Facile preparation of Chevreul's salt (Cu2SO3·CuSO3·2H2O) mesocrystalline microspheres and their high photocatalytic activity

Mingyun Guan; Yan Jian; Jianhua Sun; Tongming Shang; Qi Liu; Zheng Xu

doi:10.1039/C5CE01044F

Facile preparation of Chevreul's salt (Cu₂SO₃·CuSO₃·2H₂O) mesocrystalline microspheres and their high photocatalytic activity†

Mingyun Guan,*^a Yan Jian,^a Jianhua Sun,^a Tongming Shang,^a Qi Liu^b and Zheng Xu*^c

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^a Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Precious Metals Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou, PR China
E-mail: guanmy@jsut.edu.cn

^b School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, PR China

^c State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PR China
E-mail: zhengxu@nju.edu.cn
Fax: +86 25 83314502

Abstract

Cu₂SO₃·CuSO₃·2H₂O mesocrystalline microspheres were successfully prepared by a facile method for the first time. A section image of the products displayed that the microspheres included a peanut-like core consisting of packed particles and a shell composed of particles in an oriented attachment fashion. Acetic acid played a key role in the formation of Cu₂SO₃·CuSO₃·2H₂O mesocrystalline microspheres. The possible formation mechanism was proposed. The mesocrystalline microspheres presented excellent photocatalytic performance for decomposition of organic compounds under UV light irradiation such as RhB, acid fuchsin, thymol blue, MB (being completely decomposed) and MO (94%). Moreover, high photocatalytic activity of the mesocrystalline microspheres was retained after cycling several times. They may have a promising application for the treatment of contaminated water.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CE01044F
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 31 May 2015
Accepted: 21 Aug 2015
First published: 24 Aug 2015

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CrystEngComm, 2015,17, 7372-7380

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Facile preparation of Chevreul's salt (Cu₂SO₃·CuSO₃·2H₂O) mesocrystalline microspheres and their high photocatalytic activity

M. Guan, Y. Jian, J. Sun, T. Shang, Q. Liu and Z. Xu, CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 7372 DOI: 10.1039/C5CE01044F

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