Ultrasound assisted catalytic degradation of textile dye under the presence of reduced Graphene Oxide enveloped Copper Phthalocyanine nanotube

• Published in: Applied surface science 2018-08, Vol.449, p.113-121
• Main Authors: Samanta, Madhupriya, Mukherjee, Moumita, Ghorai, Uttam Kumar, Sarkar, Samrat, Bose, Chayanika, Chattopadhyay, Kalyan K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Copper phthalocyanine; Nanotube; Reduced graphene oxide; Sonocatalysis
• ISSN: 0169-4332; 1873-5584
• DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.01.118

[Display omitted] •RGO enveloped CuPc nanotube prepared via simple chemical route.•Characterization of that prepared samples by XRD, UV-VIS, FESEM and HRTEM.•Sonocatalytic activity & effect of enhancer/scavenger has been investigated.•A plausible reaction pathway has been explained towards degradation of RhB dye. In this work, ultrasound assisted catalytic removal of Rhodamine B (RhB) dye has been carried out in the presence of reduced Graphene Oxide enveloped Copper Phthalocyanine nanotube (RGO-CuPc) for the first time. This RGO-CuPc nanocomposite has been synthesized by in situ chemical reduction of Graphene Oxide (GO) with CuPc tube. Then our as prepared composite and pristine CuPc tubes are well characterized by various spectroscopic techniques such as X-Ray Diffraction, UV–vis and microscopic techniques like FESEM, HRTEM etc. Electrochemical EIS measurement has also been carried out to investigate charge transfer mechanism. These results confirm the purity of the as prepared samples. Efficient sonocatalytic RhB dye removal upto ∼92.22% is achieved by RGO-CuPc composite within 100 min as compared to pristine CuPc tube (∼70%). A plausible reaction pathway towards dye removal is discussed in detail. Also degradation performance in the presence of enhancer and scavenger has been investigated.