Abstract
Homogeneously dispersed titanium dioxide loaded polyacrylonitrile nanofiber membranes with increased active mass loading, Ti3+ surface defects and hydrophilicity were fabricated by combining electrospinning and UV-ozone surface treatment. The photocatalytic activity improved by a factor of ∼2 and the kinetics of photodegradation switched from pseudo-first order to pseudo-second order with increasing TiO2 content with a maximum rate constant of 20.7 h-1.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 14751-14755 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | RSC Advances |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 18 |
Early online date | 29 Jan 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 29 Jan 2016 |