Issue 42, 2018

Fabrication of tubular braid reinforced PMIA nanofiber membrane with mussel-inspired Ag nanoparticles and its superior performance for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol

Abstract

A novel tubular braid reinforced (TBR) PMIA/CA-PEI/Ag nanofiber membrane for application in dynamic catalysis was introduced in this study. The preparation method of the TBR PMIA/CA-PEI/Ag nanofiber membrane was facile and efficient. The TBR PMIA/CA-PEI/Ag nanofiber membrane was characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). The mechanical properties were evaluated by a universal material testing machine. The tensile strength of TBR nanofiber membrane exceeded 500 MPa, whereas that of the nanofiber membrane without reinforcement was merely 10 MPa. Besides, the compressive strength of the TBR nanofiber membrane was also reinforced, which indicated that the TBR nanofiber membrane could withstand a higher operating pressure. The reduction of 4-NP to 4-AP was selected as the model reaction to evaluate the catalytic property of TBR PMIA/CA-PEI/Ag nanofiber membrane. The apparent rate constant of dynamic catalysis was 34.58 times higher than that of static catalysis. After 10 cycles, the conversion of 4-NP was still higher than 95.3%. This indicated that the TBR PMIA/CA-PEI/Ag nanofiber membrane had superior stability and recyclability. Besides, the TBR PMIA/CA-PEI/Ag nanofiber membrane also showed superior catalytic performance when it was used for catalyzing other environmental pollutants.

Graphical abstract: Fabrication of tubular braid reinforced PMIA nanofiber membrane with mussel-inspired Ag nanoparticles and its superior performance for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Aug 2018
Accepted
28 Sep 2018
First published
02 Oct 2018

Nanoscale, 2018,10, 19835-19845

Fabrication of tubular braid reinforced PMIA nanofiber membrane with mussel-inspired Ag nanoparticles and its superior performance for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol

M. Chen, C. Xiao, C. Wang, H. Liu, H. Huang and D. Yan, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 19835 DOI: 10.1039/C8NR06398B

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