Highly porous membranes based on polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) with the addition of nanoscale particles of non-magnetic and magnetic iron oxides were synthesized using a combined method of non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) and thermo-induced phase separation (TIPS) based on the technique developed by Dr. Blade. The obtained membranes were characterized using SEM, EDS, XRD, IR, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and fluorescent microscopy. It was shown that the membranes possessed a high fraction of electroactive phase, which increased up to a maximum of 96% with the addition of 2 wt% of α-Fe2O3 and α/γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles. It was demonstrated that doping PVDF with nanoparticles contributed to the reduction of pore size in the membrane. All membranes exhibited piezocatalytic activity in the degradation of Rhodamine B. The degree of degradation increased from 69% when using pure PVDF membrane to 90% when using the composite membrane. The nature of the additive did not affect the piezocatalytic activity. It was determined that the main reactive species responsible for the degradation of Rhodamine B were •OH and •O2-. It was also shown that under piezocatalytic conditions, composite membranes generated a piezopotential of approximately 2.5 V.

Amirkhanov Institute of Physics of Dagestan Federal Research Center Russian Academy of Sciences 367003 Makhachkala Russia

Department of Physics Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Brno University of Technology Technicka 10 616 00 Brno Czech Republic

Smart Materials Laboratory Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Ecology Dagestan State University St M Gadjieva 43 a Dagestan Republic 367015 Makhachkala Russia

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