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Ionic liquid based microemulsion method for the fabrication of poly(methyl

methacrylate)–TiO2 nanocomposite as a highly efficient visible light
photocatalyst

Article  in  RSC Advances · January 2015

DOI: 10.1039/C4RA14612C

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Supporting Material

N
Cl-
(H3C)2N S N(CH3)2

Methylene blue

Schem. S1. Molecular structures of Methylen blue dye

BF4-
N N

Schem. S2. Molecular structures of ([bmim][BF4]Ionic Liquid

1
Fig. S1. Schematic of the experimental setup used for photocatalytic degradation
of MB dye.

2
Fig. S2. FE-SEM images of (a) pure PMMA and (b) PMMA/TiO2/IL (S3).

3
Fig. S3. XRD patterns of (a) bare TiO2 powder, (b) pure PMMA, (C) 0.006 wt%
PMMA/TiO2/IL, (D) 0.01 wt% PMMA/TiO2/IL (S3), (e) 0.012 wt%
PMMA/TiO2/IL.

4
Fig. S4. Postulated mechanism of the photoinduced charge transfer processes on
TiO2 and IL molecule that collect visible light.

5
 100

% Photodegradation of MB
80

60

88.33 86.54 83.78

40 80.95 78.63 76.19

20

0
1 2 3 4 5 6
Number of cycle

Fig. S5. Reusability of the photocatalyst for photocatalytic decolorization of MB

dye solution under visible irradiation.

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