XU Mengchuan, WANG Yamiao, YANG Yi, et al. Preparation and performance of Pr3+: Y2SiO5/TiO2 composites deposited on activated carbon fiber[J]. CIESC Journal, 2016, (11): 4885-4891. DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20160716.
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XU Mengchuan, WANG Yamiao, YANG Yi, et al. Preparation and performance of Pr3+: Y2SiO5/TiO2 composites deposited on activated carbon fiber[J]. CIESC Journal, 2016, (11): 4885-4891. DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20160716.DOI:
Preparation and performance of Pr3+: Y2SiO5/TiO2 composites deposited on activated carbon fiber
In order to improve sunlight utilization as well as to recycle and reuse photocatalyst of titanium dioxide
Pr3+:Y2SiO5/TiO2/ACF composites were prepared by sol-gel technique of anchoring upconversion fluorescent material and nano-titanium dioxide on activated carbon fiber (ACF). Structures and properties of the Pr3+:Y2SiO5/TiO2/ACF composites were characterized by XRD
FT-IR
SEM
FS
and UV-vis DRS. Photocatalytic activity of the composites in the visible light region was evaluated with methylene blue solution as model pollutant and studied the effect of fabrication conditions such as calcination temperature and number of coating layers. The experimental results showed that TiO2 in Pr3+:Y2SiO5/TiO2/ACF composite contained both anatase (34.1%) and rutile (65.9%) when prepared by double coating and 800℃ calcination. This composite had the highest visible-light photocatalytic activity which degraded methylene blue (15 mg·L-1) high as 93.8% in 12 h. The photodegradation followed pseudo first order kinetics with reaction rate constant is 0.2471 h-1. Pr3+:Y2SiO5/TiO2/ACF composite remained degradation rate above 75% after recycled and regenerated for use four times.