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- Title
Highly Efficient Photocatalysts for Surface Hybridization of TiO<sub>2</sub> Nanofibers with Carbon Films.
- Authors
Chang, Guoqing; Cheng, Zhen; Warren, Roseanne; Song, Guoxia; Shen, Jianyi; Lin, Liwei
- Abstract
Titania (TiO2) modification with carbon nanolayers to increase substrate adsorption in the vicinity of the photocatalytic sites and high migration efficiency of photoinduced electrons at the carbon/TiO2 interface lead to a photocatalyst with enhanced efficiency. Herein, surface hybridization with carbon nanolayers of continuous TiO2 nanofibers based on the electrospinning technique were fabricated. Compared with TiO2 nanofibers, the photocatalyst of carbon-layer-covered TiO2 nanofibers presented a higher photocatalytic activity under UV irradiation for the degradation of organic compounds (methylene blue). The photostability was retained after five cycles under UV irradiation.
- Subjects
PHOTOCATALYSTS; ORBITAL hybridization; TITANIUM dioxide; NANOFIBERS; CARBON films; ELECTROSPINNING
- Publication
ChemPlusChem, 2015, Vol 80, Issue 5, p827
- ISSN
2192-6506
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cplu.201402427