Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of trypan Blue Dye by Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles Prepared from 4‑Benzylpiperazinyldithiocarbamate Copper(II) Complex.

ABSTRACT: The copper-(II) complex of 4-benzylpiperazinyldithiocarbamate was synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic techniques and single crystal X-ray crystallography. The single crystal X-ray structure of the compound revealed a centrosymmetric dimeric molecule with the copper-(II) ions situated in a distorted five-coordinate square pyramidal environment. The complex was used as a single source precursor for the preparation of copper sulfide nanoparticles capped with three capping agents, octadecylamine (ODA), dodecylamine (DDA), and hexadecylamine (HDA) and at three different temperatures, 120 °C, 160 °C and 220 °C. Powder X-ray diffraction patterns confirmed mainly chalcocite crystalline phases of copper sulfide with some minor peaks of roxbyite phase. The optical band gaps for the nanopa

SUBMITTER: Ajibade PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12508933 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature