Transparent Photocatalytic Thin Films on Flexible Polymer Substrates
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of the Materials
2.3. Characterization
2.4. Photocatalytic Activity
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Materials Characterization
3.2. Photocatalytic Activities
3.3. Photostabilities of the Materials
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Substrate Label | Description |
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D1 | Acryl coated 100% PES fabric (1100 dtex) with PVDF containing lacquer, white, 1 mm thickness. Temperature resistance between −30 and +70 °C. UVA/B stable. Sioen, Belgium. |
D2 | Acryl coated 100% PES fabric (1100 dtex), white, 1 mm thickness. Temperature resistance between −30 and +70 °C. UVA/B stable. Sioen, Belgium. |
PVC_s | PVC foil. Transparent, 0.1 mm thickness, the temperature of glass transition around 80 °C, melting temperature of 100 °C. |
PMMA | Polymethyl methacrylate sheet. Transparent, 3 mm thickness, temperature of glass transition around 85 °C, melting temperature around 130 °C. |
Sample | Band Gap—Film a | Band Gap—Powder b | Anatase Crystallite Size (101) c |
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Ti0Zr | 3.30 eV | 3.23 eV | 4.2 nm |
Ti5Zr | 3.20 eV | 3.16 eV | 5.0 nm |
Ti10Zr | 3.15 eV | 3.11 eV | 5.8 nm |
T20Zr | 3.05 eV | 3.09 eV | 7.7 nm |
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Vodišek, N.; Šuligoj, A.; Korte, D.; Lavrenčič Štangar, U. Transparent Photocatalytic Thin Films on Flexible Polymer Substrates. Materials 2018, 11, 1945. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11101945
Vodišek N, Šuligoj A, Korte D, Lavrenčič Štangar U. Transparent Photocatalytic Thin Films on Flexible Polymer Substrates. Materials. 2018; 11(10):1945. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11101945
Chicago/Turabian StyleVodišek, Nives, Andraž Šuligoj, Dorota Korte, and Urška Lavrenčič Štangar. 2018. "Transparent Photocatalytic Thin Films on Flexible Polymer Substrates" Materials 11, no. 10: 1945. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11101945