TY - JOUR
T1 - Photocatalytic and antibacterial properties of copper hydroxyphosphate with hierarchical superstructures synthesized by a hydrothermal method
AU - Zhang, Hong-ping
AU - Tang, Pengfei
AU - Li, Dongliang
AU - Tang, Youhong
PY - 2018/2/15
Y1 - 2018/2/15
N2 - Copper hydroxyphosphate, Cu2PO4OH, with various architectures was synthesized by adjusting pH values in a simple hydrothermal route. The photocatalytic activity of the Cu2PO4OH hierarchical superstructures was strongly related to their micro-morphology, as demonstrated by the degradation of eosin Y dye with a solar simulator. Excellent photocatalytic performance was achieved by Cu2PO4OH obtained under the pH values of 7 and 5. The antibacterial properties of the Cu2PO4OH complex superstructures were also explored by Escherichia coli (ATCC 8739) culturing. Cu2PO4OH showed apparent antibacterial properties but the samples obtained under the pH values of 5 and 7 exhibited better antibacterial properties than those of the Cu2PO4OH under the pH value of 2.5. Thus, Cu2PO4OH can be a promising photocatalyst with excellent antibacterial properties achieved by simply controlling its hierarchical superstructures by adjusting the pH values during feasible synthesis.
AB - Copper hydroxyphosphate, Cu2PO4OH, with various architectures was synthesized by adjusting pH values in a simple hydrothermal route. The photocatalytic activity of the Cu2PO4OH hierarchical superstructures was strongly related to their micro-morphology, as demonstrated by the degradation of eosin Y dye with a solar simulator. Excellent photocatalytic performance was achieved by Cu2PO4OH obtained under the pH values of 7 and 5. The antibacterial properties of the Cu2PO4OH complex superstructures were also explored by Escherichia coli (ATCC 8739) culturing. Cu2PO4OH showed apparent antibacterial properties but the samples obtained under the pH values of 5 and 7 exhibited better antibacterial properties than those of the Cu2PO4OH under the pH value of 2.5. Thus, Cu2PO4OH can be a promising photocatalyst with excellent antibacterial properties achieved by simply controlling its hierarchical superstructures by adjusting the pH values during feasible synthesis.
KW - Antibacterial properties
KW - Copper hydroxyphosphate
KW - Hierarchical structures
KW - Photocatalytic properties
KW - Thermal stability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85039697340&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2017.12.023
DO - 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2017.12.023
M3 - Article
SN - 0254-0584
VL - 206
SP - 130
EP - 135
JO - MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
JF - MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
ER -