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CrystEngComm

A facile solution chemical route to self-assembly of CuS ball-flowers and their application as an efficient photocatalyst

Zhiguo Cheng,a   Shaozhen Wang,a   Qian Wanga  and  Baoyou Geng*a  

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a College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Anhui Laboratory of Molecular-Based Materials, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, P. R. China
E-mail: bygeng@mail.ahnu.edu.cn
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Abstract

Ball-flower shaped CuS structures have been synthesized by using mixed copper chloride and thiourea in a simple hydrothermal process employing poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) as the surfactant. The morphological investigations by field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) reveal that the ball-flower shaped nanostructures are monodispersed in large quantities. The ball-flower shaped morphologies are strongly dependent on the different ratios of copper chloride to thiourea, the reaction temperature and reaction time. The possible growth mechanism of the formation of ball-flower shaped CuS products is discussed in detail. In addition, the photocatalytic activity of ball-flower shaped CuS architectures has been tested by the degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) under UV light irradiation, showing that the as-prepared ball-flower shaped CuS structures exhibit high photocatalytic activity for the degradation of RhB.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B914902C
Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Jul 2009
Accepted
11 Sep 2009
First published
30 Sep 2009

CrystEngComm, 2010,12, 144-149

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A facile solution chemical route to self-assembly of CuS ball-flowers and their application as an efficient photocatalyst

Z. Cheng, S. Wang, Q. Wang and B. Geng, CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 144 DOI: 10.1039/B914902C

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