The composition of photocatalytic nanofibres through electrospinning

dc.contributor.advisor	Petrik, Leslie
dc.contributor.advisor	Babajide, O.
dc.contributor.author	Farao, Al Cerillio
dc.date.accessioned	2014-11-26T07:26:15Z
dc.date.available	2014-11-26T07:26:15Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3931
dc.description	>Magister Scientiae - MSc	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The aim of this study was to enrich electrospun fibres with the active mineral phase TiO2 nanoparticles and then to evaluate how well the composite fibres performed in the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB). Electrospun hydrophobic PAN polymer fibres were used as support structures for the TiO2 nanoparticles. The photocatalytic activity of the TiO2 enriched fibres for dye degradation was evaluated and the effect of external stressors on the fibres was assessed. A comparison was also made to determine whether the TiO2 - photocatalyst catalyst should be coated on top of, or loaded inside the electrospun PAN fibres	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of the Western Cape	en_US
dc.subject	Anatase phase	en_US
dc.subject	Amorphous phase	en_US
dc.subject	Electrospinning	en_US
dc.subject	Nanofibres	en_US
dc.subject	Photocatalytic degradation	en_US
dc.subject	Photocatalysis	en_US
dc.subject	Photonic efficiency	en_US
dc.subject	Titanium dioxide	en_US
dc.title	The composition of photocatalytic nanofibres through electrospinning	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.rights.holder	University of the Western Cape	en_US