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A facile way to fabricate cellulose-Ag@AgCl composites with photocatalytic properties

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Cellulose-Ag@AgCl composites have been directly fabricated by electrospinning of cellulose/LiCl/dimethylacetamide solution with AgNO3 under visible light. AgCl is formed when AgNO3 is added into a cellulose solution, and then the sufficient Cl− interacts with AgCl, which leads to the complete dissolution of AgCl. Meanwhile, AgCl is easily precipitated when the jet encounters water during electrospinning. Finally, cellulose-Ag@AgCl composites are formed because of the visible light irradiation during the whole electrospinning process. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements, thermogravimetric analysis and ultra-violet-visible diffuse reflectance spectra are used to characterize the crystal structure, morphology, composition, thermal stability and ability of cellulose-Ag@AgCl composites to absorb visible light, respectively. In addition, the photocatalytic properties of cellulose-Ag@AgCl composites are examined by a model experiment of the degradation of methyl orange under visible light. The photocatalyst still exhibits a good catalytic ability in the process of reuse.

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The authors are grateful to the Scientific Research Foundation of the Hunan Provincial Education Department, China, for financial support (Grant no. 15K080). We thank the Ningbo Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, for providing access to instrumentation.

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  1. The Key Lab for Fine Processing of Resources and Advanced Materials of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China

    Shaojun Wang, Ting Luo, Xiaomin Zhang & Shengpei Su

  2. National & Local Joint Engineering Lab for New Petro-chemical Materials and Fine Utilization of Resources, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China

    Shaojun Wang, Ting Luo, Xiaomin Zhang & Shengpei Su

  3. Ningbo Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, China

    Jin Zhu

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Wang, S., Luo, T., Zhu, J. et al. A facile way to fabricate cellulose-Ag@AgCl composites with photocatalytic properties. Cellulose 23, 3737–3745 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-016-1064-1

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