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Study on the Degradation of Methylene Blue by Cu-Doped SnSe
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This is a materials chemistry study, species not specified, on treatment of organic wastewater. The authors synthesized Cu-doped SnSe powder by a hydrothermal method and tested its ability to degrade methylene blue at different doping concentrations. At low doping concentrations, the degradation effect was not obvious because copper dissolved into the SnSe lattice; as doping concentration increased, SnSe changed from a layered structure to a nanocluster structure with a mixed SnSe/Cu2SnSe4 phase and smaller particle size, and degradation of methylene blue increased. The authors report the degradation effect was greatest at a doping concentration of 10 wt.%.
Abstract
Treatment of organic wastewater is still a difficult problem to solve. In this paper, Cu-doped SnSe powder was synthesized by a convenient and efficient hydrothermal method. Meanwhile, the degradation effect of different doping concentrations of SnSe on methylene blue was investigated. It was found that at low doping concentrations, the degradation effect on methylene blue was not obvious because Cu was dissolved in the lattice of the SnSe matrix at low concentrations. As the doping concentration increased, SnSe changed from a layered structure to a nanocluster structure with reduced particle size, and a mixed phase of SnSe and Cu2SnSe4 appeared. In fact, the degradation effect on methylene blue was significantly enhanced, and we found that the catalytic degradation effect on methylene blue was best at a doping concentration of 10 wt.%.
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