<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wang, Qingrong</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lei, Xiaoman</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pan, Fei</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Xia, Dongsheng</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yuji Shang</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Weiliang Sun</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Liu, Wen</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A new type of activated carbon fibre supported titanate nanotubes for high-capacity adsorption and degradation of methylene blue</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Activated carbon fibre</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Methylene blue</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Organic pollution</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Photodegradation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Titanate nanotubes</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927775718306198</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">555</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">605 - 614</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">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.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>