P.G. Department of Chemistry and Research Center, P.V.P. College, Pravaranagar, A/P-Loni, Tal. Rahata, Dist.-Ahmednagar
*Corresponding Author E-mail: bk_uphade@rediffmail.com
Online published on 6 March, 2013.
A visible light sensitive CuS-CdS photocatalyst was synthesized by using salts of Cu and Cd. The CuS-CdS photocatalyst was characterized using IR technique. The bleaching of solochrome blue dye was carried out in presence of semiconductor CuS-CdS photocatalyst. Effects of various parameters like amount of CuS-CdS photocatalyst, pH, dye concentration etc were studied and the rate of bleaching was observed. A tentative mechanism has been proposed.
Photocatalyst, CuS-CdS, dye degradation
