• 文献标题:   Enhanced Photocatalysis of Graphene and TiO2 Dual-Coupled Carbon Nanofibers Post-treated at Various Temperatures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHUN HH, LEE JY, LEE JH, JO WK
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  • 出版物名称:   INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   0888-5885
  • 通讯作者地址:   Kyungpook Natl Univ
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.iecr.5b02751
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Graphene and titanium dioxide (TiO2) were coupled to a conducting polymer substrate to generate graphene-TiO2 carbon nanofibers (GTCNs) using an electrospinning method with a post-thermal treatment process. The photocatalytic activities of GTCNs for the purification of selected toxic organic pollutants under visible-light illumination were higher than those of three reference photocatalysts (i.e., TiO2-, graphene-, and polyacrylonitrile-based carbon nanofibers). The photocatalytic activities of GTCNs increased with increasing treatment temperature from 300 to 400 degrees C and then decreased gradually with further increases to 500 and 600 degrees C, indicating that there is an optimum post-treatment temperature. The photocatalytic degradation efficiencies for the target pollutants over GTCNs post-treated at 400 degrees C under visible-light-emitting-diode (visible-LED) irradiation were lower than those obtained using a conventional daylight lamp. However, visible-LEDs were suggested as energy-potent photon sources for photocatalysis of gaseous toxic organic chemicals over GTCNs.