Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Akshhayya, C
• Ansari, Mohammad Omaish
• Janani, B
• Subhiksha, V
• Melaibari, Ammar A
• Hasan, P M Z
• Asad, Mohammad
• S Sudheer Khan

Titel

Construction of a S-scheme CdS/CuFe2O4 heterojunction with suppressed charge recombination for enhanced visible light-driven photocatalytic activity

Ist Teil von

• New journal of chemistry, 2023-03, Vol.47 (11), p.5431-5440

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Effective interfacial engineering to fabricate a suitable nano-photocatalyst for environmental remediation is on high demand. A magnetic nanocomposite is a potential candidate for reusability and recovery from treated wastewater. CuFe2O4/CdS nanoclusters (NCs) were fabricated using a chemical co-precipitation method. SEM and TEM images of the fabricated NCs revealed coral-like agglomerations and polycrystalline nature of NCs with clear lattice fringes. XPS and EDAX were performed for elemental analysis. The apparent photodegradation rate of dye by NCs is two-fold higher compared to that of pure CdS and CuFe2O4. The S-scheme interface retained both strong potential e−/h+ for ·OH and ·O2− production under visible light illumination. A 97.71% photocatalytic efficiency was retained after six cycles of reuse. This enhancement in the photocatalytic performance of NCs demonstrates their excellent potential to behave as environmental remediating agents.