Macroscopic urea-functionalized cadmium sulfide material with high visible-light photocatalytic activity for rewritable paper application.

Title Macroscopic urea-functionalized cadmium sulfide material with high visible-light photocatalytic activity for rewritable paper application.
Authors S. Cao; C. Xu; Z. Guo; Y. Hu; Y. Tang; H. Chen; F. Jiang
Journal J Colloid Interface Sci
DOI 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.04.017
Abstract

A macroscopic urea-functionalized CdS (CdS-U) is synthesized for the first time. The CdS-U material is formed through the interaction between NH2/NH groups on urea and COO(-) groups on sodium oleate-capped CdS nanoparticles (CdS-So NPs). The CdS-U material exhibites excellent visible light photocatalytic activity and plasticity and has the potential to be produced as rewritable papers. It is convenience to produce a large-scale film by CdS-U. Letters can be written on the CdS-U film and disappear through a dissolution-irradiation process, and then the CdS-U film can be recycled by drying. This novel CdS-U material might be of interest and provide a new chance to advance the application of visible light photocatalyst on rewritable papers.

Citation S. Cao; C. Xu; Z. Guo; Y. Hu; Y. Tang; H. Chen; F. Jiang.Macroscopic urea-functionalized cadmium sulfide material with high visible-light photocatalytic activity for rewritable paper application.. J Colloid Interface Sci. 2017;500:202211. doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2017.04.017

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