Yazarlar |
Hafize Nagehan KÖYSÜREN
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Özcan Köysüren
Ankara Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Özet |
This study used a simple one-step technique to prepare boron-doped copper (II) oxide (CuO-B) nanoparticles, which were synthesized through the solution combustion method. The as-prepared CuO-B nanoparticles were compounded with the conducting polymer, polyaniline (Pani), in varying composition. This study revealed the effect of compounding with Pani on the photocatalytic activity of CuO-B. The photocatalytic activity was evaluated through the degradation of the methylene blue dye under visible light irradiation. The as-prepared CuO-B nanoparticles and their composites with Pani were characterized through Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and UV–Vis absorption spectroscopy. When compared with CuO-B, Pani composites resulted in improved photocatalytic dye degradation efficiency due to the suppression of the recombination rate of the photoexcited charge carriers on CuO-B. The Pani composite with 80 wt.% CuO-B exhibited an 65.3% degradation of the model dye in 240 min, which was about 7% higher than that of CuO-B. A 1.2-fold increase in the reaction rate was obtained for the specified composite. The optical band gap of CuO-B increased to 1.40 eV when it was compounded with 20 wt.% Pani. In real wastewater environment, the dye degradation efficiency of CuO-B decreased from 57.9% to 51.9%. In addition, the dye degradation efficiency of four times of recycled CuO-B reduced to 33.7% in 240 min. |
Anahtar Kelimeler |
copper (II) oxide | Photocatalytic activity | photocatalytic dye degradation | polyaniline | polymer composite |
Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
Dergi Adı | Informa UK Limited |
Dergi ISSN | 2574-0881 |
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
Dergi Grubu | Q3 |
Makale Dili | İngilizce |
Basım Tarihi | 08-2022 |
Cilt No | 62 |
Sayı | 3 |
Sayfalar | 281 / 293 |
Doi Numarası | 10.1080/25740881.2022.2113894 |
Makale Linki | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/25740881.2022.2113894 |
Atıf Sayıları | |
SCOPUS | 5 |