J 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

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.