Abstract
nanoTiO2powders were utilized as thermocatalyst for catalytic degradation of polyethylene in water. LDPE/TiO2composite films were prepared by the method of melt blending. The aging experiments were conducted in ovens under temperatures of 30 °C, 40 °C and 50 °C, respectively. The thermocatalytic degradation behavior towards the composite films was characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TG) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Results show that both pure LDPE films and LDPE /TiO2composite films can be degraded even under low temperatures in water. After thermal degradation for 90 days at 50 °C, the composite film with 2wt% nanoTiO2was oxidized the most acutely: the quantity of branched chains decreased to some extent and lots of small molecules were detected, the decomposition temperature was also reduced by 28.2 °C. Besides, the surface of the films became rougher than that of the film before degradation.
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