title: Green emitter copper clusters as highly efficient and reusable visible degradation photocatalysts.
abstract: Green emitter copper clusters (CuCLs) with a size of ≈1.5 nm can be used as very efficient and recyclable photocatalysts for the degradation of methylene blue, both in solution and supported onto glass surface showing a photocatalytic efficiency larger than that found with common semiconductors. These results open a new important potential way to overcome major difficulties found in the photocatalysis field with the common semiconductors.
authors.affiliation: Nanomag Laboratory, Research Technological Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Spain; INL-International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Braga, 4715-310, Portugal.
authors.forename: Noelia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vilar-Vidal
authors.forename: José Rivas
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Rey
authors.forename: M Arturo
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: López Quintela
keywords: clusters; copper; photocatalysis; photodegradation