Ethylenediamine-modulated synthesis of highly monodisperse copper sulfide microflowers with excellent photocatalytic performance

Autocatalytic deposition of copper coating on poly (ether ether ketone)/multiwalled carbon nanotubes composites via a palladium-free and simplified electroless process

“…Copper as an inexpensive, earth-abundant, nontoxic metal has found widespread application in catalysis [13]. In the synthesis of metal and metal compound particles, surfactants were often used to control the morphology [14][15][16][17]. Lisiecki [14] and Mustafa [15] prepared copper particles via the reduction of Cu 2 þ , and they controlled the shape and the size of the particles by using ionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide respectively.…”

Ionic liquid-assisted solvothermal synthesis of three-dimensional hierarchical copper sulfide microflowers at a low temperature with enhanced photocatalytic performance

“…The specific surface area, pore size distribution, and pore volume value of the samples obtained in different IL concentration are listed in Table 1. 20,56,61 Surface defects (such as corners, edges, and steps) can serve as electron acceptors to accelerate the separation rate of photo-generated charge carriers, which one of the reasons for high photocatalytic activity. Fig.…”

“…6,7 As an important p-type semiconductor, CuS is a promising material due to its abundance, non-toxicity and wide applications in supercapacitors, Li-ion batteries, biosensors, gas sensors, catalysts, photothermal conversion, and solar cells. 19 And in order to improve application performance, plenty of tries have been dedicated to synthesize CuS 3D hierarchical micro/nano-architectures with various morphologies such as rattan-ball-like and carnation-like microflowers, 20 shuttle-like bundles, 16 superstructures assembled by micro/nanotubes and nanoflakes, 19 wool-balllike microspheres, 21 concave polyhedron superstructures, 22 ball-flowers, 23 snowflake-like and flower-like microspheres, 24 complex concaved cuboctahedrons, 25 and so on. 19 And in order to improve application performance, plenty of tries have been dedicated to synthesize CuS 3D hierarchical micro/nano-architectures with various morphologies such as rattan-ball-like and carnation-like microflowers, 20 shuttle-like bundles, 16 superstructures assembled by micro/nanotubes and nanoflakes, 19 wool-balllike microspheres, 21 concave polyhedron superstructures, 22 ball-flowers, 23 snowflake-like and flower-like microspheres, 24 complex concaved cuboctahedrons, 25 and so on.…”

“…[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Recently, it is found that CuS show potential application as a visible-light photocatalyst widely used in the fields of environmental purification due to the considerable narrow band gap. [26][27][28] Furthermore, most synthetic strategies have been established to prepare CuS micro/nanostructures through the usage of various methods, including solvothermal process at high temperature, 20,[22][23][24] decomposition of Cu-based precursors, 16 solution reaction in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and ethylene glycol (EG), 19,21,25 which are operationally tedious and high cost. However, few researches pay close attention to promoting the photocatalytic performance of CuS with designed 3D hierarchical superstructures.…”

Synthesis of CuS by elemental-direct-reaction in a reline deep eutectic solvent and its catalytic activity in the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate

“…CuS crystals with various morphologies have been successfully synthesized by solvothermal methods [12][13][14][15], template method [16], sonochemical way [17], chemical vapor deposition method [18], etc. However, most of these synthesis methods often involved high-temperature, long reaction time, or complicated process.…”