Investigation of the Photocatalytic Property of Doped Molybdenum Disulfide Nanostructure with Copper

In this study, hydrothermal method was used to synthesize Pure molybdenum disulfide and doped molybdenum disulfide with copper. XRD, FTIR, UV-VIS, TEM analysis was used to identify the structural and morphological properties of the samples. The Fourier transform infrared spectrum well showed the formation of MoS2 bonds as well as doped MoS2. The results of X-ray diffraction patterns confirmed the crystalline structure and the single phase of synthesized samples, and also the boradening of the XRD peaks and TEM images indicated the formation of nano layerd structure of MoS2 and doped MoS2. It can be concluded that by placing copper in the crystal structure (Which is located in the interstitial site), the location of the peaks has been moved only to a small extent .The photocatalytic activity of nanostructures in methylene blue color degradation by stimulating ultraviolet light was investigated, which is about 95 percent  by doped sample with copper.