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Fast degradation of methylene blue with electrospun hierarchical α-Fe2O3 nanostructured fibers

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The α-Fe2O3 fibers have been prepared by electrospinning the corresponding sol–gel precursor, then these fibers were characterized by TGA, SEM, XRD, BET and FT-IR respectively, indicating that the hierarchical α-Fe2O3 nanostructured fibers came into being. Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) in water was carried out under ultraviolet (UV) light, showing that the fibers had better efficiency for removing MB than other catalysts. And several process parameters have also been studied, which showed that the removal effect of MB was influenced by the process parameters, such as the initial dye concentration, catalyst amounts, inorganic anions, and so on.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of National Natural Science Foundation of China (20907022, 21003094), Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (200800551003, 20100032120066) and Special Projects of Environmental Protection (2009ZX07208, 200909101). Professor Christine Norman is gratefully appreciated for her help in manuscript preparation.

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  1. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, People’s Republic of China

    Yu Liu, Hongbing Yu, Sihui Zhan, Zhenning Lv & Xiaoqing Yang

  2. Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People’s Republic of China

    Yi Li

  3. Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, People’s Republic of China

    Yunjiang Yu

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Liu, Y., Yu, H., Zhan, S. et al. Fast degradation of methylene blue with electrospun hierarchical α-Fe2O3 nanostructured fibers. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 58, 716–723 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-011-2451-6

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