Continuous Microwave Synthesis of Bi2O3 Rods Coated with a Temperature-Sensitive polymer

Authors

Xiaodie Zhu, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
Ziyang Lu, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
Xinlin Liu, Portland State UniversityFollow
Minshan Song, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
Guosheng Zhou, Jiangsu University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Zehui Yui, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
Lingyan Xu, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
Qian Liu, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
Song Han, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
Jinyu Chu, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology

Sponsor

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of National Natural Science Foundation of China (21607062 and 21706104), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20160494), Zhenjiang Key Research & Development Project (Social Development) (SH2018021), Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment, and Youth Talent Project of Jiangsu University.

Published In

Journal of Materials Science

Document Type

Citation

Publication Date

5-2020

Abstract

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) is an organic environment-sensitive material, which can be combined with photocatalysts to control the photocatalytic process. Herein, rodlike environment-sensitive Bi2O3 (PNIPAM/Bi2O3) was prepared by a novel one-step continuous microwave method. This new method is efficient and convenient. The as-prepared PNIPAM/Bi2O3 was very sensitive to temperature and pH, and the degradation rate in the environment of 25 °C and pH = 9 was 3.87 times than that in the environment of 45 °C and pH = 5. While Bi2O3 is under the above various environmental conditions, its degradation rate did not change obviously. More interestingly, the introduction of PNIPAM and one-step continuous microwave method was beneficial to the transformation of Bi2O3 from no specific shape to rodlike morphology without changing its crystal structure. This work not only developed a new one-step continuous microwave synthesis method, but also opened up new ideas for the controllability requirements of materials in special environment.

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Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020

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http://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-04799-w

DOI

10.1007/s10853-020-04799-w

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/33229

Citation Details

Zhu, X., Lu, Z., Liu, X. et al. Continuous microwave synthesis of Bi2O3 rods coated with a temperature-sensitive polymer. J Mater Sci 55, 11213–11225 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-04799-w