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Magnetically separable TiO2-coated SrFe12O19 electrospun nanofibers were obtained successfully by means of sol–gel, electrospinning, and coating technology, followed by heat treatment at 550–650 °C for 3 h. The average diameter of the electrospun fibers was 500–600 nm. The fibers were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The optimized calcining temperature was determined by XRD and the analysis of decolorizing efficiency of methylene blue (MB) under UV–vis irradiation. The photocatalytic activity of the TiO2-coated SrFe12O19 fibers was investigated using ultraviolet–visible absorbance by following the photooxidative decomposition of a model pollutant dye solution, MB in a photochemical reactor. In contrast to pure TiO2 fibers, the TiO2-coated SrFe12O19 fibers have higher absorption in 250–750 nm wavelength regions. The presence of SrFe12O19 not only broadened the response region of visible-light, but also enhanced the absorbance for UV light. The decolorizing efficiency of MB under UV–vis irradiation was up to 98.19%, which was a little higher than that of Degussa P25 (97.68%). Furthermore, these fibers could be recollected easily with a magnet in a photocatalytic process and had effectively avoided secondary pollution of treated water.
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This study was partly supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 51073005), the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant no. KZ201010012012), PHR (IHLB), the 863 Project (Grant no. 2007AA021906), and the 973 Project (Grant no. 2010CB933501).
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Li, CJ., Wang, JN., Li, XY. et al. Functionalization of electrospun magnetically separable TiO2-coated SrFe12O19 nanofibers: strongly effective photocatalyst and magnetic separation. J Mater Sci 46, 2058–2063 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-010-5038-7
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