Structural color and photocatalytic property of polyester fabrics coated with Ag/ZnO composite films
International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology
ISSN: 0955-6222
Article publication date: 2 April 2019
Issue publication date: 8 August 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to prepare structural colors of fabrics coated with Silver/Zinc Oxide (Ag/ZnO) composite films by magnetron sputtering and analyze the relationship between the colors and the thickness of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) film in Ag/ZnO composite film and the photocatalytic property of the fabrics coated with Ag/ZnO composite film.
Design/methodology/approach
Ag/ZnO composite films deposited on polyester fabrics were prepared by magnetron sputtering technology. The structural colors of textiles coated with Ag/ZnO composite films and the relationship between the colors and Ag/ZnO composite films were analyzed, and the photocatalytic property of Ag/ZnO composite films was also discussed.
Findings
The results indicated that the colors varied with the thicknesses of the ZnO film in Ag/ZnO composite films. The reactive sputtering time of ZnO film was 5, 8, 10 and 14 min, respectively, and the colors of the corresponding fabrics were purple, blue, blue-green and yellow. Meanwhile, the polyester fabrics coated with Ag/ZnO composite films showed the excellent photocatalytic properties, and silver (Ag) films deposited under the ZnO films in Ag/ZnO composite films could also improve the photocatalytic activities of ZnO films, and the formaldehyde degradation rates was 77.5%, which was higher than the 69.9% for the fabrics coated only with the ZnO film.
Originality/value
The polyester fabrics coated with Ag/ZnO composite films not only created various structural colors using change the thicknesses of the ZnO film, but also achieved the multifuctionality, which will have a broad application prospect in textile fields.
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Acknowledgements
This work is financially supported by the following funds: The Fujian Natural Science Foundation Project (2018J01543), the Technical Plan Project of Fuzhou City (2016-G-77), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51706092).
Citation
Yuan, X., Wei, Q., Ke, H., Huang, Z. and Chen, D. (2019), "Structural color and photocatalytic property of polyester fabrics coated with Ag/ZnO composite films", International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, Vol. 31 No. 4, pp. 487-494. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCST-09-2018-0112
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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