Comparative photocatalytic degradation of polythene films was investigated with undoped and metal (Fe, Ag, and Fe/Ag mix) doped TiO2nanoparticles under three different conditions such as UV radiation, artificial light, and darkness. Prepared photocatalysts were characterized by XRD, SEM, and EDS techniques. Photocatalytic degradation of the polythene films was determined by monitoring their weight reduction, SEM analysis, and FTIR spectroscopy. Weight of PE films steadily decreased and led to maximum of 14.34% reduction under UV irradiation with Fe/Ag mix doped TiO2nanoparticles and maximum of 14.28% reduction under artificial light with Ag doped TiO2nanoparticles in 300 hrs. No weight reduction was observed under darkness. Results reveal that polythene-TiO2compositing with metal doping has the potential to degrade the polythene waste under irradiation without any pollution.
A new aromatic diamine monomer {4-amino [4-(diphenylamino) phenyl] anilino} phenyl amine (DPA -4) were synthesized in high yield and purity. {4-amino [4-(diphenylamino) phenyl] anilino} phenyl amine (DPA -4) monomer were reacted with Tetra carboxylic dianhydride (BT) leading to the formation of polyamic acid, followed by the preparation of polyimide/Titania hybrid films through non-hydrolytic sol-gel method. The synthesized polyimide were considered as blank & compared with the nano-hybrids derived from polyimides/Titania blends of different TiO2content. Synthesized polyimide showed excellent solubility in aprotic solvents like DMF, DMSO, NMP, and DMAC proving best processibility in various applications. Polyimide exhibited excellent thermal stability and its glass transition temperature was 450°C & 5% weight loss is in the range of 500°C~600°C. The thermal stability of Polyimide/Titania composites decreased slightly with increase of TiO2content. Result show decrease in thermal stability of nano-hybrids caused by the decomposition of catalytic activity of Titania & incomplete imidizations of polyamic acid. The absorption band of PI-O-Ti bonds in FTIR spectra of hybrids films revealed the formation of hybrid inorganic network between polyimide and TiO2.Scanning electron microscopy results indicated that the nanometer-scaled inorganic domains were homogeneously dispersed in polyimides matrix due to the introduction of TiO2.The studies on the optical properties of hybrids films indicated the red-shift to the absorption band increased with increasing TiO2content, while all the hybrids films maintained their transparencies. This kind of hybrid materials has potential commercial application in the field of opto-electronics appliances.
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