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Hierarchical nanostructures of BiOBr/AgBr on electrospun carbon nanofibers with enhanced photocatalytic activity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2016

Qin Huang ,
Guohua Jiang ,
Hua Chen ,
Lei Li ,
Yongkun Liu ,
Zaizai Tong  and
Wenxing Chen
Qin Huang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
Guohua Jiang*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China National Engineering Laboratory for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology (Zhejiang), Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology (ATMT), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
Hua Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
Lei Li
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
Yongkun Liu
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
Zaizai Tong
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
Wenxing Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China National Engineering Laboratory for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology (Zhejiang), Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology (ATMT), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
*
Address all correspondence to Guohua Jiang at[email protected]
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Abstract

In this paper, hierarchical nanostructures of BiOBr/AgBr on electrospun carbon nanofibers (CNFs) were prepared by combination of electrospinning and carbonization. Compared with the smooth surface of CNFs, the rough surface with hierarchical nanostructures of BiOBr/AgBr can be obtained by adding the certain amount of BiOBr/AgBr precursors into the spinning solution. The as-prepared composite CNFs exhibited highly photocatalytic activities for degradation of rhodamine-B and reduction of p-nitrophenol under the visible-light irradiation and at room temperature. Furthermore, the as-prepared composite CNFs showed the favor separation, recovery, and cyclic utilization properties.

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MRS Communications , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , March 2016 , pp. 61 - 67
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2016 

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