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Hybrid materials of conjugated polymer and titanium(IV) oxide have attracted considerable attention concerning their potential benefits, including (i) ecient exploitation of visible light, (ii) a high adsorption capacity for organic contaminants, (iii) and eective charge carriers separation. The new class of the photocatalysts is promising for the removal of environmental pollutants in both aqueous and gaseous phases. For the first time, in this study, the polyaniline (PANI)–TiO2 hybrid composite was used for the degradation of phenol in water and toluene in the gas phase. Polyaniline–TiO2 was prepared by the in situ polymerization of aniline on the TiO2 surface. The obtained hybrid material was characterized by diuse reflectance spectroscopy (DR/UV-Vis), X-ray diraction (XRD), fast-Fourier transformation spectroscopy (FTIR), photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy, microscopy analysis (SEM/TEM), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). An insight into the mechanism was shown based on the photodegradation analysis of charge carrier scavengers. Polyaniline is an ecient TiO2 photosensitizer for photodegradation in visible light ( > 420 nm). The trapping experiments revealed that mainly h+ and OH were the reactive oxygen species that were responsible for phenol degradation. Furthermore, the PANI–TiO2 hybrid nanocomposite was used in gypsum plaster to study the self-cleaning properties of the obtained building material. The eect of PANI–TiO2 content on the hydrophilic/hydrophobic properties and crystallographic structure of gypsum was studied. The obtained PANI–TiO2-modified gypsum plaster had improved photocatalytic activity in the reaction of toluene degradation under Vis light
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- artykuły w czasopismach
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Materials
no. 13,
pages 1 - 22,
ISSN: 1996-1944 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Bibliographic description:
- Sulowska A., Wysocka I., Pelczarski D., Karczewski J., Zielińska-Jurek A.: Hybrid TiO2–Polyaniline Photocatalysts and their Application in Building Gypsum Plasters// Materials -Vol. 13,iss. 7 (2020), s.1-22
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.3390/ma13071516
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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