liwei
• Is Part Of: RSC advances. Volume 9:Issue 5(2019)
• Page Start: 2441
• Page End: 2450
• Publication Date: 2019-01-18
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540.5
• DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09331h
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2046-2069

Abstract

Abstract : CdS has attracted extensive attention in the photocatalytic degradation of wastewater due to its relatively narrow bandgap and various microstructures. Abstract : CdS has attracted extensive attention in the photocatalytic degradation of wastewater due to its relatively narrow bandgap and various microstructures. Previous reports have focused on CdS coupled with other semiconductors to reduce the photocorrosion and improve the photocatalytic performance. Herein, a 3D hierarchical CdS/Cu7 S4 nanostructure was synthesized by cation exchange using lily-like CdS as template. The heterojunction material completely inherits the special skeleton of the template material and optimizes the nano-scale morphology, and achieves the transformation from nanometer structure to quantum dots (QDs). The introduction of Cu ions not only tuned the band gap of the composites to promote the utilization of solar photons, more importantly, Fenton-like catalysis was combined into the degradation process. Compared with the experiments of organic dye degradation under different illumination conditions, the degradability of the CdS/Cu7 S4 QDs is greatly superior to pure CdS. Therefore, the constructed CdS/Cu7 S4 QDs further realized the optimization of degradation performance by the synergic effect of photo-catalysis and Fenton-like catalysis.