Electrospun TiO2/ZnO/PAN hybrid nanofiber membranes with efficient photocatalytic activity

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dc.authoridUstun, Tugay/0000-0001-5365-3054
dc.authoridESKIZEYBEK, VOLKAN/0000-0002-5373-0379
dc.authoridYar, Adem/0000-0002-1432-9590
dc.authoridHaspulat Taymaz, Bircan/0000-0002-5170-322X
dc.contributor.authorYar, Adem
dc.contributor.authorHaspulat, Bircan
dc.contributor.authorUstun, Tugay
dc.contributor.authorEskizeybek, Volkan
dc.contributor.authorAvci, Ahmet
dc.contributor.authorKamis, Handan
dc.contributor.authorAchour, Slimane
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:14:28Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:14:28Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractElectrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers were decorated with TiO2, ZnO and TiO2/ZnO nanoparticles for the first time to prepare flexible multifunctional nanofibrous membranes. First, the arc-discharge process was utilized to prepare TiO2, ZnO and TiO2/ZnO nanoparticles and then the hybrid electrospun nanofibers were spun from PAN/nanoparticle colloids. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were utilized to characterize the resulting nanoparticles and nanofiber loaded nanoparticles. The microscopic investigations revealed that the specifically TiO2 nanoparticles tend to agglomerate within the PAN nanofiber resulting increased surface roughness; however, ZnO nanorods with 1D morphology are aligned as parallel to the fiber axis. Photocatalytic activity of the hybrid nanofibers was performed by pursuing the degradation of malachite green (MG) dye under UV light irradiation. The fabricated TiO2/ZnO/PAN hybrid nanofibers showed excellent photocatalytic efficiency with at least two times higher reaction rates compared to the bare PAN nanofibers. The results suggest that the photocatalytically active TiO2/ZnO/PAN hybrid nanofibers can be considered as filtering materials for a variety of applications in the fields of wastewater systems without the need of post processing stages for separating catalysts from the liquid medium.
dc.description.sponsorshipState Planning Organization (DPT); Selcuk University Scientific Research Council [15101009]
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors would like to thank State Planning Organization (DPT) and Selcuk University Scientific Research Council (BAP Project No. 15101009) for their financial support. Technical support from the Selcuk University Advanced Technology Research and Application Center is much appreciated.
dc.identifier.doi10.1039/c7ra03699j
dc.identifier.endpage29814
dc.identifier.issn2046-2069
dc.identifier.issue47
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85021634169
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage29806
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1039/c7ra03699j
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/21102
dc.identifier.volume7
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000403320500062
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoyal Soc Chemistry
dc.relation.ispartofRsc Advances
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectArc-Discharge
dc.subjectPolyacrylonitrile Fibers
dc.subjectVisible-Light
dc.subjectWaste-Water
dc.subjectTio2
dc.subjectDegradation
dc.subjectNanoparticles
dc.subjectShell
dc.subjectUv
dc.subjectNanocomposite
dc.titleElectrospun TiO2/ZnO/PAN hybrid nanofiber membranes with efficient photocatalytic activity
dc.typeArticle

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