Novel CuO/TiO2/PANI nanocomposite: Preparation and photocatalytic investigation for chlorpyrifos degradation in water under visible light irradiation

Visible light active photocatalyst, copper oxide/titanium dioxide/polyaniline (CuO/TiO2/PANI) nanocomposite, have been synthesized and utilized for chlorpyrifos degradation in water. The nanocomposite was characterized by some techniques including field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). The structural properties confirmed that the...