Facile Sol-gel Synthesis of Metaloxide Nanoparticles in a Cellulose Paper Template

Due to its unique supramolecular structure, cellulose is widely used as a template agent, ensuring an easy structuring of anatase TiO2 particles with subsequent release after the organics burning. This work is devoted to the synthesis of microcrystalline cellulose-TiO2 (MCC-TiO2) composite photocatalyst by preserving the intermediate organic-inorganic structures. A series of the MCC-TiO2 materials were prepared via solvothermal sol-gel method in n-decane and caproic acid solvents and characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, IR spectroscopy, 1 Н NMR and TG/DSC methods. The photocatalytic activity of the prepared materials was evaluated by the decomposition of formic acid in aqueous solutions. The composites failed to be formed in n-decane, while in caproic acid, acting as solvent and reagent, anatase TiO2 nanoparticles were formed onto the crystalline domains of cellulose, tightly fixed due to covalent Ti-O-C bonds. The materials formed in caproic acid showed a higher photocatalytic activity, explained by a complementarity of the organic and inorganic components. The specific activity (normalized on TiO2 mass) of best synthetized composite materials was almost twice higher than that of Aeroxide P25 TiO 2 reference photocatalyst.

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Modification of Cellulose Nanofibers by ZnO Nanoparticles for Gas Sensing

Alalousi

Alobaidi

Jehad

2020

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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Nanocellulose crystals (NCC) were isolated from the palm fronds by sonication and hydrolyzed processes and modification of them by the prepared ZnO nanoparticles (ZNPs) utilizes pulsed laser ablation in water. NCC:ZNPs layers were fabricated using the spin coating technique. The morphological properties of NCCs and NCC: ZNPs layers were investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy and field-effect scanning electron microscope (FESEM) respectively. NCC fibers have been shown a long fibrous shape with layer fibrous sheets about 60 nm of thickness consist of nano tapes between 30 nm to 70 nm of width and thickness sequentially. ZNPs clusters appeared clearly in FE-SEM image as individual growths between 20 nm to 240 nm of size and around NCC fibers. The structural properties of prepared layers have been characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique, the domain peak of cellulose is found at 22.54° mostly. There is increasing in the crystallinity indices with the number of layers were increased in both NCC and NCC: ZNPs films. The sensing of N2, H2 and NH3 gases were measured, generally the sensitivity of gases increased with adding of ZNPs expect N2.

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Facile Sol-gel Synthesis of Metaloxide Nanoparticles in a Cellulose Paper Template

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Modification of Cellulose Nanofibers by ZnO Nanoparticles for Gas Sensing

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