Fabrication of ZnO-TiO2 Nanofibers and its Photocatalytic activity to methylene blue solution under sunshine
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    PVP/ZnO-TiO2 composite nanofibers were fabricated through a combination of sol–gel and electrospinning methods using polyvinglpyrrolidone ( PVP) as starting materials. ZnO-TiO2 nanofibers of 100–200 nm diameter were obtained by high temperature calcinations of the inorganic organic PVP/ZnO-TiO2 composite fibers.The materials were characterized by DSC- TGA, FT-IR and SEM. The process of the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue using ZnO-TiO2 nanofiber as catalyst was investigated. The results show that the ZnO-TiO2 nanofiber dopped 3% ZnO has the highest photocatalytic activity for methylene blue degradation, the degradation rate of methylene blue solution reached 99% under sunshine for 6 h., and it’s still 95% after eight times reuse.

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  • Received:March 19,2012
  • Revised:April 06,2012
  • Adopted:April 23,2012
  • Online: June 13,2012
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