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Cauliflower-like Nickel Sulfide Nanostructures: Preparation, Optical Properties, Catalytic and Photocatalytic Activities

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Semiconductor photocatalysis such as nickel sulfide has drawn much consideration from scientists in the current decade. The photocatalytic procedure is an eco-friendly process that recognized as a promising alternative for removing several hazardous pollutants. Attempts to find simple, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly procedures for the synthesis of high-purity single-phase nickel sulfide have received considerable attention. Here we demonstrate the preparation of nickel sulfide nanostructures via an eco-friendly hydrothermal process through a reaction of nickel sulfate and a new sulfur source of 1-benzylidenethiosemicarbazide being a thio Schiff-base compound. The effects of some reaction parameters, including solvent type, temperature, and duration of reaction on size and morphology of NiS nanoparticles were investigated. The FE-SEM micrographs showed the interesting cauliflower-like structures of the synthesized NiS nanoparticles. The absorption spectrum revealed a blue shift in the band gap of the synthesized NiS nanoparticles to bulk one due to small dimensions and disciplined arrays of cauliflower-like structures. The catalytic and photocatalytic abilities of the as-synthesized nickel sulfide product were surveyed by studying the catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol and the color removal of some organic dye pollution under UV irradiation in water treatment.

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    Maliheh Khosravi, Samira Saeednia & Mehdi Hatefi Ardakani

  2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, 77188-97111, Rafsanjan, Iran

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Khosravi, M., Saeednia, S., Iranmanesh, P. et al. Cauliflower-like Nickel Sulfide Nanostructures: Preparation, Optical Properties, Catalytic and Photocatalytic Activities. J Clust Sci 34, 311–322 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-021-02210-5

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