Ultrasound and water flow driven piezophototronic effect in self-polarized flexible alpha-Fe2O3 containing PVDF nanofibers film for enhanced catalytic oxidation

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106586" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106586</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Ultrasound and water flow driven piezophototronic effect in self-polarized flexible alpha-Fe2O3 containing PVDF nanofibers film for enhanced catalytic oxidation

Original language description

A new piezophotocatalytically active membrane based on polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanofibers with alpha-Fe2O3 nanoparticles incorporated into them has been synthesized by electrospinning. The composition, morphology and structure of alpha-Fe2O3 containing PVDF nanofibers mats were investigated by SEM, XRD, Raman, FTIR, XPS and DSC. Studies have shown that the inclusion of alpha-Fe2O3 nanoparticles promotes additional crystallization and self-polarization of PVDF into an electroactive beta-phase. With the help of XPS, the mechanism of interfacial ion-dipole electrostatic interaction, leading to self-polishing and crystallization of the structure, is shown. Using measurements of VB XPS, UPS and the frequency dependence of the dielectric constant, the role of polarization effects on the formation of long-lived metastable energy states in the electronic structure of PVDF near the Fermi level is shown. Piezocatalytic and piezophotocatalytic activity was assessed by the decomposition of Methylene Blue (MB) under the influence of ultrasound and UV-Vis radiation. The efficiency of piezocatalysis and piezophotocatalysis was 60.4% and 99.5%, respectively. With the help of experiments on the capture of active redox forms, it was found that center dot OH radicals are the main component of the MB degradation. Two different mechanisms of generating center dot OH radicals for piezocatalysis and piezophotocatalysis have been reasonably proposed. The stability of the catalyst was shown after five successive cycles of piezophotocatalysis.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10403 - Physical chemistry

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Nano Energy

ISSN

2211-2855

e-ISSN

2211-3282

Volume of the periodical

90

Issue of the periodical within the volume

106586

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

1-13

UT code for WoS article

000708838800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85116918656