Dong, Bo and Li, Zhicheng and Xu, Xiuru and Song, Mingxin and Zheng, Wei and Wang, Ce and Al-Deyab, Salem and El-Newehy, Mohamed H. (2010) Highly efficient LaCoO3 nanofibers catalysts for photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 93 (11). pp. 3587-3590. ISSN 0002-7820
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Abstract
Perovskite-type oxide LaCoO3 nanofibers have been fabricated by electrospinning and subsequent calcination technology. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM),transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were used to characterize the morphology and structure. Rhodamine B (RhB) was employed to evaluate the ultraviolet (UV) photocatalytic activity of the as-prepared nanofibers. The effect of calcination temperature and pH of the reaction solution on the decolorization of RhB were investigated. Results showed that the samples calcined at 600 °C exhibited the best photocatalytic activity at pH 4. Additionally, the recycling experiments confirmed the attractive stability of the catalysts.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Material Science > Nanofabrication processes and tools Material Science > Nanostructured materials |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Chemistry |
| ID Code: | 10674 |
| Deposited By: | Asst Professor Dr Mohamed El-Newehy |
| Deposited On: | 22 Apr 2011 13:46 |
| Last Modified: | 01 May 2011 20:44 |
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