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Fabrication of CuS@Ni 3 S 4 ‐ polyacrylonitrile textile fabric with enhanced reusability for the treatment of dyes wastewater
Author(s) -
Pan Wei,
Huang Yuanhui,
Cui Shizhong,
Chen Weihua,
Mi Liwei
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemistryselect
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 2365-6549
DOI - 10.1002/slct.201600540
Subject(s) - polyacrylonitrile , photocatalysis , materials science , photodegradation , reusability , methylene blue , scanning electron microscope , chemical engineering , transmission electron microscopy , fabrication , wastewater , nanotechnology , nuclear chemistry , composite material , polymer , waste management , chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , computer science , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering , programming language , software
A novel functional polyacrylonitrile(PAN) fabric coated pineapple‐like CuS@Ni 3 S 4 heterojunctions were successfully fabricated via a simple chemical bath deposition and solvothermal pathway. Through field‐emission scanning electron microscopy (FE‐SEM) and X‐ray diffraction (XRD), the obtained CuS@Ni 3 S 4 composites were characterized. The as‐prepared CuS@Ni 3 S 4 were composed of numerous ultrthin nanosheets interconnect with each other to form pineapple‐like structure. According to the photocatalytic measurements, it was observed that the obtained PAN@CuS@Ni 3 S 4 composites exhibit significantly enhanced photocatalytic activity for the degradation of methylene blue (MB) compared to the primary PAN@CuS under UV light illumination. Moreover, CuS@Ni 3 S 4 supported on the flexible PAN fabric exhibits good reusability, indicating that this sort of materials have a high potential application in the photodegradation of dyes in wastewater treatment.