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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 333, Issue 1, Pages 242-248Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2008.12.077
Keywords
Bi2O3; Nanofibers; Electrospinning; Photocatalytic
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- National High Technology Research and Development Program of China [2006AA03Z311]
- Cultivation Found of the Key Scientific and Technical Innovation Project [704017]
- Ministry of Education of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China [60576040, 50572014]
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Bi2O3 nanofibers with diameter of 70-200 nm were successfully prepared by electrospinning a precursor mixture of polyacrylonitrile (PAN)/bismuth nitrate, followed by calcination treatment of the electrospun polymer/inorganic composite fibers. The resulting Bi2O3 nanofibers were characterized with X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, FT-IR spectra and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The Bi2O3 nanofibers calcined at 500 degrees C exhibited beta phase, and whereas the nanofibers calcined at 550 and 600 degrees C both exhibited dominant 6 phase together with a trace amount of alpha phase. Photocatalytic experiments indicated that the obtained Bi2O3 nanofibers calcined at 500 degrees C were highly active for photodegradation of organic pollutants Rhodamine B (RB). Furthermore, the Bi2O3 nanofibers could be easily recycled without decrease of the photocatalytic activity. (c) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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