Aditya Rianjanu , Kurniawan Deny Pratama Marpaung , Elisabeth Kartini Arum Melati , Rizky Aflaha , Yudha Gusti Wibowo , I Putu Mahendra , Nursidik Yulianto , Januar Widakdo , Kuwat Triyana , Hutomo Suryo Wasisto , Tarmizi Taher
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Abstract
This work presents the development of hierarchical niobium pentoxide (Nb2O5)-based composite nanofiber membranes for integrated adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) pollutants from aqueous solutions. The Nb2O5 nanorods were vertically grown using a hydrothermal process on a base electrospun nanofibrous membrane made of polyacrylonitrile/polyvinylidene fluoride/ammonium niobate (V) oxalate hydrate (Nb2O5@PAN/PVDF/ANO). They were characterized using field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. These composite nanofibers possessed a narrow optical bandgap energy of 3.31 eV and demonstrated an MB degradation efficiency of 96 % after 480 min contact time. The pseudo-first-order kinetic study was also conducted, in which Nb2O5@PAN/PVDF/ANO nanofibers have kinetic constant values of 1.29 × 10−2 min−1 and 0.30 × 10−2 min−1 for adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of MB aqueous solutions, respectively. These values are 17.7 and 7.8 times greater than those of PAN/PVDF/ANO nanofibers without Nb2O5 nanostructures. Besides their outstanding photocatalytic performance, the developed membrane materials exhibit advantageous characteristics in recycling, which subsequently widen their practical use in environmental remediation applications.
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Nano Materials Science (NMS) is an international and interdisciplinary, open access, scholarly journal. NMS publishes peer-reviewed original articles and reviews on nanoscale material science and nanometer devices, with topics encompassing preparation and processing; high-throughput characterization; material performance evaluation and application of material characteristics such as the microstructure and properties of one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional nanostructured and nanofunctional materials; design, preparation, and processing techniques; and performance evaluation technology and nanometer device applications.