Electrospun niobium oxide 1D nanostructures and their applications in textile industry wastewater treatment

• Autorzy: Zaborowska Marta , Smok Weronika , Tański Tomasz

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24425/bpasts.2023.144941

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Textile industry emits daily huge amounts of sewage rich in non-biodegradable organic compounds, especially in textile dyes. Such contaminants are highly soluble in water, which makes their removal difficult. Other studies suggest their carcinogenicity, toxicity and mutagenicity. A promising chemical treatment of textile wastewater is the photodegradation of dye molecules in the process of photocatalysis in the presence of a photocatalyst. One-dimensional nanostructures exhibit a high surface-to-volume ratio and a quantum confinement effect, making them ideal candidates for nanophotocatalyst material. Nb2O5 is, among other metal oxides with a wide band gap, gaining popularity in optical applications, and electrospun niobium oxide nanostructures, despite their ease and low cost, can increase the chemical removal of textile dyes from wastewater. Facile synthesis of electrospun one-dimensional niobium oxide nanofibers is presented. The nanophotocatalysts morphology, structure, chemical bonds and optical properties were examined. Based on photodegradation of aqueous solutions (ph=6) of methylene blue and rhodamine B, the photocatalytic activity was established. The photocatalytic efficiency after 180 minutes of ultraviolet irradiation in the presence of Nb2O5 nanofibers was as follows: 84.9% and 31.8% for methylene blue and rhodamine B decolorization, respectively.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

electrospinning; niobium oxide; photocatalysis; MB removal; RhB removal; textile wastewater treatment; methylene blue removal; rhodamine B dye removal

PL

elektroprzędzenie; tlenek niobu; fotokataliza; usuwanie MB; usuwanie RhB; oczyszczanie ścieków włókienniczych; uswuanie rodaminy B; uswuanie błękitu metylenowego

• Wydawca: Polska Akademia Nauk, Wydział IV Nauk Technicznych
• Czasopismo: Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Technical Sciences
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 71, nr 2
• Strony: art. no. e144941
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 42 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Zaborowska Marta

• Department of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 18A, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-4025

autor

Smok Weronika

• Department of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 18A, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0786-0620

autor

Tański Tomasz

• Department of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 18A, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4024-1231

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).