Yue Wang,Xiaohe Wang,Saisai Wang,JiaWei Zhao,Yang Wu,Tao Zhang,Zhigang Zhang,Wenxiu Li
There is a large amount of ethanol (EtOH) and a small amount of furfural (FF) in the ethanol pulping waste liquid. How to separate FF, a high value-added product, efficiently and cleanly and at the same time recover EtOH effectively and save energy is an urgent problem. This article describes the phase equilibrium process of extracting FF from wood pulp waste liquor by ionic liquids (ILs) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([BMIM][PF6])/1-pentyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([PMIM][PF6]) as the extractant. Two ILs have excellent distribution coefficients (D) and selectivity (S) for FF, which can separate EtOH and FF well. A set of extraction performance evaluation methods based on the COSMO-RS model, liquid–liquid extraction method, and NRTL simulation were proposed. Combined with quantum chemical calculations such as interaction energy (ΔE), electrostatic potential analysis, and interaction region indicator, analysis of internal interaction and extraction mechanism between different molecules is realized.
Lithium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC-Li) is a promising novel water-based binder for lithium-ion batteries. The direct synthesis of CMC-Li was innovatively developed using abundant wood dissolving pulp materials from hardwood (HW) and softwood (SW). The resulting CMC-Li-HW and CMC-Li-SW binders possessed a suitable degree of substitutions and excellent molecular weight distributions with an appropriate quantity of long- and short-chain celluloses, which facilitated the construction of a reinforced concrete-like bonding system. When used as cathode binders in LiFePO 4 batteries, they uniformly coated and dispersed the electrode materials, formed a compact and stable conductive network with high mechanical strength and showed sufficient lithium replenishment. The prepared LiFePO 4 batteries exhibited good mechanical stability, low charge transfer impedance, high initial discharge capacity (∼180 mAh/g), high initial Coulombic efficiency (99 %), excellent cycling performance (<3% loss over 200 cycles) and good rate capability, thereby outperforming CMC-Na and the widely used cathode binder polyvinylidene fluoride.
In this study, a novel intelligent water-absorbent cellulose pad with a specified area was developed for the visual and non-destructive monitoring of fish freshness. The pad's substrate was composed of wood pulp cellulose (WPC), and the specified area contained a ratiometric mixture of brilliant blue (BRI) and alizarin (Alz)., fixed with Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). During the freshness monitoring process, the Alz/BRI-PVA WPC pad exhibited a color transition from green to brown, followed by a shift to purple-red, corresponding to the increasing levels of total volatile base nitrogen (TVB-N) and total viable count (TVC). After testing, a BRI/Alz ratio of 1:8 was selected as the optimal ratio. Compared to the volatile gas-based sensing tags, the pad developed in this study demonstrated a high sensitivity of 53.4% by interacting with the sample exudate to produce signal changes. This study demonstrates the feasibility of using the developed dual-functional pad for water absorption and freshness indications.