ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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2025
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Shu Zhao,Yiran Zhang,Yirui Ning,Linjia Li,Junfeng Lu,Xiaochao Wang,Fudong Wang,Zhidong Wei,Zhen Huang,He Lin
High energy consumption during regeneration is an important challenge of direct air capture (DAC) technology. Direct Joule heating regeneration is an advanced DAC regeneration technology with a simple system, generating heat inside the material for rapid heating, and supports the use of renewable energy by automated control. We developed a self-conductive amine-functionalized adsorbent that converts renewable electricity into heat, and studied the effects of conductive agent content, amine type, and pore structure. The adsorbent can achieve Joule heating with minimal mass fraction of electrically conductive component, resulting in a high specific capacity and avoiding significant sensible heat consumption, thus leading to low regeneration energy requirements. The Ad-0.48PE/0.32HP/0.20CB adsorbent achieved 2.4 mmol/g CO2 capacity, 120 s desorption time, and 3.5–3.7 GJ/tonne CO2 energy consumption. We built a prototype machine, confirming that the material can achieve rapid regeneration and multiple cycles entirely powered by photovoltaic electricity. Our findings highlight the potential of conductive amine-functionalized adsorbents for DAC technology.
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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
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2025
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IF 19
Zhihui Chen,Xinge Yang,Qingyang Shao,Ruzhu Wang
Humidity control is crucial for applications such as green building design and equipment preservation. However, traditional dehumidification methods often suffer from limitations such as high energy consumption, poor scalability, or inefficient moisture transfer. Herein, inspired by the hierarchical porous microstructure in trees, a biomimetic sorbent monolith with vertically aligned channels and robust structure is fabricated through direct-ink-writing 3D printing technology for sorption-based dehumidification. Owing to abundant pore structure ranging from millimeter to micrometer scales, the monolith exhibits fast water uptake and facile regeneration. This study investigates its potential to achieve rapid dehumidification under a wide relative humidity (RH) range of 60–90%. One piece of monolith reduces the RH of a space 6750 times its own volume from 90% to below 60% in 25 min and maintains it with ultra-low energy consumption. Besides, the monolith fabricated by 3D printing is easy to be scaled up with low costs meeting the demands of large-scale production and practical deployment. It is expected that the monolith may fulfill diverse humidity needs while broadening the applications of 3D printing technology.
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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
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2020
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IF 2.463
Shaoping Feng,Kun Huang,Zhangjie Huang,Guiyang Liu,Guowei Zhang,Gaozhang Gou
ABSTRACT In view of the separation and recycling of Pd(II) from multi-metal aqueous solution, a functionalized extractant of 2-[(2-ethylhexyl)thio]benzoxazole (EHBXS) with excellent selectivity for Pd(II) was synthesized and used to extract Pd(II) for the first time. The effects of EHBXS concentration, HCl concentration, organic/aqueous (O/A) phase ratio, contact time, and regeneration of EHBXS were investigated in detail. The extraction efficiency of Pd(II) was almost 100 % while the co-extraction efficiencies of Pt(IV), Rh(III), Cu(II), Fe(III) and Ni(II) existed in the aqueous solution were less than 10 %, which indicates that EHBXS is an effective extractant and can effectively remove Pd(II) from other metals at desired extraction conditions. Thiourea ((NH 2 ) 2 CS) solution (1.0 mol/L) could be used as an effective Pd(II) stripping agent and the one-step stripping efficiency of Pd(II) was higher than 98 %. EHBXS has excellent regeneration ability and the extraction efficiency of Pd(II) with regenerated EHBXS reaches to 87% even after 7 cycles. Moreover, the coordination mechanism between EHBXS and Pd(II) has been proven via the slope method, FT-IR spectra, 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR and single X-ray diffraction. Pd(II) and EHBXS formed a 1:2 complex of Pd(EHBXS) 2 Cl 2 during extraction. Pd(II) was coordinated with two Cl atoms and two EHBXS, and thus formed Pd(EHBXS) 2 Cl 2 molecule, in which EHBXS was coordinated with Pd(II) via the N atom in the benzoxazole ring as neutral unidentate ligand.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2023
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IF 8.6
Ge Gao,Xiaoyi Gao,Bin Xu,Wufeng Jiang,Zhenghong Zhao,Fan Wu,Xiaoshan Li,Cong Luo,Liqi Zhang
The CO 2 phase change absorbents(CPCAs) formed by introducing phase-splitting agents have attracted increasing attention because of their great energy-saving potential. However, the volatilization problem of the phase-splitting agents and the high viscosity of the solution affect the application of CPCAs. In this work, a novel CPCAs based on 2-Methylpiperazine (2MPRZ)/H 2 O was established by introducing triethylene glycol monobutyl ether (TGBE) with a high boiling point as a phase-splitting agent, and the 2MPRZ/H 2 O/TGBE system exhibited low volatility and low viscosity. The CO 2 capture performance of the novel CPCAs with different ratios was investigated in this work. The best CO 2 absorption rate was achieved by 2.5 M 2MPRZ/H 2 O/TGBE. The viscosity of this system before and after the CO 2 absorption process was merely 7.68 mPa·s and 11.64 mPa·s, respectively, and no volatilization of the phase-splitting agent was observed simultaneously. A convenient and rapid titration method was employed to determine the distribution of the 2MPRZ products in the two phases, which showed that 98 % of the 2MPRZ products were located in the CO 2 -rich phase. In addition, the CO 2 -rich phase captured 99 % of the total CO 2 , indicating that this system has superior phase-splitting behaviors. The regeneration energy consumption of this biphasic absorbent was 2.59 GJ/t CO 2 , which was 32.6 % lower than that of traditional MEA. Furthermore, the salting-out effect was proved to be the cause of the phase-splitting behavior by 13 C NMR analysis.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2022
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IF 9.965
Wenna Wu,Lin Ma,Xiaoli Chen,Li Liu,Shuli Dong,Huiling Zou,Jingcheng Hao
Hypothesis With the rapid development of economy and global industrialization, the problem of air pollution has become a worldwide topic. The efficient filtration of airborne particulate matters (PMs) is critical for human health and environmental sustainability. Experiments Herein, self-supporting bio-based polyelectrolyte aerogels were prepared and acted as the advanced filters for efficient removal of PMs. The natural choline cation (Ch + ) or the organic cation, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium (Bmim + ), are introduced into alginate (Alg - ) to form the polyelectrolytes of ChAlg or BmimAlg due to the electrostatic interaction . By the directional freeze-drying in liquid N 2 , hierarchically porous aerogels with mechanical robustness, flexibility and thermo-stability were prepared. This specific structure may permit the polluted air to pass adequately through the aerogel channels, which are conducive to intercept various PMs with different diameters. Findings As an example, the removal efficiency of ChAlg aerogels for PM 10 , PM 2.5 and PM 0.3 are respectively up to (99.24 ± 0.03)%, (99.22 ± 0.02)%, and (93.41 ± 0.22)% within 15 h durability test. One outstanding character lies in ensuring high removal efficiency, while achieving a good balance with the low pressure drop (10 Pa), which is driven by synergistic effect of passive trapping and electrostatic capture. Moreover, the polyelectrolyte aerogels exhibit excellent antimicrobial activity and regenerated capacity. These properties endow the aerogels of polyelectrolyte ChAlg or BmimAlg with remarkable potential as new advanced filters for masks and other personal protective equipment.
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Desalination and Water Treatment
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2024
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IF 1
Honghuan Yin,Huaiwen Wang,Dongai Wang,Miaomiao Shi,Xi Xu,Jiaqi Yang
Developing low-cost and stable adsorbent is urgent and attractive to remove hazardous dye from water. In this study, zirconium based metal-organic framework (NH 2 -UiO-66) was grown on waste wool fibers and the fabricated composite adsorbent (NH 2 -UiO-66/wool) was used to remove anionic dye methyl orange (MO). After characterizing the adsorbents, we determined the effect of pH and initial concentration of MO on adsorption performance. Moreover, adsorption kinetics and isotherms were conducted to reveal the adsorption mechanism. The results showed that NH 2 -UiO-66/wool achieved the highest adsorption capacity at natural pH with the maximum adsorption of 61.0 mg/g adsorbent, which is higher than most biomass based adsorbents. Moreover, NH 2 -UiO-66/wool enabled a broad range of pH (3−11) and initial concentration of MO (10–50 mg/L). Adsorption kinetics and isotherms of NH 2 -UiO-66/wool fitted well with pseudo-second-order model and Langmuir mode, respectively. NH 2 -UiO-66/wool presented 40.3 times higher of kinetics constant than that of original wool in the presence of initial MO concentration of 10 mg/L due to the positive nature of NH 2 -UiO-66. Ultimately, NH 2 -UiO-66/wool presented excellent regeneration ability with 500 mg/L NaCl solution and regeneration efficiency remained 98% after 10 cycles. Overall, this work may provide new insights into the development of MOFs/wool adsorbents for enhanced dye removal.
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ENERGY & FUELS
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2025
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IF 5.3
Runfen Zheng,Lixin Wei,Yuxin Bai,Jianfei Man,Jian Ye,Huiping Zhang,Yihan Wang
To address the issues of poor regeneration performance and high regeneration energy consumption associated with traditional CO2 absorbents, the development of novel phase-change absorbents has become a key area of research. In this study, a new phase-change absorbent system, DEGDEE-AEEA-AMP, is developed, using N-(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine (AEEA) as the main absorbent, bis(2-ethoxyethyl)ether (DEGDEE) as the phase-separation agent, 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP) as the activator, and water as the solvent. The performance of this system is compared with that of monoethanolamine (MEA) at a 30% mass concentration, which serves as the reference standard. The study includes absorption, desorption, corrosion, cyclic absorption–desorption experiments, and regeneration energy consumption estimations. The results indicate that the volume of the rich phase in the DEGDEE-AEEA-AMP (DAP) system constitutes 56.7% of the total volume. When the AMP mass fraction is 15%, the absorption capacity reaches 2.52 mol·kg–1, which is 14.0% higher than that of MEA. The maximum desorption rate is 13.19 × 10–3 mol·kg–1·s–1, which is 3.39 times higher than that of MEA. The minimum regeneration energy consumption is 2.742 GJ·t–1 CO2, representing a 29.9% reduction compared to 30% MEA. The corrosion rate of the rich liquid is 0.230 mm/a, 1.32 times that of MEA, but it can be significantly reduced by adding anhydrous Na2SO3. When the AMP mass fraction is 15%, the DAP phase-change absorbent system exhibits high absorption and desorption performance, good cyclic stability, and lower regeneration energy consumption.
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CHEMOSPHERE
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2021
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IF 7.086
Kexin Chen,Danni Ma,Haoyang Yu,Shan Zhang,Barnabas C. Seyler,Zimo Chai,Shuming Peng
Biochar has been widely recognized as an environmentally efficient adsorbent for removing heavy metals. However, considering the weak adsorption performance of the original biochar to the oxygen-containing anion, the adsorption of vanadium by biochar has rarely been investigated. This study proposes that H 3 PO 4 activated biochar made from an invasive plant species growing near mines is a novel material to be investigated for V(V) recovery and reuse. As a noxious, invasive plant, Lantana camara L. (LC) has become widely naturalized around the world. Biochar was prepared from LC by pyrolysis at different conditions (200 °C, 350 °C, 500 °C, and 650 °C). The adsorption effect of biochar with and without P pretreatment on V(V) in aqueous solution was compared. The results show that biochar prepared from LC impregnated with H 3 PO 4 (MLBC) had the highest adsorption capacity at 500 °C, and the maximal adsorption capacity fitted by Langmuir model was 77.38 mg g −1 , which was considerably higher than that of untreated biochar (LBC, 5.89 mg g −1 ). The adsorption procedure was substantially fitted by the Langmuir isotherm and the pseudo-second-order kinetic. Additionally, the interaction of V(V) on MLBC is pH-dependent, and slightly acidic conditions are more favorable for adsorption. The characterization results indicated that electrostatic interaction, complexation reaction, and redox reaction were the primary mechanisms. After three cycles of adsorption, the final maximal adsorption capacity of MLBC remained at 76.03% of that of the virgin sample, demonstrating that MLBC had a recyclable capability to eliminate and restore V(V) from aqueous solutions.
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RSC Advances
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2024
·Vol. 14
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IF 3.9
Yanlong Hu,Qiang Wang,Dingkai Hu,Yingshuang Zhang,Muhammad Furqan,Shijian Lu
Monoethanolamines (MEAs) are widely used for CO2 capture, but their regeneration energy consumption is very high. CO2 Phase change absorbents (CPCAs) can be converted into CO2-rich and CO2-lean phases after absorbing CO2, and the regeneration energy consumption can be reduced because only the CO2-rich phase is thermally desorbed. In this paper, a novel CPCA with the composition “MEA/n-butanol/H2O (MNBH)” is proposed. Compared with the reported MEA phase change absorbent, the MNBH absorbent has higher CO2 absorption capacity, smaller absorbent viscosity and CO2-rich phase volume. The MNBH absorbent has the highest CO2 absorption capacity of 2.5227 mol CO2 per mol amine at a mass ratio of 3 : 4 : 3. The CO2 desorption efficiency reaches 89.96% at 120 °C, and the CO2 regeneration energy consumption is 2.6 GJ tCO2−1, which is about 35% lower than that of the 30 wt% MEA absorbent. When the mass ratio of MNBH absorbent was 3 : 6 : 1, the CO2 recycling capacity was 4.1918 mol CO2 L−1, which is 76% higher than that of the conventional 30 wt% MEA absorbent. The phase change absorbent developed in this paper can reduce the desorbent volume by about 50% and has good absorption performance for CO2 in flue gas.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2021
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IF 13.273
Zhuoyao Fang,Siyuan Pan,Xiaolin Zhang,Lu Lv,Bingcai Pan
Efficient removal of As(III) from groundwater remains an urgent but still challenging task. The X-Mn (X = Fe, Zr, Al…) binary oxide nanoparticles enable simultaneous oxidation and sequestration of As(III), yet facing the challenges in facile synthesis of the ultra-small nanoparticles with extraordinary decontamination reactivity, and in effective regeneration of oxidation capability. Herein, we prepared a novel nanocomposite Zr-Mn@N201 by conducting stepwise precipitation of hydrated oxides of zirconium (HZO) and manganese (HMO) inside the commercial gel-type anion exchanger N201, i.e. , the quaternary ammoniated poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) bead. Owing to restriction of nanopores, the HZO/HMO inside N201 possessed an ultra-small size around 4.78 nm. The kinetics and spectroscopic results suggested that As(III) was transformed into As(V) by HMO prior to adsorption onto HZO, and the negatively charged HMO captured most of the produced Mn 2+ ions. Alkaline treatment could regenerate Zr-Mn@N201 through simultaneously desorbing As(V) and transforming Mn 2+ into HMO again. During a 10-cyclic adsorption-regeneration assay, Zr-Mn@N201 could steadily reduce As(III) from 500 μg/L to < 10 μg/L with negligible HMO loss (<0.3%) in each run. In fixed-bed assays, the integration of HMO increased the effective treatment amounts of the Zr-Mn@N201 column toward the realistic groundwater by ∼ 11.5 times over the single nano-HZO ( i.e. , HZO@N201) column, reaching to ∼ 4600 bed volume with < 1% HMO loss.
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2022
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IF 7.968
Alemtsehay Tesfay Reda,Dongxiang Zhang,Xiyan Xu
The search for efficient material to capture iodine from off-gas streams continues. Herein, a novel composite of lithium aluminate and melamine , abbreviated as LiAlO 2 -Mel, was synthesized and exhibited high vapor iodine capture capacity accompanied by good regeneration ability. The LiAlO 2 -Mel showed an enormous capture capacity of 1281 mg/g within 4 h towards I 2 (g) at 150 °C. The kinetics study showed that the dominant process (at 150 °C) was chemisorption via N∙∙∙I and C–NH∙∙∙I bonding mechanisms. Additionally, LiAlO 2 -Mel has a low surface area (14.6157 m 2 /g) yet produced high capacity, suggesting chemisorption played a critical role. However, physisorption was the dominant process at lower temperature values, as proved by kinetics fittings and activation energy (E a = 23.19 KJ/mol) studies. The kinetics models were validated by statistical error validity models (sum of square error, Chi-square test, and normalized standard deviation). Thermogravimetric analysis and adsorption-desorption experiments showed that the LiAlO 2 -Mel can be recovered by heat treatment (25–800 °C) in N 2 atmosphere and ethanol washout (24 h, 25 °C) of the LiAlO 2 -Mel-I. The high capture capacity, along with eco-friendly and cost-effectiveness, highlights the promising potential of LiAlO 2 -Mel for iodine capture.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2021
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IF 13.273
Yi Yang,Yinuo Wang,Chenyang Zheng,Haowen Lin,Ruikun Xu,Huiqi Zhu,Lulu Bao,Xuhui Xu
High-efficiency phosphate removal from wastewater is crucial for protecting environmental stability. In this work, a lanthanum carbonate grafted ZSM-5 adsorbent (LC-ZSM-5) was prepared and optimized by a Box-Behnken design. The higher temperature, molar ratio of urea to lanthanum and initial lanthanum concentration are beneficial for LC-ZSM-5 synthesis, and the adsorption capacity of LC-ZSM-5 under optimistic conditions was 91.2 mg-PO 4 3- /g. The growth mechanism indicates that the LC particles grow larger with synthesis time and finally agglomerate, and 12 h is the best synthesis time. The thermodynamic results show that phosphate adsorption over LC-ZSM-5 is a spontaneously exothermic and combined physicochemical adsorption process. Kinetic studies suggest that higher temperatures help increase the phosphate adsorption rate, and chemical adsorption plays an important role during adsorption with an activation energy E a of 42.7 kJ/mol. The adsorption mechanism of the phosphate uptake process includes electrostatic attraction and ligand exchange, through which LC is changed to lanthanum phosphate (LP) during adsorption. Finally, the regeneration study revealed that LC-ZSM-5 still exhibited a high adsorption capacity after 5 cycles, showing its satisfactory regeneration ability and potential industrial application.
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