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Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanoparticles Prepared via a Film Shattering Process and Hybridization with TiO2 for Visible-Light Active Photocatalysis

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We present a methodology to prepare a hybrid photocatalyst based on conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNs) by electrostatically adsorbing TiO2 nanoparticles on the surfaces of the CPNs to achieve synergetic effects of efficient light-harvesting by CPNs and photocatalysis by TiO2 nanoparticles by taking advantages of the energy transfer from the CPNs to TiO2. Positive surface charges on CPNs were introduced by adding a portion of cationic amphiphile during the preparation of CPNs using poly(3-hexylthiophene) and a phospholipid via a phase-separated film shattering process. Then, anionic TiO2 nanoparticles were synthesized and adsorbed on the positively charged surfaces of CPNs by electrostatic attraction. The resulting hybrid nanoparticles showed efficient visible-light active photocatalysis which was confirmed by the degradation of methylene blue with visible-light irradiation.

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  1. School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Energy Converting Soft Materials, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974, Korea

    Jeongwan Che, Naraechan Bae, Juran Noh, Taehyung Kim & Juhyun Park

  2. School of Chemical Engineering and SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Korea

    Pil J. Yoo

  3. UNIST Central Research Facilities & School of Natural Science, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Korea

    Tae Joo Shin

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Acknowledgments: This work was supported by the Chung-Ang University Graduate Research Scholarship in 2017 and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2016R1D1A1A02937538).

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Che, J., Bae, N., Noh, J. et al. Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanoparticles Prepared via a Film Shattering Process and Hybridization with TiO2 for Visible-Light Active Photocatalysis. Macromol. Res. 27, 427–434 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-019-7071-y

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