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Hierarchical nanostructures of BiOBr/AgBr on electrospun carbon nanof ibers with enhanced photocatalytic activity

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In this paper, hierarchical nanostructures of BiOBr/AgBr on electrospun carbon nanofibers (CNFs) were prepared by combination of electro-spinning and carbonization. Compared with the smooth surface of CNFs, the rough surface with hierarchical nanostructures of BiOBr/AgBr can be obtained by adding the certain amount of BiOBr/AgBr precursors into the spinning solution. The as-prepared composite CNFs exhibited highly photocatalytic activities for degradation of rhodamine-B and reduction of p-nitrophenol under the visible-light irradiation and at room temperature. Furthermore, the as-prepared composite CNFs showed the favor separation, recovery, and cyclic utilization properties.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers 51373155 and 51133006) and “521 Talents Training Plan” in Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (ZSTU).

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  1. Department of Materials Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, People’s Republic of China

    Qin Huang, Guohua Jiang, Hua Chen, Lei Li, Yongkun Liu, Zaizai Tong & Wenxing Chen

  2. National Engineering Laboratory for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology (Zhejiang), Hangzhou, 310018, People’s Republic of China

    Wenxing Chen

  3. Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology (ATMT), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, 310018, People’s Republic of China

    Guohua Jiang & Wenxing Chen

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Huang, Q., Jiang, G., Chen, H. et al. Hierarchical nanostructures of BiOBr/AgBr on electrospun carbon nanof ibers with enhanced photocatalytic activity. MRS Communications 6, 61–67 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2016.6

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