Research progress on the synthesis method of ion-doped copper sulfide and its applications in photocatalysis and energy fields
- Corresponding author: Jinxing CAO, mr_caocao@126.com
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Jinxing CAO, Rubing QIU, Hongyong ZHU, Rongrong LI, Yuanxin JI, Xiaoyu ZHANG, Hui ZHANG. Research progress on the synthesis method of ion-doped copper sulfide and its applications in photocatalysis and energy fields[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry,
;2026, 42(3): 453-466.
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10.11862/CJIC.20250295
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Conditions: (a1, a2) 40 mL water, 0 mL EG; (b1, b2) 30 mL water, 10 mL EG; (c1, c2) 20 mL water, 20 mL EG; (d1, d2) 10 mL water, 30 mL EG; (e1, e2) 10 mL water, 40 mL EG.
(a) nS/nCu=1; (b) nS/nCu=2; (c) nS/nCu=3; (d) nS/nCu=4.