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- Title
Development of Bi<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub>/Cu<sub>2</sub>S hetrojuction as an effective photocatalysts for the efficient degradation of antibiotic drug and organic dye.
- Authors
Parasuraman, Balaji; Vasudevan, Vasanthakumar; Kandasamy, Bhuvaneswari; Rangaraju, Hariprasath; Thangavelu, Pazhanivel
- Abstract
Herein, a Bi2S3/Cu2S was successfully synthesized via a simple one-step wet impregnation process. The compositional behavior and electrical and optical properties of photocatalysts were investigated in detail. Photocatalytic technology has shown great promise in wastewater treatment, splitting water to hydrogen, and converting CO2 to fuel. Researchers or scientist are attempting to design sulfate-based heterojunction photocatalytic systems in order to develop novel photocatalysts with excellent performance. Photodegradation of methylene blue (MB) dye and tetracycline (TC) drug under visible light irradiation was used to assess the photocatalytic activity of as-prepared samples. As a result, 2:1% wt of Bi2S3/Cu2S heterostructure composite revealed superior visible light degradation performing of MB dye, and TC drug efficiency as 90.2% and 87.5%, respectively. The prepared hybrid photocatalyst has demonstated a potential for use in the photocatalytic degradation of antibiotic durgs and dyes, indicating a promissing future for its application.
- Subjects
PHOTOCATALYSTS; ORGANIC dyes; PHOTODEGRADATION; VISIBLE spectra; ANTIBIOTICS; METHYLENE blue; SOLAR cells; RHODAMINE B
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2024, Vol 31, Issue 28, p40245
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-023-26627-9