Enhanced Solar Water Desalination by CuCo2S4-decorated Carbon Foam Derived from Waste Plastics

doi:10.1007/s40242-024-4091-8

Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (3): 548-555.doi: 10.1007/s40242-024-4091-8

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Enhanced Solar Water Desalination by CuCo₂S₄-decorated Carbon Foam Derived from Waste Plastics

Muzammil HUSSAIN^1,2, Tofik Ahmed SHIFA¹, Pratik V. SHINDE¹, Pankaj KUMAR⁴, Stefano CENTENARO^1,5, Silvia GROSS³, Elisa MORETTI¹, Alberto VOMIERO^1,4

1. Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172 Venice, Italy;
2. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Via Venezia 1, 35131 Padova, Italy;
3. Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Francesco Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy;
4. Division of Materials Science, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden;
5. Center for Cultural Heritage Technologies (CCHT), Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Torino 155, 30170 Venezia-Mestre, Italy

Received:2024-04-12 Online:2024-06-01 Published:2024-06-01
Contact: Alberto VOMIERO,E-mail:alberto.vomiero@ltu.se;Tofik Ahmed SHIFA,E-mail:tofikahmed.shifa@unive.it E-mail:alberto.vomiero@ltu.se;tofikahmed.shifa@unive.it
Supported by:
This work was supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (No. GA 101027930), and the Italian Ministry of University (MUR) for funding through Progetti di Ricerca Scientifica di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (No. 2022FNL89Y), the Kempe Foundation, the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation, and the Project of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (SPIN Project), the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.3, Project NEST. The authors acknowledge technical support from Mr. Tiziano FINOTTO for the collection of XRD data.

Abstract

Abstract: Interfacial solar desalination is an emerging technology for freshwater production, but the finding of novel solar evaporators is still challenging. In the present research, graphitic carbon foam (CF) was synthesized from the upcycling of waste plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste bottles functionalized with carrollite CuCo₂S₄ as a photothermal layer. Analytical characterization [X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS)] confirms the functionalization of carrollite CuCo₂S₄ on graphitic carbon foam. The UV-Vis spectroscopy analysis showed an enhanced optical absorption in the UV-Vis-near IR region (>96%) for functionalized CuCo₂S₄-CF foam compared to carbon foam (67%). The interfacial solar desalination experiment presented a significantly enhanced evaporation rate of 2.4 kg·m^-2·h^-1 for CuCo₂S₄-CF compared to that of CF (1.60 kg·m^-2·h^-1) and that of CuCo₂S₄ (1.60 kg·m^-2·h^-1). The obtained results proved that the newly synthesized CuCo₂S₄-CF from the upcycled plastic into new material for the photothermal desalination process can enhance the practice of a circular economy to produce fresh water.

Key words: Photothermal desalination, Cobalt, Copper, Chalcogenide, Waste upcycling, Circular economy

Muzammil HUSSAIN, Tofik Ahmed SHIFA, Pratik V. SHINDE, Pankaj KUMAR, Stefano CENTENARO, Silvia GROSS, Elisa MORETTI, Alberto VOMIERO. Enhanced Solar Water Desalination by CuCo₂S₄-decorated Carbon Foam Derived from Waste Plastics[J]. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, 2024, 40(3): 548-555.

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