Solar Light Photoactive Floating Polyaniline/TiO₂ Composites for Water Remediation.

ABSTRACT: In the present study, the development of innovative polyurethane-polyaniline/TiO₂ modified floating materials applied in the sorption and photodegradation of rhodamine B from water matrix under solar light irradiation is reported. All the materials were fabricated with inexpensive and easy approaches and were properly characterized. The effect of the kind of polyaniline (PANI) dopant on the materials' behavior was investigated, as well as the role of the conducting polymer in the pollutant abatement on the basis of its physico-chemical characteristics. Rhodamine B is removed by adsorption and/or photodegradation processes depending on the type of doping agent used for PANI protonation. The best materials were subjected to recycle tests in order to demonstrate their stability und

SUBMITTER: Falletta E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8619583 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature