Abstract:
To study the photocatalytic and antibacterial properties of modified TiO
2 on the surface of polypropylene (PP), silver pyrosilicate-titanium dioxide (Ag
6Si
2O
7-TiO
2) photocatalyst material was prepared by in-situ deposition, and it was loaded on the surface of PP nonwovens material which pretreat by silane coupling agent through impregnation method. The crystal structure, surface morphology and chemical composition were characterized by SEM, XRD, XPS, UV-vis and photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL). The results show that Ag
6Si
2O
7-TiO
2/PP composite photocatalytic material is successfully prepared, in which the mass fraction of Ag
6Si
2O
7 is 1wt% and the concentration of loaded PP nonwovens is 2 g/L. In order to characterize the photocatalytic degradation of dyes by Ag
6Si
2O
7-TiO
2/PP, the methyl orange solution are used as degradation substance, Ag
6Si
2O
7-TiO
2/PP is treated under xenon lamp light with 300 W for 120 min, and the degradation rate reach 95.6%. In order to characterize the antibacterial properties of Ag
6Si
2O
7-TiO
2/PP, the antibacterial effects of Ag
6Si
2O
7-TiO
2/PP on
Staphylococcus aureus and
Escherichia coli under visible light and no light are contrasted. The results show that the bacteriosta-tic rates of Ag
6Si
2O
7-TiO
2/PP against both bacteria under visible light are more than 99.99%.