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Cu Doped NiS/ZnS Nanocomposites for Photodegradation of Methyl Green, Methylene Blue and Congo Red Pollutants

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Herein, new efficient photocatalysts composed of Cu doped NiS/ZnS quantum dots-composites were synthesized by coprecipitation technique for treatment of organic dyes. Treatment of dyeing-wastewater is an important issue to reduce the environmental pollution and providing a large quantity of pure water. The transmission electron microscope images of pure and Cu doped NiS/ZnS composites show quantum dots particles with size of 3–4 nm. The X-ray diffraction confirmed the formation of cubic ZnS and rhombohedral NiS. Optically, doping by 4 wt% Cu ions was reduced the band gap energy of ZnS from 3.4 to 2.98 eV, which improve the visible light absorption. 4 wt% Cu doped NiS/ZnS nanocomposite reveals a fast and remarkable photodegradation efficiency of 95%, 98% and 97% towards 20 ppm methyl green, methylene blue and Congo red during 60 min of sunlight irradiation. For three cycles, 4 wt% Cu doped NiS/ZnS nanocomposite exhibits significant photodegradation activities of 98%, 92% and 85%, respectively. The improvements of the photocatalytic activity of Cu doped NiS/ZnS nanocomposite can be attributed to some factors including visible-light absorption and charge carriers separation. The Cu doping improves the visible light response of ZnS through reducing the band gap which reinforce the number of the excited electron-hole pairs. Too, Cu ions act as trapping centers (Cu2+ + e → Cu+) which boost the separation of the excited electron-hole pairs and consequently improve the photodegradation activity. This study point out that the integration of p-n heterostructure and doping strategies are efficient for deign of photocatalysts for wastewater treatment.

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Moulahi, A. Cu Doped NiS/ZnS Nanocomposites for Photodegradation of Methyl Green, Methylene Blue and Congo Red Pollutants. J Inorg Organomet Polym 33, 3948–3960 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-023-02702-z

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