2022
ZnO nanofibers prepared by plasma assisted calcination: Characterization and photocatalytic properties
MEDVECKA, Veronika; Juraj SUROVČÍK; Tomáš ROCH; Miroslav ZAHORAN; David PAVLIŇÁK et al.Základní údaje
Originální název
ZnO nanofibers prepared by plasma assisted calcination: Characterization and photocatalytic properties
Autoři
MEDVECKA, Veronika; Juraj SUROVČÍK; Tomáš ROCH; Miroslav ZAHORAN; David PAVLIŇÁK a Dušan KOVÁČIK
Vydání
Applied Surface Science, Elsevier, 2022, 0169-4332
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
10305 Fluids and plasma physics
Stát vydavatele
Nizozemské království
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Impakt faktor
Impact factor: 6.700
Označené pro přenos do RIV
Ano
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14310/22:00125300
Organizační jednotka
Přírodovědecká fakulta
UT WoS
EID Scopus
Klíčová slova anglicky
ZnO nanofibers; Plasma assisted calcination; Coplanar discharge; Photocatalytic properties
Štítky
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 25. 3. 2022 11:15, Mgr. Marie Novosadová Šípková, DiS.
Anotace
V originále
The ZnO nanofibers (ZnO-NF) have been fabricated by the novel approach of plasma assisted calcination using the low-temperature atmospheric pressure plasma generated by diffuse coplanar surface barrier discharge (DCSBD). The electrospun polyvinyl pyrrolidone/zinc acetate fibers were exposed to DCSBD plasma before the thermal processing at different temperatures (400 °C,500 °C and 600 °C) and characterized in term of chemical composition and morphological structure by ATR-FTIR, XPS, SEM, XRD, and BET analysis. The photocatalytic activity of prepared ZnO-NF has been investigated under UV-radiation using methylene blue and the kinetics of photodegradation and reusability were studied. The results showed that initial removal of organic matrix at low-temperature by application of plasma leads to better formation of Zn-O even at lower calcination temperature. The plasma pre-treated (PT) fibers exhibit lower diameter of final products and helps to preserve a well-defined fibrous structure during thermal processing. The ZnO-NF prepared by a combination of plasma treatment and thermal processing showed significantly higher photodegradation activity and the difference was higher with decreasing calcination temperature. The highest rate constants were reached for fibers calcined at 600 °C with and without plasma treatment – kPT = 0.0149 min−1, kNT = 0.0107 min−1, respectively. The slight improvement of re-usability in cyclic photodegradation was observed on samples calcined at 600 °C.