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The composition of photocatalytic nanofibres through electrospinning

>Magister Scientiae - MSc / The aim of this study was to enrich electrospun fibres with the active mineral
phase TiO2 nanoparticles and then to evaluate how well the composite fibres
performed in the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB). Electrospun
hydrophobic PAN polymer fibres were used as support structures for the TiO2
nanoparticles. The photocatalytic activity of the TiO2 enriched fibres for dye
degradation was evaluated and the effect of external stressors on the fibres was
assessed. A comparison was also made to determine whether the TiO2 -
photocatalyst catalyst should be coated on top of, or loaded inside the electrospun
PAN fibres

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/3931
Date January 2014
CreatorsFarao, Al Cerillio
ContributorsPetrik, Leslie, Babajide, O.
PublisherUniversity of the Western Cape
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
RightsUniversity of the Western Cape

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