Danjing Ren

Dr. Danjing Ren


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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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26 September 2018 in Coatings
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DRDanjing Ren
Danjing Ren
Jingpeng LiJingpeng Li
Jingpeng Li
JXJun Xu
Jun Xu
ZWZaixing Wu
Zaixing Wu
YBYongjie Bao
Yongjie Bao
YCYuhe Chen
Yuhe Chen
A facile method to synthesize ZnO-TiO2-layered double-nanostructures with the average thickness of 20 μm on a bamboo substrate was proposed to improve the antifungal and flame-retardant properties. The cross-linked wurtzite ZnO nanostructures with an average thickness of approximately 0.14 μm were uniformly distributed on the anatase TiO2 surface. The energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) confirmed that the ZnO-TiO2 coating on bamboo was a layered double nanostructure. During a two-month antifungal test conducted in an outdoor environment, the fungi began to grow after one week on pristine bamboo and three weeks on ZnO-bamboo and TiO2-bamboo. Furthermore, there was an infected area of 100% after four weeks for pristine bamboo and six weeks for ZnO-bamboo, while there was an infected area of 43% after eight weeks for TiO2-bamboo. By comparison, there was no visible fungal growth on ZnO-TiO2-bamboo until the end of the test. The electron spin resonance (ESR) technique has demonstrated that the reactive oxygen species (ROS) of •O2− and •OH were produced from the ZnO-TiO2 surface under visible light irradiation (λ > 420 nm). This large quantity of •O2− compared to •OH is considered to be mainly responsible for the inactivation of fungi. Additionally, the limiting oxygen index has increased from 25.6% to 30.2% after being covered with a ZnO-TiO2 coating, which revealed a significant enhancement of its flame-retardant property.