Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 2010, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (10): 1188-1191.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1095.2010.90832

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TiO2 Nanoparticles Loaded on Carbon Nanofibers

CHEN Ying-Sheng1, CHEN Zhen1,2*, LU Cai-Ying1, CHEN Ri-Yao1, CHEN Xiao1, ZHENG Xi1   

  1. (1.College of Chemistry and Materials Science,Fujian Normal University,Fuzhou 350007;
    2.Chemistry Department,Ningde Normal University,Ningde 352100)
  • Received:2009-12-10 Revised:2010-02-13 Published:2010-10-10 Online:2010-10-10

Abstract:

Polyvinylpyrrolidone(PVP) nanofibers loaded on kryptol were fabricated from PVP sol via an electrospinning technique, followed by preoxidation at 250 ℃and carbonization at 850 ℃. To obtain TiO2 nanoparticles loaded on these carbon nanofibers, the carbon nanofibers were firstly soaked by titanium n-butyloxide(Ti(OC4H9n)4) and subsequently heat-treated at 200 ℃ and calcined at 550 ℃. The morphologies and structure of the products were investigated by scanning electron microscopy(SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectrometry(FT-IR), and X-ray diffraction(XRD). TiO2 loaded on carbon nanofibers were used to study the degradation of methylene blue(100 mL 2.0 mg/L methylene blue) under UV irradiation for 40 min. The obtained nanocomposite exhibited a higher photocatalytic activity and the degradation percentage of methylene blue was higher than 75%.

Key words: electrospinning, carbon nanofibers, titanium dioxide, photodegradation of methylene blue

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