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Synthesis of TiO2@lignin based carbon nanofibers composite materials with highly efficient photocatalytic to methylene blue dye

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The hydrophobic TiO2/lignin based carbon nanofibers (TiO2@CFs) composite with high photocatalytic efficiency and excellent cycle performance is successfully prepared by the method of electrospinning and thermo-treatment. The results of FTIR, SEM and EDS analyses show that the TiO2 nano-particles are uniformly and firmly coated on the surface of CFs. Due to good hydrophobicity and high electrical conductivity of CFs, such unique properties endow TiO2@CFs composites with enhanced light energy utilization efficiency and photocatalytic efficiency because of their floatability on the solution, high adsorptive capacity of MB, and low recombination of photo-generated electrons and holes. Compared with the commercial TiO2 powder, the degradation rate toward MB of TiO2@CFs is improved about 2.62 and 3.02 times at 30 and 15 min, respectively, under static state and xenon lamp irradiation. The degradation rate of TiO2@CFs toward MB reaches 62.77% within 15 min under static state, and further increase to 87.28% after 30 min. In addition, the removal rate of MB can be obtained up to 91.5% even after four cycles at a stirring speed of 200 RPM. Therefore, these unique material structures make it become a promising photocatalytic material.

The TiO2/lignin lased carbon nanofibers composite with excellent photocatalytic performance, reusability and durability was prepared from a green and low-cost biomass materials of lignin by using the simple method of electrospining.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51773167, 21706208 and 51573147); the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (2018JM5036); the Science and technology plan of Xi’an (2019217814GXRC014CG015-GxyD14.7).

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    Zhong Dai & Penggang Ren

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    Penggang Ren, Xin Gao, Wenwei He, Yanling Jin & Fang Ren

  3. Liaoning Province Key Laboratory of Plup and Papermaking Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China

    Qiping Cao

  4. School of Physics, Northwest University, Xi’an, 710048, China

    Yizhou Xiao

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• Electrospining is a promising method for photocatalyst composite synthesis

• CFs would efficiently enhance the photocatalytic efficiency of photocatalysts

• The floating TiO2@CFs composite greatly improve the utilization of light energy

• The tightly combination of TiO2 and CFs increase the durability of photocatalysts.

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Dai, Z., Ren, P., Cao, Q. et al. Synthesis of TiO2@lignin based carbon nanofibers composite materials with highly efficient photocatalytic to methylene blue dye. J Polym Res 27, 108 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-020-02068-7

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