Preparation of multifunctional electrospun TMHFDS/Ag-TiO2/PVDF mats with superhydrophobic property, photocatalytic function, and enhanced β-crystal content of PVDF
摘要
In this work, the novel multifunctional electrospun trimethoxy (1H,1H,2H,2H-heptadecafluorodecyl)silane (TMHFDS)/Ag-TiO2/polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) mats were prepared. In the preparation process, the AgNO3 was reduced to be the Ag nanoparticle and then in situ deposited on the TiO2 nanoparticle to form the Ag-TiO2 hybrid, which was used as the filler to fabricate the electrospun Ag-TiO2/PVDF mats followed by the TMHFDS modification. The successful preparation of the electrospun TMHFDS/Ag-TiO2/PVDF mats were proved by the characterizations of scanning electron microscopy, two-dimension energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy mapping, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimeter, and wide-angle X-ray diffraction. The electrospun TMHFDS/Ag-TiO2/PVDF mats possessed not only the enhanced crystallinity degree and useful piezoelectric β-crystal content of PVDF than those of the PVDF solid film and the electrospun PVDF mat but also the photocatalytic degradation ability for the oil red O dye. Moreover, for the electrospun TMHFDS(3%)/Ag-TiO2(30%)/PVDF mat, its water contact angle reached as high as 156.4° which was 24.6° higher than that of the electrospun PVDF mat before the TMHFDS modification, and its oil absorption capacities for valorous oils ranged between 16.3 g g−1 and 25.1 g g−1, exhibiting the well oil–water separation ability.