Photocatalytic properties of PMMA‐TiO2 class I and class II hybrid nanofibers obtained by electrospinning |
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| Authors: | Federico Ohlmaier‐Delgadillo Maria Monica Castillo‐Ortega Rafael Ramírez‐Bon Lorena Armenta‐Villegas Dora Evelia Rodríguez‐Félix Hisila Santacruz‐ Ortega Teresa del Castillo‐Castro Irela Santos‐Sauceda |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Departamento de Investigación en Polímeros y Materiales, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico;2. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad Querétaro, Querétaro, Qro, México |
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| Abstract: | The preparation, characterization, and photocatalytic activity evaluation of three hybrid fibrous materials composed mainly by poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), methyl methacrylate (MMA): 3‐(trimethoxysilyl) propyl methacrylate (TMSPM): titanium butoxide (TBT), TiO2 nanoparticles (NPTiO2), and TiO2 nanowires (NWTiO2) is studied. Two types of fibe?s structures were prepared, single and core‐shell structures. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis showed both structures, single and core‐shell, as well as the inorganic phase were dispersed in the hybrid fibers. Infrared spectroscopic analysis (FT‐IR) and thermal analysis showed the organic and inorganic components, as well as the weight percentage of the inorganic phase present in hybrid fibers. The photocatalytic activity of the hybrid fibers class I and II showed that the best photodegradative efficiency for methylene blue in aqueous solution (2.9 × 10?5 M) was 95%, provided by PMMA—10 wt % NPTiO2. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016 , 133, 44334. |
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| Keywords: | catalysts electrospinning fibers nanoparticles nanowires and nanocrystals |
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