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Photocatalysis Studies of Polyacrylonitrile/PolymetallicIron Oxides for Water Splitting under Visible Light

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  • (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 201800, China)

Online published: 2012-06-30

Abstract

Polyacrylonitrile (PAN)/polymetalliciron oxides used as photocatalysts for water splitting were prepared by coprecipitation and impregnation methods. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) showed that the cyclic structures were formed in the PAN chains after heat treatment. The functional groups of PAN showed strong interactions with metal ions. According to X-ray diffraction (XRD) characterizations, iron oxides were Fe3O4 cubic crystalline in the photocatalysts, and other metal ions existed as their relative oxides. Photocatalysis for water splitting into H2 presented efficient activity and the optimum rate reached 714.3 μmol/(g·h).

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LU Qiang,LIU Yin-feng,LI Yu-guang,YANG Cheng-xia,RAN Ming-hao,YANG Hong,GU Ying,XIA Yi-ben . Photocatalysis Studies of Polyacrylonitrile/PolymetallicIron Oxides for Water Splitting under Visible Light[J]. Journal of Shanghai University, 2012 , 18(3) : 317 -322 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1007-2861.2012.03.019

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