Flexible (Ba,Ca)TiO3:Pr Nanofiber Membranes for Catalytic Piezoelectric Degradation of Organic Dyes

Piezoelectric catalysis has become an emerging research field in recent years, which has received extensive attention. Nanoparticles and nanowires have been developed as piezoelectric catalytic materials. However, in practical research, the use of nanoparticles is not easy for the recovery of samples and will cause secondary pollution, and the current piezoelectric catalysis requires the help of high-frequency ultrasound, which increases the consumption of extra energy and cannot be applied on a large scale. In this study, a self-supporting macroscopic flexible inorganic (Ba,Ca)TiO3:Pr nanofiber membrane was successfully prepared by electrospinning. Natural energy (water flushing) was used to drive the flexible inorganic (Ba,Ca)TiO3:Pr nanofiber membrane for piezoelectric catalytic degradation of organic dyes. The results show that the flexible inorganic (Ba,Ca)TiO3:Pr nanofiber membrane driven by water washing has an obvious piezoelectric catalytic degradation effect on dyes. When the water flow rate was 450 L/h and the concentration of CR solution was 10 mg/L, the catalytic efficiency can reach 91.69%. This study provides a green and feasible method for the preparation of flexible inorganic piezoelectric catalytic materials and the catalytic degradation of organic dyes.