- Title
- Electrospun 3, 5-dithienylvinyleneBODIPY embedded polystyrene nanofibers for the photocatalytic degradation of azo dyes in industrial wastewaters
- Creator
- Lebechi, Augustus K, Gai, Lizhi, Shen, Zhen, Nyokong, Tebello, Mack, John
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187679
- Identifier
- vital:44686
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1142/S1088424618500360"
- Description
- The potential utility of electrospun polystyrene (PS) nanofibers embedded with 2,6-diiodo-8-phenyl-1,7-dimethyl-3,5-di-2-thienylvinyleneBODIPY for the photocatalytic degradation of azo dyes is investigated. A comparison of the singlet oxygen quantum yield of the ππ-extended BODIPY dye in solution and in the PS nanofibers demonstrates that its photosensitizer properties are retained when it is embedded in the solid phase. The photocatalytic degradation properties of the PS nanofibers for Methyl Orange and Orange G were determined by using a Thorlabs 625 nm light emitting diode. The rate of photodegradation increases with the Orange G and Methyl Orange concentration and follows pseudo-first order kinetics at pH 6.7.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (8 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of Porphyrins and Pthalocyanines, Lebechi, A.K., Gai, L., Shen, Z., Nyokong, T. and Mack, J., 2018. Electrospun 3, 5-dithienylvinyleneBODIPY embedded polystyrene nanofibers for the photocatalytic degradation of azo dyes in industrial wastewaters. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 22(06), pp.501-508, Journal of Porphyrins and Pthalocyanines volume 22 number 6 p. 501 2018 1099-1409
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- Closed Access
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Mack, John (Associate Prof)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology
Nyokong, Tebello (Distinguished Professor)
RU Department of Chemistry
SDG 03. Good Health and Well-Being
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