Ultrafast degradation of Congo Red dye using a facile one-pot solvothermal synthesis of cuprous oxide/titanium dioxide and cuprous oxide/zinc oxide p-n heterojunction photocatalyst

• Main Authors: Mohammed, Abdussamad Mukhtar, Mohtar, Safia Syazana, Aziz, Farhana, Aziz, Madzlan, Ul-Hamid, Anwar, Wan Salleh, Wan Norharyati, Yusof, Norhaniza, Jaafar, Juhana, Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2021
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/96012/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2020.105481

The photodegradation of Congo red (CR) dye was studied with pure Cu2O, Cu2O/TiO2 (CT), and Cu2O/ZnO (CZ) heterojunctions photocatalysts. A facile one-pot solvothermal method with absolute ethanol as a solvent and reducing agent was used to prepare the photocatalysts. CT and CZ showed excellent adsor...