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dc.contributor.authorAdemola Bode-Aluko, C
dc.contributor.authorPereao, O
dc.contributor.authorKyaw, H.H
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-03T07:41:34Z
dc.date.available2021-06-03T07:41:34Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationAdemola Bode-Aluko, C. et al. (2021). Photocatalytic and antifouling properties of electrospun TiO2 polyacrylonitrile composite nanofibers under visible light. Materials Science and Engineering B: Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology, 264,114913en_US
dc.identifier.issn09215107
dc.identifier.uri10.1016/j.mseb.2020.114913
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6243
dc.description.abstractPolyacrylonitrile and its TiO2 composites were electrospun into nanofibers in N, N’-dimethylformamide for photocatalysis and antifouling experiments. The resultants nanofibers were characterized using field emission scanning microscope, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and contact angle analyses. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy confirmed the formation of polyacrylonitrile-TiO2 composite nanofibers with their diameter ranging from 10 to 340 nm. The x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results indicate the formation of O–Ti–C bonds on polyacrylonitrile-TiO2 matrix. polyacrylonitrile-TiO2 and polyacrylonitrile nanofiber surfaces showed superhydrophobicity with water contact angle of 155 ± 1 and 154 ± 1, respectively at 120 s. The photocatalytic properties of polyacrylonitrile nanofibers and polyacrylonitrile-TiO2 nanofibers were investigated under a simulated visible light source of 1000 W/m2 using methylene blue. About 90% of methylene blue was degraded within 3 h of exposure using polyacrylonitrile-TiO2 nanofibers while 55% methylene blue degradation was achieved for polyacrylonitrile nanofibers.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectAntifoulingen_US
dc.subjectNanofibersen_US
dc.subjectPhotocatalysisen_US
dc.subjectTitanium (IV) oxideen_US
dc.subjectVisible lighten_US
dc.titlePhotocatalytic and antifouling properties of electrospun TiO2 polyacrylonitrile composite nanofibers under visible lighten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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