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Electrospun composite nanofibers of polyacrylonitrile and Ag2CO3 nanoparticles for visible light photocatalysis and antibacterial applications

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First time, polyacrylonitrile (PAN)/Ag2CO3 composite nanofibers (NFs) with uniformly distributed Ag2CO3 nanoparticles (NPs) inside polyacrylonitrile NFs were fabricated via simple and versatile technique; electrospinning of colloidal solution of PAN and Ag2CO3 NPs. In this work, Ag2CO3 NPs were synthesized by ion-exchange method between Ag(NH3) +2 and NaHCO3. The experimental result demonstrated that PAN/Ag2CO3 composite NFs with average diameter of approximately 430 nm can exhibit good photocatalytic activity for the photodegradation of methyl red under visible light irradiation. In addition, thus obtained composite NFs displayed enhanced antibacterial activities toward both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria due to its photogenerated electron–hole pairs indicating that this sort of material may represent a new, promising alternative with a wide range of potential application in the field of water treatment.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Grant funded by the Korea Government (MEST) (No. 2012R1A2A2A01046086) and National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean Government (MSIP) (No. 2014R1A4A1008140). We thank Mr. Jong-Gyun Kang, Centre for University Research Facility, for taking high-quality TEM images.

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  1. Department of Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, 561-756, Republic of Korea

    Gopal Panthi, Mira Park & Hak-Yong Kim

  2. Department of Chemistry, Inha University, Nam-gu, Incheon, 402-751, Republic of Korea

    Soo-** Park

  3. Department of BIN Fusion Technology, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, 561-756, Republic of Korea

    Tae-Woo Kim

  4. Department of Biomedical Sciences and Institute for Medical Sciences, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, 561-756, Republic of Korea

    Hae-Jong Chung & Seong-Tshool Hong

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Panthi, G., Park, SJ., Kim, TW. et al. Electrospun composite nanofibers of polyacrylonitrile and Ag2CO3 nanoparticles for visible light photocatalysis and antibacterial applications. J Mater Sci 50, 4477–4485 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-8995-z

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