Gautam, P and De, Arup Kumar and Rao, Mudila Dhanunjaya and Sinha, Indrajit and Behera, C K and Singh, K K (2024) Waste remediation: Low‑temperature synthesis of hybrid Cu(OH)2/CuO and CuO nanostructures from spent printed circuit boards and their dye degradation studies. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31 . pp. 41624-41637.
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Abstract
The demand for environmentally friendly and sustainable resource utilization techniques for recycling waste printed circuit boards is significant due to their status as valuable secondary resources, containing high-purity copper and precious metals. In this context, Cu(OH)2/CuO and CuO nanostructures were fabricated using alkaline precipitation and low-temperature aging methods using the strip solution originated from laboratory-scale spent mobile phone printed circuit board recovery process. XRD, FTIR, FESEM-EDX, and TEM were utilized to characterize the as-recovered nanoproducts. A hybrid structure of Cu(OH)2/CuO was formed at 70°, and monoclinic CuO phase was formed at 80 °C aging time. The results show that Cu(OH)2/CuO nanoflakes have an average crystallite size of 24.06 nm and a particle width of 22 ± 3 nm. Cu(OH)2/CuO nanoflakes formed at 70 °C aging temperature and 24-h residence time have finer crystallite and particle sizes than CuO-ridged nanospheres formed at 80 °C aging temperature. The optical band gap energy of Cu(OH)2/CuO and CuO nanostructures formed was found to be 2.28 eV and 2.22 eV, respectively. The hybrid Cu(OH)2/CuO nanostructure photocatalyzed the decomposed 97.28% rhodamine blue using a visible light source, whereas the CuO nanostructure degraded only 14.64% rhodamine blue dye under similar conditions. A surfactant-less hybrid structure is developed without the use of any chemical precursor. Thus, a high value-added product is produced using one waste material to remove another waste in wastewater treatment.
Item Type: | Article |
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Official URL/DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-29005-7 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cu(OH)2/CuO; CuO; Nanostructure; Nanoflakes; Printed circuit boards; Rhodamine blue |
Divisions: | Metal Extraction and Forming |
ID Code: | 9709 |
Deposited By: | Head IMDC |
Deposited On: | 26 Mar 2025 10:17 |
Last Modified: | 26 Mar 2025 10:17 |
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