Background
Cuprous oxide is a typical p-type semiconductor, the forbidden band width is 2-2.2 eV, visible light is well absorbed, and the material source is wide, cheap and easy to obtain, so that the cuprous oxide has a wide application prospect in the fields of optical/electric devices, gas-sensitive materials, biological antibiosis, marine antifouling, photocatalysis and the like. Researches show that cuprous oxide materials with different morphologies have different physical and chemical properties, wherein cuprous oxide with a multilevel structure often shows higher catalytic activity due to the existence of high-activity crystal faces and rich grain boundaries. Therefore, the synthesis of cuprous oxide rich in a limited space is the focus of research.
At present, the methods for preparing cuprous oxide with various morphological structures are various, and generally divided into a solid-phase synthesis method, a liquid-phase synthesis method, an electrochemical method and a gas-phase synthesis method; and, using a capping agent such as SDS, CTAB or PEG, successfully preparing the monodisperse Cu with adjustable size by a liquid phase reduction method2And (3) O nanocubes. Patent document CN101041456A discloses a "preparation method of cuprous oxide hollow nanocubes", which takes a cluster formed by polyvinylpyrrolidone and sodium dodecyl sulfate as a soft template and hydrazine hydrate as a reducing agent to reduce copper ions to obtain a cuprous oxide hollow material; patent document CN 103466681a discloses "a method for preparing graded spherical cuprous oxide hollow nanoparticles", which is to use acetate as a stabilizer and hydrazine hydrate as a reducing agent to prepare graded spherical cuprous oxide hollow nanoparticles; disclosed in patent document CN 108910933A "A cuprous oxide nano material preparation method and its hydrogen evolution performance, adopt the gas phase reduction method, regard ethanediol, diethylene glycol as reducing agent, the copper-based material is the copper source, has prepared the cuprous oxide of the particular topography under the inert atmosphere of certain temperature successfully; patent document CN 105803500A discloses a method for preparing petal-shaped cuprous oxide by using TiO2the/ITO electrode is used as an anode, the conductive glass is used as a cathode, the copper acetate is used as a copper source, and the petaloid cuprous oxide is obtained by deposition under the irradiation of ultraviolet light.
The method adopts different copper sources as precursors, utilizes the reduction action of a reducing agent-ascorbic acid to reduce the copper hydroxide precipitate to obtain cuprous oxide, and realizes the regulation and control of the morphology of the cuprous oxide precipitate by introducing bacteria to be in direct contact with the cuprous oxide and etching, thereby finally obtaining the cuprous oxide with a flower-ball-shaped multilevel structure.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide the preparation method for preparing the spherical cuprous oxide with the multilevel structure, which has the advantages of short process flow, simple operation and low cost. The method utilizes ascorbic acid to reduce copper hydroxide in a liquid phase to obtain cuprous oxide, and the cuprous oxide with a flower-ball-shaped multilevel structure is finally obtained by introducing bacteria to etch the cuprous oxide.
The invention has the significance of providing a novel high-efficiency and stable photocatalytic material which can be excited by visible light and has very good activity of photocatalytic degradation of organic substances, and meanwhile, the preparation process is simple and convenient and the cost is low.
In order to solve the technical problems, the technical scheme provided by the invention comprises the following steps:
step (1): adding alkali liquor into the aqueous solution containing the divalent copper salt while carrying out high-speed magnetic stirring and mixing in a water bath, wherein the molar ratio of copper ions to hydroxyl ions in the mixed copper solution is 1 (30-40);
step (2): adding a reducing agent (preferably an ascorbic acid solution) into the mixed solution in the step (1), continuously reacting for 60min, centrifuging, washing and collecting precipitates;
and (3): re-dispersing the precipitate in the step (2) in an LB liquid culture medium, adding a bacterial liquid, and placing the mixture in a constant temperature shaking table for reaction for 1-4 days; the temperature is set to 37 ℃, and the rotating speed is 200 r/min;
and (4): after completion of the culture, centrifugation and washing were carried out, and the precipitate was collected and dried.
The method firstly adopts a one-pot method to synthesize the cubic cuprous oxide, and then the cuprous oxide is dispersed in an LB liquid culture medium containing bacterial liquid and co-cultured for a period of time. And then, centrifuging, washing, collecting the precipitate and drying to obtain the cuprous oxide with the flower-ball-shaped multi-stage structure.
In the above preparation method, preferably, the copper salt includes copper chloride, copper sulfate, copper nitrate, and copper acetate.
In the preparation method, preferably, the alkali liquor comprises sodium hydroxide, ammonia water and potassium hydroxide; the reducing agent includes ascorbic acid, glucose, starch, and hydroxylamine hydrochloride.
In the preparation method, preferably, the concentration of the copper solution is 0.01-0.025 mol/L, the concentration of the alkali liquor is 0.01-0.04 mol/L, the concentration of the reducing agent is 0.06-0.6 mol/L, the reaction time is 30-60 min, and the reaction temperature is 25-50 ℃ to obtain the cubic cuprous oxide.
The copper salt is dissolved in water to form a uniform ionic solution, and Cu is added along with the alkali liquor2+With OH-Reaction to produce Cu (OH)2Adding a reducing agent to reduce and generate cubic Cu2And (4) precipitating O. Subsequently, Cu2In the process of co-culturing O and bacteria, the bacteria are adsorbed to the cubic Cu by coulomb force2Etching the (100) crystal face of O to obtain Cu with flower-ball-shaped multilevel structure2O。
In the preparation method, the particle size of the cuprous oxide with the prepared flower-ball-shaped multilevel structure is preferably 200-380 +/-10 nm.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that:
1) the copper salt (copper sulfate, copper chloride, copper nitrate and copper acetate), the reducing agent (ascorbic acid, glucose, starch and hydroxylamine hydrochloride) and the solvent (water) adopted by the invention belong to common chemical reagents, and are cheap and easy to obtain.
2) The invention realizes the regulation and control of the shape of the cuprous oxide by bacteria without adding a surfactant, a template agent and the like.
3) The method has the advantages of simple process, mild reaction conditions, low cost and high yield of cuprous oxide, and is suitable for large-scale production.
Detailed Description
For the purpose of facilitating an understanding of the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to the specific examples below. Unless otherwise specified, the various reagents and materials used in the present invention may be commercially available products or products obtained by known methods.
A preparation method of a cuprous oxide photocatalyst with a flower-ball-shaped multi-stage structure comprises the following steps:
step (1): adding alkali liquor into the aqueous solution containing the divalent copper salt while carrying out high-speed magnetic stirring and mixing in a water bath, wherein the molar ratio of copper ions to hydroxyl ions in the mixed copper solution is 1 (30-40);
step (2): adding a reducing agent into the mixed solution obtained in the step (1), continuously stirring and reacting for 30-60 min at the reaction temperature of 25-50 ℃, and then centrifuging, washing and collecting precipitates;
and (3): re-dispersing the precipitate in the step (2) in an LB liquid culture medium, adding a bacterial liquid, and placing the mixture in a constant temperature shaking table for co-culture for 1-4 days; the temperature is set to 37 ℃, and the rotating speed is 200 r/min;
and (4): and after the culture is finished, centrifuging and washing, collecting and drying the precipitate to obtain cuprous oxide, thereby finishing the preparation of the cuprous oxide photocatalyst.
Preferably, the divalent copper salt in step (1) includes copper chloride, copper sulfate, copper nitrate and copper acetate.
Preferably, the concentration of the aqueous solution of the cupric salt in the step (1) is 0.01-0.025 mol/L.
Preferably, the temperature of the water bath in the step (1) is set to be 25-50 ℃, and the rotating speed of the magnetic stirring is 350-600 r/s.
Preferably, the alkali liquor in the step (1) comprises sodium hydroxide, ammonia water and potassium hydroxide, and the concentration of the alkali liquor is 0.01-0.04 mol/L.
Preferably, the reducing agent in the step (1) comprises ascorbic acid, glucose, starch and hydroxylamine hydrochloride, and the concentration of the reducing agent is 0.06-0.6 mol/L.
Preferably, the bacterial liquid in step (3) is gram-positive bacterium staphylococcus aureus (s.
Preferably, the prepared cuprous oxide is in a flower-ball-shaped multilevel structure.
Preferably, the particle size of the cuprous oxide prepared is 200-380 +/-10 nm.
The application of the cuprous oxide photocatalyst with the flower-ball-shaped multi-stage structure comprises the application of the cuprous oxide photocatalyst in the catalytic degradation of organic dyes, and the cuprous oxide photocatalyst has good photocatalytic degradation activity on methyl orange solution.
Example 1:
preparing 100mL of 0.01mol/L inorganic cupric salt (copper chloride, copper sulfate and copper nitrate) solution, controlling the water bath temperature to be 35 ℃, and uniformly mixing by magnetic stirring (the rotating speed is 350-600 r/s); thereafter, 20ml of 2.0M NaOH solution was added thereto, and stirring was continued for 30 min. To the above solution was added 10mL of 0.6M ascorbic acid and aging was continued for 3 h. Naturally cooling, centrifuging, washing with deionized water and ethanol for three times respectively, and drying the obtained solid sample at 60 ℃ for 12h to obtain the cubic cuprous oxide.
Step (2) the cuprous oxide prepared in the step (1) is dispersed in an LB liquid culture medium containing bacterial liquid and cultured for 4 days in a constant temperature shaking table (rotating speed: 200r/min) at 37 ℃; centrifuging, washing, collecting the precipitate, and drying at 60 ℃ for 12h to finally obtain the cuprous oxide product.
The X-ray diffraction pattern of the cubic cuprous oxide and cuprous oxide having a flower-sphere-like multilevel structure obtained in this example is shown in fig. 1, and the SEM pattern of the cuprous oxide having a flower-sphere-like multilevel structure is shown in fig. 2. X-ray diffraction analysis shows that the two products have strong diffraction peaks at 2 theta values of 29.5 degrees, 36.4 degrees, 42.2 degrees, 61.3 degrees, 73.5 degrees and 77.3 degrees, and all XRD spectrum diffraction peaks and Cu spectrum diffraction peaks2The O standard data (PDF #05-0667) were well matched and corresponded to the (110), (111), (200), (220), (311) and (222) plane crystal planes in this order. Thus, Cu was confirmed2And O crystal material. As can be seen from FIG. 2, the obtained cuprous oxide having a flower-ball-like multi-stage structure had a particle size of 380. + -.10 nm and a large specific surface area.
Example 2:
preparing 100mL of 0.01mol/L copper acetate solution, controlling the water bath temperature to be 35 ℃, and uniformly mixing by magnetic stirring (the rotating speed is 350-600 r/s); thereafter, 20ml of 2.0M NaOH solution was added thereto, and stirring was continued for 30 min. To the above solution was added 10mL of 0.6M ascorbic acid and aging was continued for 3 h. Naturally cooling, centrifuging, washing with deionized water and ethanol for three times respectively, and drying the obtained solid sample at 60 ℃ for 12h to obtain the cubic cuprous oxide.
Step (2) the cuprous oxide prepared in the step (1) is dispersed in an LB liquid culture medium containing bacterial liquid and cultured for 4 days in a constant temperature shaking table (rotating speed: 200r/min) at 37 ℃; centrifuging, washing, collecting the precipitate, and drying at 60 ℃ for 12h to finally obtain the cuprous oxide product.
The cubic cuprous oxide obtained in this example was slightly small in particle size and non-uniform in size, and the SEM image of the cuprous oxide obtained after the bacterial co-culture was as shown in fig. 3, and the cuprous oxide obtained had a porous flocculent structure.
Example 3:
preparing 100mL of 0.01mol/L inorganic divalent copper salt (copper chloride, copper sulfate and copper nitrate), controlling the temperature of a water bath to be 35 ℃, and uniformly mixing by magnetic stirring (the rotating speed is 350-600 r/s); thereafter, 20ml of 2.0M NaOH solution was added thereto, and stirring was continued for 30 min. To the above solution was added 10mL of 0.6M ascorbic acid and aging was continued for 3 h. Naturally cooling, centrifuging, washing with deionized water and ethanol for three times respectively, and drying the obtained solid sample at 60 ℃ for 12h to obtain the cubic cuprous oxide.
Step (2) the cuprous oxide prepared in the step (1) is dispersed in an LB liquid culture medium containing bacterial liquid and cultured for 2 days in a constant temperature shaking table (rotating speed: 200r/min) at 37 ℃; centrifuging, washing, collecting the precipitate, and drying at 60 ℃ for 12h to finally obtain the cuprous oxide product.
The SEM image of cuprous oxide obtained in this example is shown in fig. 4, and the obtained cuprous oxide is cubic, and the edge of the cuprous oxide is wrinkled, and the particle size is 380 ± 4 nm.
Example 4:
preparing 100mL of 0.01mol/L inorganic cupric salt (copper chloride, copper sulfate and copper nitrate) solution, controlling the water bath temperature to be 35 ℃, and uniformly mixing by magnetic stirring (the rotating speed is 350-600 r/s); thereafter, 20ml of 2.0M NaOH solution was added thereto, and stirring was continued for 30 min. To the above solution was added 10mL of 0.6M ascorbic acid and aging was continued for 3 h. Naturally cooling, centrifuging, washing with deionized water and ethanol for three times respectively, and drying the obtained solid sample at 60 ℃ for 12h to obtain the cubic cuprous oxide.
Step (2) the cuprous oxide prepared in the step (1) is dispersed in an LB liquid culture medium containing bacterial liquid and cultured for 8 days in a constant temperature shaking table (rotating speed: 200r/min) at 37 ℃; centrifuging, washing, collecting the precipitate, and drying at 60 ℃ for 12h to finally obtain the cuprous oxide product.
The SEM image of cuprous oxide obtained in this example is shown in fig. 5, and the obtained cuprous oxide is irregular and ultrathin flake.
The cuprous oxide material prepared in the above example was tested for catalytic activity. The photocatalytic activity of the sample was evaluated as the catalytic degradation efficiency of methyl orange solution (MO, 20mg/L) by a 500W xenon lamp simulating sunlight at room temperature. 10mg of the sample is weighed and dispersed in 50mL of methyl orange solution for dark reaction for 1h until equilibrium of adsorption and desorption is reached. Then, a photocatalytic experiment was performed every 30min to extract 1mL of the reaction solution. Next, the absorbance value of the solution was measured at a wavelength λ of 464nm with an ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer, and the formula: percent (%) degradation of ═ Ct/C0×100%=At/A0X 100% (wherein, C)tIs the concentration at a certain moment, C0At the starting concentration, AtIs the absorbance value at a certain time, A0Initial absorbance value), the degradation rate of methyl orange was calculated, and the catalytic activity results of the cuprous oxide material prepared in example 1 are shown in fig. 6.
The photocatalytic activity result shows that after 8 hours of photocatalytic reaction, the degradation efficiency of the cuprous oxide with the flower-ball-shaped multi-level structure prepared in the example 1 on MO can reach 63%; the degradation efficiency of the cuprous oxide with the porous flocculent structure prepared in the embodiment 2 on MO can reach 49.8%; the degradation efficiency of the cubic cuprous oxide with folded edges prepared in the embodiment 3 on MO can reach 47.48%; the degradation efficiency of the flaky cuprous oxide prepared in example 4 on MO can reach 15.14%. Therefore, the photocatalytic activity of the cuprous oxide can be effectively improved by changing the shape of the cuprous oxide.