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Photocatalytic activities of electrospun TiO2/styrofoam composite nanofiber membrane in degradation of waste water
Rajak A.a, Munir M.M.a, Abdullah M.a, Khairurrijala
a Physics of Electronic Materials Research Division, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]© (2015) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.TiO2/Styrofoam composite fiber membranes were synthesized using electrospinning technique for water purification applications. Composite fiber membrane was fabricated from precursor solution prepared by dissolving styrofoam in the mixture of tetrahydrofuran (THF), citronella oil and cajuput oil. The precursor solution was mixed with TiO2 powder with three variations based on the concentration (1:15, 1:20 and 1:40). A blue textile dye with 50 ppm of concentration was performed as a model of waste water. The structure and morphology of each membrane were characterized by using scanning electron microscope (SEM). The photocatalytic activity was investigated under 60 watt light bulb in the photocatalytic test box. The observation of photocatalytic process was performed for 30 hours. The quantitative data of the decrease in the concentration of textile dye solution were measured by using UV-Vis spectrometer and simple spectrometer which was developed recently. It was shown that there is significant decrease of the concentration of textile dye solutions performed by each membrane where approximately 69% of textile dye solutions have been successfully degraded for 30 hours under the bulb light.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Composite nanofibers,Electrospinning techniques,Photo-catalytic,Photocatalytic process,Precursor solutions,Structure and morphology,Textile dyes,UV-vis spectrometer[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Blue textile dye,Electrospinning,Nanofiber,Photocatalytic,TiO2/styrofoam membrane[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.827.7[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]