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Preparation and Photocatalytic Activities of Y3+ or Nd3+doped TiO2 Nanofibres

WANG Jin-Xian, GUO Yue-Qiu, DONG Xiang-Ting, LI Zhi-Guo, LIU Gui-Xia

  

  1. School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
  • Received:2009-08-10 Revised:2009-11-17 Published:2010-04-20 Online:2010-04-27

Abstract: TiO2 nanofibres, Y3+-doped and Nd3+-doped TiO2 nanofibres were successfully fabricated by electrospinning using Ti(SO4)2,
polyvinyl pyrrolidone(PVP, Mr=1300000), rare earth oxides and dimethyl formamide(DMF) as raw materials. The samples were
characterized by XRD, FESEM, TEM, and TGDTA. XRD analysis indicated that RE/TiO2(RE=Y, Nd) nanofibres with pure anatase
typed phase and pure rutiletyped phase were obtained by calcination of the relevant composite fibres at 550℃ and 900℃,
respectively, and the lattice parameters of TiO2 were remarkably reduced by the doping rare earth ions. FESEM analysis
revealed that the average diameter of the RE/TiO2(RE=Y, Nd) nanofibres was about 50nm, and their length was greater than 300
μm. Photocatalytic properties of the three nanofibres were investigated by degradation of rhodamine-B and phenol. The
results showed that the degradation rate of 1.5mol%Y/TiO2 nanofibres was higher for rhodamine-B, while the degradation rate
of 1.0mol%Nd/TiO2 nanofibres was higher for phenol. Therefore, the degradation activity of rare earth ions-doped TiO2
nanofibres changed with the different doping rare earth ions and degradation compounds.

Key words: electrospinning, TiO2 nanofibres, rare earth, rhodamineB, phenol, photocatalysis

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