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Scalable fabrication of rechargeable photoactive cellulose nanofibrous membranes for efficient degradation of dyes

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Construction of photoactive nanofibrous membranes for effective treatment of dyeing effluents is critical to meet the great demands of environmental protection in textile industry, yet still remains a big challenge. In this work, we report a cost-effective strategy to create rechargeable photoactive cellulose nanofibrous membranes (BPTCD-CeNM) under mild conditions that can effectively and repeatedly produce hydroxyl radicals for dye degradation. The principle of this design is that BPTCD-CeNM could store photoactivity under UV light irradiation and release hydroxyl radicals under dark conditions. The membranes possess an ultra-fine fiber diameter (275 nm), large surface area (3.06 m2 g−1) and excellent degradation performance for reactive red 195, reactive yellow 4 and acid blue 7 (> 99.99% within 60 min). The successful fabrication of such materials may open up new avenues for designing and constructing highly efficient photoactive membrane materials for environmental applications.

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The authors acknowledge the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21506173) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. XDJK2019B016).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, People’s Republic of China

    Shixiong Yi, Sheng Sun, Yanchen Fan, Yushan Zou & Fangyin Dai

  2. Innovation Center for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai, 200051, People’s Republic of China

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Yi, S., Sun, S., Fan, Y. et al. Scalable fabrication of rechargeable photoactive cellulose nanofibrous membranes for efficient degradation of dyes. Cellulose 27, 5285–5296 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-020-03168-9

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