Influence of Fe doping on phase transformation and crystallite growth of electrospun TiO2 nanofibers for photocatalytic reaction
Influence of Fe doping on phase transformation and crystallite growth of electrospun TiO2 nanofibers for photocatalytic reaction
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DOI:
10.1016/j.matlet.2012.07.080
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发表时间:
2012-12
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3
通讯作者:
Ju-Young Park;Jae-Hyeok Lee;D. Choi;Cheol-Ho Hwang;Jae‐Wook Lee
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作者:
Ju-Young Park;Jae-Hyeok Lee;D. Choi;Cheol-Ho Hwang;Jae‐Wook Lee
Fe-doped TiO2nanofibers were fabricated by an electrospinning technique using poly(vinylpyrrolidine) and titanium isopropoxide as precursors. When the calcination temperature was increased, the crystallite size of the TiO2nanofibers increased. The Fe-doped TiO2nanofiber crystallites were larger than those of pure TiO2nanofibers because Fe promotes phase transformation. Fe controlled the phase transformation and also affected the growth of anatase crystallites. The photocatalysts were evaluated using the photodecomposition of methylene blue under UV light. Fe-doped TiO2nanofibers were found to be more efficient than pure TiO2nanofibers for photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue. The photocatalytic degradation rate fitted a pseudo-first-order equation. The rate constants of pure TiO2nanofibers and 0.5%-Fe-doped TiO2nanofibers were 0.276 and 0.570, respectively.