@article {WANG2018605,
	title = {A new type of activated carbon fibre supported titanate nanotubes for high-capacity adsorption and degradation of methylene blue},
	journal = {Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects},
	volume = {555},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {605 - 614},
	abstract = {A novel composite material which is referred to as activated carbon fibre supported titanate nanotubes (TNTs@ACF) was used for the removal of methylene blue (MB) from water through the combined adsorption and photocatalysis. TNTs@ACF was synthesized through a one-step hydrothermal method, which was composed of the activated carbon fibre as the skeleton and supported titanate nanotubes. TNTs@ACF showed a large surface area of 540.7 m2/g, thus, facilitating adsorption and interaction with MB. TNTs@ACF could first pre-concentrate MB molecules onto the material and then degrade under UV light irradiation. The first-order model simplified from the Langmuir-Hinshelwood (L-H) model can well describe the photodegradation of MB on TNTs@ACF. Moreover, TNTs@ACF could be reused without significant capacity loss by UV light photo-regenerated. The structure and morphology of TNTs@ACF were indicated by TEM, SEM, and EDS, and it is found that TNTs were highly dispersed on the surface of ACF. XRD, FTIR, and XPS analyses of TNTs@ACF before and after the MB photodegradation also indicated the stability of the material. The combined adsorption and photodegradation suggests that TNTs@ACF is an attractive material for maintainable remediation of organic pollution in the environment.},
	keywords = {Activated carbon fibre, Methylene blue, Organic pollution, Photodegradation, Titanate nanotubes},
	issn = {0927-7757},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.07.016},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927775718306198},
	author = {Wang, Qingrong and Lei, Xiaoman and Pan, Fei and Xia, Dongsheng and Yuji Shang and Weiliang Sun and Liu, Wen}
}
