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Fabrication of novel magnetic CuS/Fe3O4/GO nanocomposite for organic pollutant degradation under visible light irradiation

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The magnetic nanocomposites composed of copper sulphide, iron oxide, and graphene oxide (CuS/Fe3O4/GO) were synthesized through a facile sol-gel combined with hydrothermal techniques for photodegradation of methylene blue (MB) as a model organic pollutant. The as-prepared samples were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), differential reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and results confirmed successful synthesis of magnetic nanocomposite. Presence of Fe3O4 and GO in nanocomposite induced a synergistic effect in CuS performance as CS88F6G6 (i.e. 88% CuS, 6% Fe3O4, and 6% GO). The photocatalytic degradation efficiency of MB reached up to 90.3% after exposure to visible light irradiation for 80 min. The composite nanosheets are photostable, reusable, and magnetically recoverable, revealing potential application in removal of organic pollutants.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the support of the Birjand University of Medical Sciences (Ethical code # IR.BUMS.REC.1399.411), Iran.

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  1. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Faculty of Health, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

    Negin Nasseh

  2. Student Research Committee, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Fatemeh Sadat Arghavan

  3. School of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Cukurova University, 01330, Adana, Turkey

    Nebile Daglioglu

  4. Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health, Health Institute, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

    Anvar Asadi

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Negin Naseh: Conceptualization, methodology, investigation, writing—original draft, formal analysis, validation, writing—review and editing, and project administration. Fatemeh Sadat Arghavan: doing experimental work, data curation, formal analysis, and writing—original draft. Nebile Daglioglu: writing—original draft, formal analysis, validation, and writing—review and editing. Anvar Asadi: supervision, methodology, writing—original draft, formal analysis, validation, writing—review and editing.

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Nasseh, N., Arghavan, F.S., Daglioglu, N. et al. Fabrication of novel magnetic CuS/Fe3O4/GO nanocomposite for organic pollutant degradation under visible light irradiation. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 19222–19233 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-12066-3

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