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Article

A Novel Photocatalytic Functional Coating Applied to the Degradation of Xylene in Coating Solvents under Solar Irradiation

by
Luying Sun
1,†,
Yujie Tan
1,†,
Hui Xu
1,
Ruchen Shu
1,
Zhi Liu
2,
Ruina Zhang
3,
Jianyuan Hou
1 and
Renxi Zhang
1,*
1
Institute of Environmental Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
2
Foshan Shunde District Midea Washing Appliance Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Foshan 528311, China
3
Shanghai Institute for Design & Research on Environmental Engineering, Shanghai 200232, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Nanomaterials 2023, 13(3), 570; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13030570
Submission received: 8 January 2023 / Revised: 24 January 2023 / Accepted: 28 January 2023 / Published: 31 January 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nanocomposites for Catalysis and Environmental Protection)
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Abstract

A novel photocatalytic functional coating was prepared with g-C3N4/TiO2 composites as the photocatalytic active component modified by dielectric barrier discharge (DBD), and it showed an efficient catalytic performance under solar light irradiation. The degradation of xylene released from fluorocarbon coating solvents by the g-C3N4/TiO2 composite coatings was investigated under simulated solar irradiation. The degradation efficiency of the coating mixed with DBD-modified 10%-g-C3N4/TiO2 showed a stable, long-lasting, and significantly higher activity compared to the coatings mixed with the unmodified catalyst. Ninety-eight percent of the xylene released from fluorocarbon coating solvents was successfully removed under solar light irradiation in 2 h. The properties of the catalyst samples before and after modification were evaluated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), ultraviolet–visible (UV–vis) spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and other characterization techniques. The results suggested that DBD-modified g-C3N4/TiO2 showed an improved capture ability and utilization efficiency of solar light with reduced band gap and lower complexation rate of electron–hole pairs. The prepared photocatalytic coating offers an environmentally friendly approach to purify the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released from solvent-based coatings.
Keywords: dielectric barrier discharge; functional coating; VOCs; solar light photocatalyst dielectric barrier discharge; functional coating; VOCs; solar light photocatalyst

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Sun, L.; Tan, Y.; Xu, H.; Shu, R.; Liu, Z.; Zhang, R.; Hou, J.; Zhang, R. A Novel Photocatalytic Functional Coating Applied to the Degradation of Xylene in Coating Solvents under Solar Irradiation. Nanomaterials 2023, 13, 570. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13030570

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Sun L, Tan Y, Xu H, Shu R, Liu Z, Zhang R, Hou J, Zhang R. A Novel Photocatalytic Functional Coating Applied to the Degradation of Xylene in Coating Solvents under Solar Irradiation. Nanomaterials. 2023; 13(3):570. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13030570

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Sun, Luying, Yujie Tan, Hui Xu, Ruchen Shu, Zhi Liu, Ruina Zhang, Jianyuan Hou, and Renxi Zhang. 2023. "A Novel Photocatalytic Functional Coating Applied to the Degradation of Xylene in Coating Solvents under Solar Irradiation" Nanomaterials 13, no. 3: 570. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13030570

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Sun, L., Tan, Y., Xu, H., Shu, R., Liu, Z., Zhang, R., Hou, J., & Zhang, R. (2023). A Novel Photocatalytic Functional Coating Applied to the Degradation of Xylene in Coating Solvents under Solar Irradiation. Nanomaterials, 13(3), 570. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13030570

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