Abstract
An increasing demand and shortage of clean water sources have become an issue in the modern society due to the rapid development of industrialization, environmental pollution and long-term droughts. Semiconductor photocatalytic process has shown a great potential as a low-cost, environmental friendly and sustainable treatment technology to align with the “zero” waste scheme in the water/ wastewater industry. Electrospinning has been explored as a simple and scalable method to fabricate one dimensional nanomaterial with controlled morphology and components, and therefore has been recognized as an effective way to produce high performance photocatalyst nanofibers. In this review, we would like to highlight recent developments on the synthesis and characterizations of functional semiconducting nanofibers for applications as photocatalyst.
Keywords: Electrospinning, Nanofiber, Photocatalyst.
Current Organic Chemistry
Title:Electrospinning of Nanofibers for Photocatalyst
Volume: 17 Issue: 13
Author(s): Wei Pan, Hui Wu, Dandan Lin, Heping Li and Wei Zhang
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Keywords: Electrospinning, Nanofiber, Photocatalyst.
Abstract: An increasing demand and shortage of clean water sources have become an issue in the modern society due to the rapid development of industrialization, environmental pollution and long-term droughts. Semiconductor photocatalytic process has shown a great potential as a low-cost, environmental friendly and sustainable treatment technology to align with the “zero” waste scheme in the water/ wastewater industry. Electrospinning has been explored as a simple and scalable method to fabricate one dimensional nanomaterial with controlled morphology and components, and therefore has been recognized as an effective way to produce high performance photocatalyst nanofibers. In this review, we would like to highlight recent developments on the synthesis and characterizations of functional semiconducting nanofibers for applications as photocatalyst.
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Pan Wei, Wu Hui, Lin Dandan, Li Heping and Zhang Wei, Electrospinning of Nanofibers for Photocatalyst, Current Organic Chemistry 2013; 17 (13) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1385272811317130004
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1385272811317130004 |
Print ISSN 1385-2728 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-5348 |
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