Facile one-pot synthesis of a waste copper phthalocyanine-derived nanocomposite for efficiently removing dyes from wastewater

Abstract

Water pollution from synthetic dyes is a growing environmental concern and there is an urgent need for the development of eco-friendly, cost-effective, rapid, simple, and effective materials for the extraction of these persistent dyes from effluents.

Synthesis of template-free magnetite nanospheres grown on Sb2WO6 hierarchical structures for sunlight-driven photo-Fenton catalysis of organic pollutants

“…One promising approach involves the use of iron oxide-heterostructure nanocomposites, which exhibit enhanced catalytic performance when immobilized on supports or encapsulated with protective layers. 17–19 Various carriers, particularly carbonaceous nanomaterials, such as graphene oxide (GO) and activated carbon, and other ecofriendly, innovative and highly significant visible light active materials, including magnetically separated waste printer powder-derived polypyrrole, 20 metal oxide- and polymer-based nanocomposites, 21 and waste copper phthalocyanine-derived nanocomposites, have been reported. 22 These waste base materials have also been employed to support iron oxides for the fabrication of highly proficient heterogeneous photo-Fenton catalysts.…”