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Title: Conformal Nitrogen-Doped TiO2 Photocatalytic Coatings for Sunlight-Activated Membranes

Abstract

Photocatalytic degradation of organic contaminants is enticing for addressing challenging, nontraditional water sources. A novel nitrogen-doping method is utilized to grow conformal titania coatings with visible-light activity on porous membranes. Here, the resulting membranes exhibit effective degradation of model organic species in simulated sunlight while at the same time requiring substantially lower transmembrane pressure than undoped membranes.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [4]
  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
  2. Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States); California State Univ. - Long Beach, Long Beach, CA (United States)
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States); Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1393940
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1401747
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; DE‐AC02‐06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Sustainable Systems
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1; Journal Issue: 1-2; Journal ID: ISSN 2366-7486
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; membranes; atomic layer deposition; photocatalysis; water treatment

Citation Formats

Lee, Anna, Libera, Joseph A., Waldman, Ruben Z., Ahmed, Aftab, Avila, Jason R., Elam, Jeffrey W., and Darling, Seth B. Conformal Nitrogen-Doped TiO2 Photocatalytic Coatings for Sunlight-Activated Membranes. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1002/adsu.201600041.
Lee, Anna, Libera, Joseph A., Waldman, Ruben Z., Ahmed, Aftab, Avila, Jason R., Elam, Jeffrey W., & Darling, Seth B. Conformal Nitrogen-Doped TiO2 Photocatalytic Coatings for Sunlight-Activated Membranes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.201600041
Lee, Anna, Libera, Joseph A., Waldman, Ruben Z., Ahmed, Aftab, Avila, Jason R., Elam, Jeffrey W., and Darling, Seth B. Tue . "Conformal Nitrogen-Doped TiO2 Photocatalytic Coatings for Sunlight-Activated Membranes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.201600041. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1393940.
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title = {Conformal Nitrogen-Doped TiO2 Photocatalytic Coatings for Sunlight-Activated Membranes},
author = {Lee, Anna and Libera, Joseph A. and Waldman, Ruben Z. and Ahmed, Aftab and Avila, Jason R. and Elam, Jeffrey W. and Darling, Seth B.},
abstractNote = {Photocatalytic degradation of organic contaminants is enticing for addressing challenging, nontraditional water sources. A novel nitrogen-doping method is utilized to grow conformal titania coatings with visible-light activity on porous membranes. Here, the resulting membranes exhibit effective degradation of model organic species in simulated sunlight while at the same time requiring substantially lower transmembrane pressure than undoped membranes.},
doi = {10.1002/adsu.201600041},
journal = {Advanced Sustainable Systems},
number = 1-2,
volume = 1,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Tue Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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