Electrospun TiO2/SnO2 nanofibers with innovative structure and chemical properties for highly efficient photocatalytic H2 generation

Hierarchical heteroarchitectures functionalized membrane for high efficient water purification

“…With referring to our previously developed techniques [7,19,20], the precursor solution for fabricating TiO 2 nanofibers was prepared. 7 wt% of Polyvinylpyrrolidone (M w ¼1,300,000, Sigma Aldrich) was firstly dissolved in the mixture of absolute ethanol and acetic acid solution with a volume ratio of 9:1.…”

The design of a hierarchical photocatalyst inspired by natural forest and its usage on hydrogen generation

“…The electrospinning setup (Fig. 1b) for fabrication of TiO 2 NFs was similar to that previously reported [23,28,32,33]. Here, a plastic capillary with an inner diameter of 0.5 mm was used as the spinneret with a spinning speed of 5e10 mL/min.…”

“…The produced gas in the photocatalytic reaction was analyzed using a TCD-type gas chromatography (HP 5890A, Carboxen 1010 plot). pH value of the solution was determined by a pH meter (Horiba F-53) [10,33,37]. …”

Perspective of electrospun nanofibers in energy and environment

“…Additionally, the nanomaterial heterojuctions with non-aligned band configuration were much more favorable for efficient charge separation due to the presence of built-in band bending, as discussed in the "Photocatalysis" section. Electrospun nanofibers with heterojunction of anatase TiO2/rutile TiO2/rutile SnO2 had been successfully synthesized by Lee et al (2012). Charge carriers were generated in all of the three metal oxides due to the similarity of their band gap width.…”