Photocatalysis of composite film PDMS-PMN-PT@TiO 2 greatly improved via spatial electric field

Baoying Dai, Ling Zhang, Hengming Huang, Chunhua Lu, Jiahui Kou, Zhongzi Xu

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Abstract

Efficient charge separation is quite significant to obtain high photocatalytic performance. In this work, piezoelectric-based composite photocatalyst film PDMS-PMN-PT@TiO 2 possessing high recoverability was prepared. The spatial electric field of PMN-PT was introduced into photocatalyst system by ultrasonic wave vibration to accelerate charge separation. Compared with magnetic stirring, ultrasonic wave vibration greatly improved the photocatalytic degradation efficiency of rhodamine B (RhB) over PDMS-PMN-PT@TiO 2 film by about 55%. A possible improvement mechanism that spatial electric field promotes charge separation was presented herein. The piezoelectric potential output demonstrated the piezoelectricity of composite film. The durability experiments of PDMS-PMN-PT@TiO 2 film indicated its great stability over several runs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9-14
Number of pages6
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume403
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2017

Keywords

  • Film
  • PMN-PT
  • Photocatalysis
  • Piezoelectric effect
  • TiO

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