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    Cellulose Fabrics Functionalized with Sol–Gel Photocatalytic Coatings Based on Iron (III) Phthalocyanine Tetracarboxylic Acids–TiO2–Silica Hybrids

    Year: 2023

    Journal: Gels, Volume 9, 2023-11, page 860

    Authors: Raditoiu, Alina; Raditoiu, Valentin; Raduly, Monica Florentina; Gabor, Augusta Raluca; Frone, Adriana Nicoleta; Grapin, Maria; Anastasescu, Mihai

    Keywords: cellulose; hybrid silica gels; nanosols; photocatalyst; phthalocyanine; sol–gel coatings; xerogels

    Photocatalytic coatings are difficult to obtain on textile materials because of the sometimes contradictory properties that must be achieved. In order to obtain a high efficiency of a photocatalytic effect, the metal–oxide semiconductor must be found in the vicinity of the coating–air interface in order to come into direct contact with the contaminant species and allow light radiation access to its surface. Another necessary condition is related to the properties of the covering textile material as well as to the stability of the xerogel films to light and wet treatments. In this sense, we proposed a solution based on hybrid silica films generated by sol–gel processes, coatings that contain as a photocatalyst TiO2 sensitized with tetracarboxylic acid of iron (III) phthalocyanine (FeTCPc). The coatings were made by the pad–dry–cure process, using in the composition a bifunctional anchoring agent (3-glycidoxipropyltrimethoxysilane, GLYMO), a crosslinking agent (sodium tetraborate, BORAX), and a catalyst (N-methylimidazole, MIM) for the polymerization of epoxy groups. The photodegradation experiments performed on methylene blue (MB), utilized as a model contaminant, using LED or xenon arc as light sources, showed that the treatment with BORAX improves the resistance of the coatings to wet treatments but worsens their photocatalytic performances.
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