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Sulfidation of copper oxide nanoparticles and properties of resulting copper sulfide

Content Provider	Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Author	Stegemeier, John Noack, Clinton W. Levard, Clément Lowry, Gregory V. Dale, James G. Brown, Gordon E. Yang, Tiffany Ma, Rui
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Many nanoparticles (NPs) are transformed in the environment, and the properties of the transformed materials must be determined to accurately assess their environmental risk. Sulfidation is expected to alter the speciation and properties of CuO NPs significantly. Here, commercially available 40 nm CuO NPs were characterized and sulfidized in water by inorganic sulfide, and the properties of the resulting products were determined. X-ray absorption spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy indicate that CuO (tenorite) is sulfidized by inorganic sulfide to several copper sulfide (CuxSy) species including crystalline CuS (covellite), and amorphous (CuxSy) species at ambient temperature. Some Cu(II) was reduced to Cu(I) during sulfidation, coupled with sulfide oxidation to sulfate, resulting in the formation of small amounts of several copper sulfate hydroxide species as well. The extent of sulfidation depends on the sulfide to CuO molar concentration ratio used. At the highest S/Cu molar ratio of 2.16, 100% sulfidation was not reached in 7 days, as evidenced by the persistence of small amounts of CuO in the NPs. Sulfidation increased the fraction of copper passing a 3 kDa MWCO filter representing soluble forms of Cu and any small CuxSy clusters compared to the pristine CuO NPs at environmentally relevant neutral pH. This high solubility is a result of oxidative dissolution of CuxSy, formation of relatively more soluble copper sulfate hydroxides, and the formation of small CuS nanoclusters that pass the 3 kDa MWCO filter. These findings suggest that sulfidation of CuO may increase its apparent solubility and resulting bioavailability and eco-toxicity attributed to toxic Cu2+.
Starting Page	347
Ending Page	357
Page Count	11
File Format	HTM / HTML PDF
ISSN	20518153
Volume Number	1
Issue Number	4
Journal	Environmental Science: Nano
DOI	10.1039/c4en00018h
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Sulfidation Speciation Copper(II) oxide Sulfide X-ray absorption spectroscopy Absorption spectroscopy X-ray crystallography Transmission electron microscopy Tenorite Copper sulfide Covellite Sulfate Copper sulfate Hydroxide Concentration Copper PH Redox Bioavailability
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Environmental Science Materials Science

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