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4 September 2026

Research on Equipment for the Preparation of PAN Photocatalytic Nanofiber Membranes

Zhifeng Yang1
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1 Shenyang Polytechnic College, Shenyang 110045, Liaoning, China
JERA 2026 , 10(8), 64–70; https://doi.org/10.26689/JERA.v10i8.15216
© 2026 by the Author. Licensee Whioce Publishing, Singapore. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

Efficient degradation of organic dye wastewater is a core urgent problem to be solved in the field of water pollution control. Conventional water treatment processes suffer from low degradation efficiency and severe secondary pollution, and cannot meet the discharge standards of industrial wastewater with complex compositions and fluctuating concentrations. This is the core reason for the rapid popularization and practical application of green photocatalysis technology. Visible light photocatalysis is driven by clean solar energy, featuring environmental friendliness, mild reaction conditions, and no demand for high-temperature and high-pressure auxiliary equipment, which makes it highly suitable for large-scale treatment of industrial dye wastewater. Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber membranes possess unique merits including low cost, high flexibility, stable structure, and abundant pores. Through multi-step precise chemical modification to support heteropolyacid active components, recyclable visible-light-responsive photocatalytic membrane materials with high degradation efficiency and excellent stability can be fabricated.

Keywords
PAN photocatalysis
Nanofiber membrane
Preparation
Equipment research
Funding
Basic Scientific Research Project of Liaoning Provincial Department of Education (2023): Research on Polyionic Liquid Nanofiber Membranes Prepared via Chemical Modification of PAN and Their Photocatalytic Properties (Project No.: JYTMS20231863)
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