Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Enhanced visible-light responsive photocatalytic activity of N-doped TiO2 thoroughly mesoporous nanofibers

  • Published:
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Improving the photocatalytic efficiency of TiO2 semiconductor is crucially important and highly desired for its practical applications. In the present work, aiming to broaden the photoresponse window and limit the photocatalyst aggregation, we reported the exploration of N-doped TiO2 thoroughly mesoporous nanofibers with high purity in morphology via a foaming-assisted electrospinning strategy. The foaming agents and urea were introduced in the raw materials to create the mesopores and incorporate the N dopants into the conventional solid TiO2 nanofibers, respectively, which could be accomplished simultaneously over one-step calcination process. The synergetic combination of N dopants and one-dimensional mesoporous nanostructure allow the TiO2 fibers to exhibit significantly enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity toward the Rhodamine B and hydrogen evolution, as compared to those of N-doped solid and intrinsic thoroughly mesoporous counterparts, suggesting their promising applications in water purification and energy supply.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9
Fig. 10

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. D.H. Kwon, K.M. Kim, J.H. Jang, J.M. Jeon, M.H. Lee, G.H. Kim, X.S. Li, G.S. Park, B. Lee, S. Han, Nat. Nanotechnol. 5, 148–153 (2010)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Q. Xiang, J. Yu, M. Jaroniec, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 6575–6578 (2012)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. N. Liu, V. Häublein, X. Zhou, U. Venkatesan, M. Hartmann, M. Mackovic, T. Nakajima, E. Spiecker, A. Osvet, L. Frey, Nano Lett. 15, 6815–6820 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. A. Fujishima, Nature 238, 37–38 (1972)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. D. Yang, H. Liu, Z. Zheng, Y. Yuan, J.C. Zhao, E.R. Waclawik, X. Ke, H. Zhu, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 17885–17893 (2009)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. J. Schneider, M. Matsuoka, M. Takeuchi, J. Zhang, Y. Horiuchi, M. Anpo, D.W. Bahnemann, Chem. Rev. 114, 9919–9986 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. R. Dhabbe, A. Kadam, P. Korake, M. Kokate, P. Waghmare, K. Garadkar, J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Electron. 26, 554–563 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. H. Hou, F. Gao, L. Wang, M. Shang, Z. Yang, J. Zheng, W. Yang, J. Mater. Chem. A 4, 6276–6281 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. L. Zhang, S. Han, H. Liu, P. Yu, X. Fang, Small 12, 1527–1536 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. N. Lakshminarasimhan, E. Bae, W. Choi, J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 15244–15250 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. W. Li, Z. Wu, J. Wang, A.A. Elzatahry, D. Zhao, Chem. Mater. 26, 287–298 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. H.B. Kim, H. Kim, W.I. Lee, D.J. Jang, J. Mater. Chem. A 3, 9714–9721 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. X. Ren, H. Hou, Z. Liu, F. Gao, J. Zheng, L. Wang, T. Wu, Small 12, 4007–4017 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. J.H. Bang, P.V. Kamat, Adv. Funct. Mater. 20, 1970–1976 (2010)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. W. Zhou, Z. Yin, Y. Du, X. Huang, Z. Zeng, Z. Fan, H. Liu, J. Wang, H. Zhang, Small 9, 140–147 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. T.M. Wandre, P.N. Gaikwad, A.S. Tapase, K.M. Garadkar, S.A. Vanalakar, P.D. Lokhande, P.P. Hankare, J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Electron. 27, 825–833 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. K. Yang, Y. Dai, B. Huang, J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 18985–18994 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. G. Yang, Z. Jiang, H. Shi, T. Xiao, Z. Yan, J. Mater. Chem. 20, 5301–5309 (2010)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. M. Zhu, C. Zhai, L. Qiu, C. Lu, A.S. Paton, Y. Du, M.C. Goh, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 3, 3123–3129 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. R. Asahi, T. Morikawa, T. Ohwaki, K. Aoki, Y. Taga, Science 293, 269–271 (2001)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. G. Yang, Z. Jiang, H. Shi, T. Xiao, Z. Yan, J. Mater. Chem. 20, 5301–5309 (2010)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. J.R. Huang, X. Tan, T. Yu, W.L. Hu, L. Zhao, H. Liu, L. Zhang, Y.L. Zou, ChemElectroChem 2, 1174–1181 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  23. C. Burda, Y. Lou, X. Chen, A.C. Samia, J. Stout, J.L. Gole, Nano Lett. 3, 1049–1051 (2003)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. V.J. Babu, A.S. Nair, Z. Peining, S. Ramakrishna, Mater. Lett. 65, 3064–3068 (2011)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  25. H. Li, W. Zhang, S. Huang, W. Pan, Nanoscale 4, 801–806 (2012)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. T. Lindgren, J.M. Mwabora, E. Avendano, J. Jonsson, A. Hoel, C.G. Granqvist, S.E. Lindquist, J. Phys. Chem. B 107, 5709–5716 (2003)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. T.C. Jagadale, S.P. Takale, R.S. Sonawane, H.M. Joshi, S.I. Patil, B.B. Kale, S.B. Ogale, J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 14595–14602 (2008)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  28. B. Chi, L. Zhao, T. Jin, J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 6189–6193 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  29. H. Hou, L. Wang, F. Gao, G. Wei, B. Tang, W. Yang, T. Wu, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 16716–16719 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. Z. Jiang, F. Yang, N. Luo, B.T. Chu, D. Sun, H. Shi, T. Xiao, P.P. Edwards, Chem. Commun. 47, 6372–6374 (2008)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. Z. Xiong, X.S. Zhao, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 5754–5757 (2012)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  32. B. Erdem, R.A. Hunsicker, G.W. Simmons, E.D. Sudol, V.L. Dimonie, M.S. El-Aasser, Langmuir 17, 2664–2669 (2001)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  33. J. Fang, F. Wang, K. Qian, H. Bao, Z. Jiang, W. Huang, J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 18150–18156 (2008)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  34. Y. Huo, Y. Jin, J. Zhu, H. Li, Appl. Catal. B 89, 543–550 (2009)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  35. P. Romero-Gomez, V. Rico, A. Borras, A. Barranco, J. Espinos, J. Cotrino, A. Gonzalez-Elipe, J. Phys. Chem. C 113, 13341–13351 (2009)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  36. C. Di Valentin, G. Pacchioni, A. Selloni, S. Livraghi, E. Giamello, J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 11414–11419 (2005)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  37. T. Ohsaka, F. Izumi, Y. Fujiki, J. Raman Spectrosc. 7, 321–324 (1978)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  38. H. Ma, J. Yang, Y. Dai, Y. Zhang, B. Lu, G. Ma, Appl. Surf. Sci. 253, 7497–7500 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  39. G. Liu, H.G. Yang, X. Wang, L. Cheng, J. Pan, G.Q. Lu, H.-M. Cheng, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 12868–12869 (2009)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  40. S.G. Kumar, L.G. Devi, J. Phys. Chem. A 115, 13211–13241 (2011)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  41. C. Tian, Q. Zhang, A. Wu, M. Jiang, Z. Liang, B. Jiang, H. Fu, Chem. Commun. 48, 2858–2860 (2012)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  42. X. Zhang, Y. Zhu, X. Yang, S. Wang, J. Shen, B. Lin, C. Li, Nanoscale 5, 3359–3366 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  43. S. Livraghi, M.C. Paganini, E. Giamello, A. Selloni, C. Di Valentin, G. Pacchioni, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 15666–15671 (2006)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  44. S. Banerjee, S.C. Pillai, P. Falaras, K.E. O’Shea, J.A. Byrne, D.D. Dionysiou, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5, 2543–2554 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  45. H. Hou, L. Wang, F. Gao, G. Wei, J. Zheng, B. Tang, W. Yang, Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 39, 6837–6844 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  46. H. Liu, H. Hou, F. Gao, X. Yao, W. Yang, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 8, 1929–1936 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Grant Nos. 51372122, 51372123, 51572133 and 51602163), Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (No. 2015M581966), W. M. Wang Entrepreneurial Foundation (Grant No. 2015001) and Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo Municipal Government (Grant Nos. 2016A610102 and 2016A610108).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Materials, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo City, 315016, People’s Republic of China

    Huilin Hou, Fengmei Gao, Minghui Shang, Lin Wang, Jinju Zheng, Qiao liu, Zuobao Yang, Jiahuan Xu & Weiyou Yang

Authors
  1. Huilin Hou
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Fengmei Gao
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Minghui Shang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Lin Wang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Jinju Zheng
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Qiao liu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Zuobao Yang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Jiahuan Xu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Weiyou Yang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Weiyou Yang.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Hou, H., Gao, F., Shang, M. et al. Enhanced visible-light responsive photocatalytic activity of N-doped TiO2 thoroughly mesoporous nanofibers. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 28, 3796–3805 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-016-5990-3

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-016-5990-3

Keywords

Search

Navigation