Preparation and properties of titanium dioxide nanofibers by microemulsion electrospinning

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Abstract Using microemulsion as the precursor, the porous structure of titanium dioxide nanofibers was prepared by uniaxial electrospinning. It was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, ultraviolet visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and nitrogen adsorption and desorption analysis, and its photocatalytic performance was studied with methylene blue and actual printing and dyeing wastewater as targets. The results show that the structure of nanofibers can be adjusted by changing the microemulsion composition. When the mixed oil phase (paraffin and n-hexane) is added to the microemulsion system, the prepared titanium dioxide presents a porous and mixed crystal structure and has excellent photocatalysis performance. The photocatalytic degradation rate of methylene blue solution (MB) is as high as 98%, and the photocatalytic degradation effect of actual printing and dyeing wastewater is significant. The preparation process of this method is simple, and it has important reference and application significance for the preparation and performance improvement of photocatalytic materials with special morphology.

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	YANG Jinxin
	CHANG Wei
	HUANG Lu
	QIN Jie
	LI Yunfeng
	LIU Bin

Keywords： microemulsion electrospinning titanium dioxide photocatalysis

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YANG Jinxin, CHANG Wei, HUANG Lu, QIN Jie, LI Yunfeng, LIU Bin.Preparation and properties of titanium dioxide nanofibers by microemulsion electrospinning[J] Chemcial Industry and Engineering, 2022,V39(6): 21-28

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