Development of polyaniline-tin oxide (PAni-SnO2) as binary photocatalyst for toxic pollutant removal

IF 3.1 3区化学 Q2 POLYMER SCIENCE

Polymer Bulletin Pub Date : 2024-11-28 DOI:10.1007/s00289-024-05586-2

Wai-Leon Low, Chiam-Wen Liew, Joon-Ching Juan, Sook-Wai Phang

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Abstract

Azo dyes are commonly used as a coloring agent in the textile industry to beautify the textile products. However, due to the non-biodegradable and toxic nature of azo dyes, it is imperative to degrade the toxic dye in the textile effluent in order to prevent it from penetrating the aquatic ecosystem and causing environmental pollution. For this purpose, binary photocatalysts of polyaniline—tin oxide (PAni-SnO₂) with different weight percent of SnO₂ were synthesized using template-free method. The chemical structures and oxidation states of the photocatalysts were confirmed by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and ultra-violet visible (UV–Vis) spectroscopies, respectively. The existence of SnO₂ was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, while morphology of the photocatalysts was investigated by field emission scanning electron microsocopy (FESEM). Electrical conductivities of PAni-SnO₂ binary photocatalysts were measured by conductivity meter showing conductivity range of 6.55 × 10^–6–2.66 × 10^–3 S cm⁻¹. The photodegradation performance of PAni-SnO₂ binary phorocatalysts for toxic RB5 azo dye was in the range of 30.26–72.94% in which PAni-SnO₂(10%) demonstrates the highest photodegradation performance of 72.94%. This can be explained by its high surface area nanorods and nanotubes morphology that promotes electron conductivity (2.66 × 10^–3 S cm⁻¹) and for better RB5 adsorption. Also, its low band gap (1.98 eV) enabling easy excitation of electrons to form electron–hole pairs and low electron-pair recombination rate (low PL emission intensity of 7.29 × 10³ a.u.) are the other factors that contribute to its excellent photodegradation performance.

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Polymer Bulletin 化学-高分子科学

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6.00

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6.20%

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5.5 months

期刊介绍： "Polymer Bulletin" is a comprehensive academic journal on polymer science founded in 1988. It was founded under the initiative of the late Mr. Wang Baoren, a famous Chinese chemist and educator. This journal is co-sponsored by the Chinese Chemical Society, the Institute of Chemistry, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences and is supervised by the China Association for Science and Technology. It is a core journal and is publicly distributed at home and abroad. "Polymer Bulletin" is a monthly magazine with multiple columns, including a project application guide, outlook, review, research papers, highlight reviews, polymer education and teaching, information sharing, interviews, polymer science popularization, etc. The journal is included in the CSCD Chinese Science Citation Database. It serves as the source journal for Chinese scientific and technological paper statistics and the source journal of Peking University's "Overview of Chinese Core Journals."