Designing novel morphologies of <scp>l</scp>-cysteine surface capped 2D covellite (CuS) nanoplates to study the effect of CuS morphologies on dye degradation rate under visible light
Shahid Iqbal, Ali Bahadur, Shoaib Anwer, Muhammad Shoaib, Guocong Liu, Hao Li, Muhammad Raheel, Mohsin Javed, Bilal Khalid
Abstract
Novel CuS@<sc>l</sc>-Cys NPs are designed by a hydrothermal route. The effects of synthetic parameters on the morphologies of CuS@<sc>l</sc>-Cys NPs were investigated. CuS@<sc>l</sc>-Cys NPs exhibit an enhanced dye degradation rate under visible light.
Topics & Concepts
CovelliteDegradation (telecommunications)Hydrothermal circulationChemical engineeringCopper sulfideChemistryNanotechnologyMaterials scienceNuclear chemistryCopperOrganic chemistryTelecommunicationsChalcopyriteComputer scienceEngineeringAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesCopper-based nanomaterials and applications