• 文献标题:   Metallic sulfide nanoparticles anchored graphene oxide: Synthesis, characterization and reduction of methylene blue to leuco methylene blue in aqueous mixtures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DEV S, SINGH M
  • 作者关键词:   reduction, adsorption, graphene oxide, metal doped graphene oxide, methylene blue
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS
  • ISSN:   0022-3697 EI 1879-2553
  • 通讯作者地址:   Cent Univ Gujarat
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.jpcs.2020.109335
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Oxidizing graphite (Gt) to graphene oxide (GO) through non-explosive oxidizing mixture at 55 degrees C is reported with high yield. GO was anchored with NiS, ZnS, and CdS metallic sulfide nanoparticles (MSNPs) in 1:1 ratio at 85 degrees C. MSNPs were obtained by using chloride salts of Ni, Zn, and Cd metals with thiourea in 1:3 ratio in aqueous GO for in situ doping. The GO and MSNPs doped GO (MSNP-GO) were characterized with X-ray diffraction (XRD), FTIR, UV-Vis spectrophotometry, Raman spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The GO, CdS-GO, NiS-GO, ZnS-GO had photocatalyzed methylene blue (MB) reduction by 88, 97.22, 79.68, and 89.87% to leuco MB (LMB) colorless, in aqueous medium respectively. Contrary to NiS-GO, the CdS and ZnS increased MB reduction by 9 and 1.87% respectively by weakening intersheet Vander Waals forces of GO for availing surface area. Ni2+ with 3d(8) catalyzed 8.32% less MB to LMB than Zn2+ with 3d(10) and Cd2+ with 4d(10). MSNPs were uniformly anchored within the 2D GO sheets through sulfide anions (S2-) releasing activity for a higher reduction from water and electronically active solvents. MSNP-GO-MB-LMB ventures a novel host-guest chemistry as the MB with sp(2) along with sp(2)-sp(3) hybridizations of GO are photocatalyzed to LMB. MSNP-GO-MB-LMB formulates a multifunctional nanocluster to absorb solar radiation energy and heat contents due to MSNPs-GO interfaces. Likewise ethylene (EB) and propylene blue (PB) could be separated through selective reductions as per their hydrophobicity.