期刊
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
卷 41, 期 9, 页码 11876-11885出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.05.156
关键词
Electrospinning; TiO2/ZrO2 nanofibers; Water photosplitting; Dye degradation
资金
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Grant - Korean Government (MOE) [2014R1A1A2058967]
- Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University [RGP-021]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [22A20130012537] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
Morphology and composition strongly affect photocatalyst performance. Due to the large axial ratio, nanofibrous morphology showed distinct enhancement in the photocatalysis applications. In this study, the influence of the composition of TixZr(1-x)O2 nanofibers on the photocatalytic activity toward degradation of methylene blue dye and water splitting under the visible light radiation was studied. Typically, the introduced nanofibers were prepared by calcination, in air at 600 degrees C, of electrospinning of solutions composed of titanium isopropwdde, zirconium isopropoxide and poly(vinyl acetate). The composition of the sol gel was adjusted to have final nanofibers having a composition of TixZr(1-x)O2 (x=0, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1). The utilized physiochemical characterizations (SEM, TEM, HR TEM, elemental mapping and XRD) indicated that all the synthesized nanofibers have very good nanofibrous morphology, high crystallinity and formation of TiZrO4 alloy structure in some formulations. Moreover, the results indicated that the photocatalytic activity strongly depends on the composition as the nanofibers corresponding to x=0.4 reveal the best performance in both water photosplitting and dye degradation; the obtained hydrogen was 1640 ml/g h while the percentage of dye removal reached 82.7%. Overall, this study emphasizes the importance of optimizing the composition of TiO2/ZrO2 nanofibers to maximize the photocatalytic activity. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.
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