Abstract:
Various pollutants can be efficiently degraded by semiconductor photoelectrocatalysis technology and the key of this technology is to develop efficient, easily recyclable and stable photoelectrodes. In this study, TiO
2 nanoporous films grow in situ on the surface of the flexible titanium wire by using anodic oxidation technology, and the as-prepared films possess pore size diameters of 85 nm and thickness of 10 μm. The Ti wire/TiO
2 nanofilm composite has excellent flexibility, and is woven into fabric photoanodes with the weight of 0.25 g and area of 36 cm
2. The photocatalytic experiment is carried out on the fabric photoanodes. The results show that the photocurrent rises from 0 mA to 0.32 mA when the bias voltage increases from 0 V to 0.6 V under the illumination condition. It is worth noting that the fabric photoanodes can degrade 87.8% Rhodamine B (RhB) in the photo electrocatalytic process for 120 min under the bias voltage of 0.6 V, which significantly exceeds 60.0% and 3.6% of those of the photocatalysis and electrocatalysis. Furthermore, the degradation efficiency of RhB remains 85.0% after four cycles, showing good performance stability of Ti wire/TiO
2 nanoporous film photoanodes. Therefore, Ti wire/TiO
2 nanoporous film photoanode shows excellent prospects for photoelectroca-talytic degradation of contaminants.