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Preparation and Evaluation of Self-cleaning Fabrics using Fe-doped TiO2 and Hexadecyltrimethoxysilane

  • Textile Coloration and Finishing
  • Abbr : Text. Color. and Finish.
  • 2020, 32(3), pp.158-166
  • DOI : 10.5764/TCF.2020.32.3.158
  • Publisher : The Korean Society Of Dyers And Finishers
  • Research Area : Engineering > Fiber Engineering > Dyeing Engineering
  • Received : September 2, 2020
  • Accepted : September 24, 2020
  • Published : September 27, 2020

Yejin Mun 1 Seungbin Cho 1 Jeong Eui gyung 1 BAE, JIN SEOK 1

1경북대학교 섬유시스템공학과

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ABSTRACT

Self-cleaning fabric is a fabric having a function of decotamination via photodecomposition of photocatalyst or wash-off of contaminants on the superhydrophobic surface. TiO2 is the main photocatalyst for this purpose, but it only functions under UV light which is only a little portion of sunlight, compared to visible light. In this regard, this study aims to investigate Fe-doped TiO2 for improved photodecomposition from visible light sensitization to apply self-cleaning finishing of PET fabrics. Moreover, the Fe-doped TiO2 treated PET fabric was further treated with hexadecyltrimethoxysilane to provide superhydrophobicity on the PET fabrics. As a result of this dual treatment, the prepared fabric exhibited excellent phtodecomposition of methylene blue with 96.96% in 12h under sunlight and superhydrophobicity with water contact angle of 166.5° and roll-off angle of 7°. This suggested that the excellent self-cleaning functions can be privided to PET fabric via Fe-doped TiO2 and hexadecyltrimethoxysilane treatment.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.