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Polydopamine-assisted deposition of CuS nanoparticles on cotton fabrics for photocatalytic and photothermal conversion performance

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Flexible fabrics with excellent photothermal conversion performance are highly demanded in developing smart textiles. This work reports the deposition of copper sulfide@polydopamine (CuS@PDA) nanocomposites on the surface of cotton fabrics. The morphology and structure of CuS@PDA coated cotton fabrics were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermogravimetric analysis. The mechanism of the deposition and bonding of CuS@PDA on the surface of cotton fabrics was discussed. It was found that PDA coating resulted in a uniform dispersion of CuS@PDA on cotton fabrics with enhanced bonding fastness between the nanocomposites and fibrous matrix. Due to the unique encapsulation structure of CuS@PDA nanocomposites, the coated cotton fabrics were used as efficient photocatalysts for photodegradation of methylene blue. In addition, the CuS@PDA coated cotton fabrics exhibited excellent photothermal conversion and thermal imaging properties. The photocatalysis and photothermal conversion performance of CuS@PDA coated cotton fabrics endows the potential in smart textile applications.

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This research was supported by Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (2018CFB679), Hubei Province Technical Innovation Special Project (2019AAA005) and Engineering Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Huaqiao University (EFFM-201902).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430073, China

    Deshan Cheng, Yuhang Liu, Yali Zhang, Jianhua Ran, Shuguang Bi, Zhongmin Deng, Guangming Cai, Xiaoning Tang & Yang Zhou

  2. School of Textile Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, China

    Deshan Cheng, Yuhang Liu, Yali Zhang, Zhongmin Deng, Guangming Cai, Xiaoning Tang & Yang Zhou

  3. Engineering Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, 361021, Fujian, People’s Republic of China

    Deshan Cheng

  4. Centre for Materials Innovation and Future Fashion, School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University, Brunswick, VIC, 3056, Australia

    Xin Wang

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Cheng, D., Liu, Y., Zhang, Y. et al. Polydopamine-assisted deposition of CuS nanoparticles on cotton fabrics for photocatalytic and photothermal conversion performance. Cellulose 27, 8443–8455 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-020-03358-5

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