WU Pei, LUO Xuegang, LI Ke, et al. Photocatalytic degradation of LDPE film with Fe-Sr2Bi2O5 photocatalyst under UV and visible light irradiation[J]. CIESC Journal, 2015, (5): 1939-1946. DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20141736.
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WU Pei, LUO Xuegang, LI Ke, et al. Photocatalytic degradation of LDPE film with Fe-Sr2Bi2O5 photocatalyst under UV and visible light irradiation[J]. CIESC Journal, 2015, (5): 1939-1946. DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20141736.DOI:
Photocatalytic degradation of LDPE film with Fe-Sr2Bi2O5 photocatalyst under UV and visible light irradiation
A novel Fe-Sr2Bi2O5 photocatalyst was synthesized with the co-precipitation method and added into a low density polyethylene (LDPE) film. The solid-phase photocatalytic degradation behavior of LDPE composite film under UV and visible light irradiation at room temperature was investigated and compared with the pure LDPE film
CaCO3/PE
Sr2Bi2O5/PE and TiO2/PE composite films
and the obtained sample were characterized with contact angle
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM)
including the analyses for the mechanical properties of reserved elongation at break and reserved tensile strength. Fe-Sr2Bi2O5 had a high photocatalytic activity in degrading LDPE under UV light and visible light irradiation. After UV light irradiation for 10 d
reserved elongation at break and reserved tensile strength were lower than 5% and 40%
respectively; while contact angle was reduced by 22.52°. At the same time
carbonyl groups were detected in LDPE composite films and there were holes on the surface of LDPE around Fe-Sr2Bi2O5. Fe-Sr2Bi2O5 made photodegradation of LDPE more effective compared with Sr2Bi2O5 and TiO2 under UV or visible light degradation. In conclusion
LDPE could be degraded obviously by Fe-Sr2Bi2O5 under UV and visible light irradiation at room temperature
and Fe-Sr2Bi2O5 could be a new photocatalyst for photocatalytic degradation of polyethylene film in the future.