Electrospun H4SiW12O40/cellulose acetate composite nanofibrous membrane for photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline and methyl orange with different mechanism. (15th July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Wei; Li, Tingting; Li, Guangtao; An, Libao; Li, Fan; Zhang, Zhiming
• Is Part Of: Carbohydrate polymers. Volume 168(2017)
• Page Start: 153
• Page End: 162
• Publication Date: 2017-07-15
• Subjects: Electrospinning -- Cellulose acetate -- H4SiW12O40 -- Photocatalytic activity -- Reusability; Polysaccharides -- Periodicals; Polysaccharides -- Periodicals; Polysaccharides -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 547.78
• DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.03.079
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0144-8617

Abstract

Highlights: SiW12 /CA composite nanofibrous membranes were prepared by electrospinning. The Keggin structure of SiW12 remained intact in the composite membrane. The composite membrane exhibited enhanced photocatalytic activity. The composite membrane could be easily separated and reused. CA membrane played a different role in the TC and MO photodegradation, resulting in the different degradation rate and mechanism. Abstract: H4 SiW12 O40 (SiW12 )/cellulose acetate (CA) composite nanofibrous membrane was prepared by electrospinning in which CA was employed as the support of SiW12 . Characterization with Fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) indicated that SiW12 has been successfully loaded into the CA membrane and its Keggin structure remained intact. The as-prepared composite membrane exhibited enhanced photocatalytic activity in the decomposition of tetracycline (TC) and methyl orange (MO) compared with pure SiW12 under ultraviolet irradiation. The optimal mass ratio of SiW12 to CA was 1:4, and the corresponding degradation efficiency for TC and MO was 63.8% and 94.6%, respectively. It is noteworthy that the degradation rate of MO increased more evidently than that of TC under the same conditions, which may be attributed to the different role that CA nanofibrous membrane played in the TC and MO photodegradation process. Besides providing more contact area between SiW12 and the pollutant in TC photodegradation, CA membrane played an additional role that donated electron to SiW12 in the MO degradation process, leading to a different photocatalytic mechanism with greatly enhanced degradation rate. Moreover, the composite membrane presented an excellent reusability, which was mainly ascribed to the water-insolubility of CA and the hydrogen bonds between CA and SiW12 . This work will be useful for the design of biopolymer-based membrane photocatalysts applied to antibiotics and dyes wastewater treatment.