Facile production of a large-area flexible TiO2/carbon cloth for dye removal

Le Yang; Zonghan Hong; Jun Wu; Lian-Wen Zhu

doi:10.1039/C3RA46601A

Facile production of a large-area flexible TiO₂/carbon cloth for dye removal

Le Yang,^a Zonghan Hong,^a Jun Wu^a and Lian-Wen Zhu*^b

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^a College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China

^b School of Biology and Chemical Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, China
E-mail: lwzhu@mail.zjxu.edu.cn

Abstract

Through the precoating of TiO₂ on carbon fiber sheet and the subsequent hydrothermal reaction of the coated species with NaOH and tetrabutyl titanate, we successfully demonstrated the engineering growth of TiO₂ nanofibers on carbon fiber sheet. The resulting cloth exhibits excellent flexibility and enables robust, large-area (∼300 cm²) fabrication, representing a significant advantage over previous brittle, small area nanofibrous macroscopic structures. The adsorption and photodecomposition of Rhodamine B in water showed that the resulting cloth is very convenient for the purification of contaminated water owing to its combined adsorption and cleaning function. This work provides new insight into the construction of a large area, flexible and robust water purification membrane material.

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The article was received on 13 Nov 2013, accepted on 22 May 2014 and first published on 29 May 2014

Article type: Paper

DOI: 10.1039/C3RA46601A

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Citation: RSC Adv., 2014,4, 25556-25561

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