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Fe2O3 Photocatalyst Supported on Ultra-fine Fibrous Al2O3 Prepared via Electro- blown Spinning (EBS) with an Application to Organic Dye Degradation |
Lei LI1,2,Bowen CHENG2,Weimin KANG2,Xiaoguang MA2,Xupin ZHUANG2
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1 School of Materials Science and Engineering,Tianjin Polytechnic University,Tianjin 300387 2 State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387 |
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Abstract Ultra-fine fibrous Al2O3 supported Fe2O3 photocatalyst was prepared by an electro-blown spinning (EBS) method combined with impregnation-calcination process, and characterized by techniques such as SEM,EDS and XRD. Photocatalytic degradation of Reactive Red 195 (RR 195) in aqueous solution was used as a probe reaction to evaluate the product’s photocatalytic activity. The results showed that flexible and ultra-fine fibrous alumina mat, which is appropriate for photocatalyst supporter and has an average diameter of 3.78 μm, can be obtained via electro-blown spinning method. The catalytic experimental results suggested that the optimum photocatalytic performance of the photocatalyst was achieved when the sintering temperature was 500 ℃ and the iron loaded content was 195.5 mg/g. The dye decoloration rate reached 95% within 120 min for the first run with H2O2 and UV light, and it can be maintained 70% after three rounds. Moreover,this photocatalyst still maintained good fabric morphology after reaction and was easier to be separated from dye solution, which could avoid the secondary pollution effectively.
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Published: 25 January 2018
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(a)The schematic of the EBS apparatus; (b)schematic diagram for the preparation of Fe2O3/Al2O3 ultra-fine fiber supported photocatalyst
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(a) SEM image of EBS alumina fiber mat, and inset was SEM image of solution blowing alumina fiber; (b) diameter distribution of EBS alumina fiber; (c) SEM image of Fe2O3/Al2O3 photocatalyst; (d) EDS image of Fe2O3/Al2O3 photocatalyst
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(a)N2 isotherm adsorption-desorption curvers of EBS alumina fiber (inset was BJH pore size distribution) and (b)pore size distribution and average pore size of EBS alumina mat
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XRD spectra of (a) EBS alumina fiber and (b) Fe2O3/Al2O3 photocatalyst obtained under different sintering temperature
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Photocatalytic curves of photocatalyst obtained under different sintering temperature
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(a) XRD spectra and (b) photocatalytic curves of photocatalyst obtained with different iron loaded contents
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Recycled curves of Fe2O3/Al2O3 ultra-fine fiber supported photocatalyst
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The catalytic action of Fe2O3/Al2O3 ultra-fine fiber supported photocatalyst: (a) 0.6 g photocatalyst, dark; (b) 0.6 g photocatalyst, visible light; (c) 0.6 g photocatalyst, UV-light; (d) 0.6 g photocatalyst, 2 mmol/L H2O2, UV-light
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(a)Digital images of EBS alumina fiber mat; (b)the folded EBS alumina fiber mat; (c)digital images of Fe2O3/Al2O3 photocatalyst; (d)digital images of used Fe2O3/Al2O3 photocatalyst
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