INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2021
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IF 2.826
Zhenzhen Yu,Kangle Ding,Chao Han,Yi Wu,Mei Zou,Yan Liu,Fujia Guan
A natural mud shale (MS) from Yichang Area, China was for the first time experimentally examined for its potential application to oily effluents treatment. The mineralogical compositions, surface structures and pore size distribution of the prepared MS particles were characterised using various advanced analytical technologies, respectively. The performance of the MS particles during the model diesel oil wastewater treatment was examined based on the designed adsorption experiments. Isothermal and kinetic features were investigated according to a variety of adsorption models. The results showed that some pores, cavities and fractures were distributed on the surface of MS particles. The efficiency of MS particles for removing diesel oil from the model oily effluent was associated closely with experimental conditions including the mass of MS particles, initial diesel levels, residence time and pH values. Equilibrium adsorption isotherms conformed to Langmuir model, indicating that the adsorption of diesel oil onto MS particles tended to monolayer adsorption. Kinetics of adsorption of diesel oil on MS complied with the pseudo-second-order model. This suggested that the whole oil removal rate was mainly controlled by chemisorption. Results of our study indicates potential utilisation of unmodified MS particles as an abundant and inexpensive adsorbent for low-concentration diesel oil wastewater.
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CATALYSIS SURVEYS FROM ASIA
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2021
·Vol. 25
·期 2
·148-158
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IF 3.106
Bao Er-Peng,Dong Ruichen,Zhang Shuoqing,Li Huan,Zhang Weiguo,Zou Jijun,Xu Qiang
The photocatalysis of graphtic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) material has been widely used for the photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants. However, g-C 3 N 4 still has some drawbacks, such as the high recombination of photo-induced electron–hole pairs and weak absorption of light irradiation. To further improve the photodegradation performance of g-C 3 N 4 , a novel composite photocatalyst (CoO/ PT-C 3 N 4 ) has been prepared by using a one-pot calcination method, in which cobalt oxide (CoO) as a cocatalyst are introduced on the rectangular hollow substrate of g-C 3 N 4 (PT-C 3 N 4 ), The CoO/PT-C 3 N 4 composite photocatalyst delivers an excellent photodegradation performance for diesel oil under a simulated sunlight. It exhibits a high degradation efficiency of 95.92% after light irradiation for 2 h, which is much higher than that of pristine PT-C 3 N 4 . Free radical capture experiments manifest that the free radical of ·O 2− plays a major role for the photodegradation and main active radicals abide by the sequence: ·O 2− > ·OH > h + . Moreover, the CoO/PT-C 3 N 4 composite photocatalyst delivers an excellent cyclic stability, which only degrades 8.71% photodegradation efficiency after 10 cycles. The improvement of CoO/PT-C 3 N 4 composite photocatalyst is ascribed to the formation of a heterojunction between CoO and PT-C 3 N 4 , which promotes the separation of photo-induced carriers. This work paves a new way for the exploration of photocatalyst for the organic pollutant degradation.
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CATALYSIS LETTERS
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2021
·Vol. 151
·期 12
·3437-3450
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IF 3.186
Bao Er-Peng,Dong Ruichen,Zhang Shuoqing,Li Huan,Zhang Weiguo,Zou Jijun,Xu Qiang
The photocatalysis is a very promising technique to address the serious issues of environmental pollution. Among the common photocatalysts, the graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) is widely used for the photodegradation of organic pollutants due to its proper band structure. To further improve the photocatalytic performance of g-C 3 N 4 , a novel composite photocatalyst of Co 3 O 4 /PT-C 3 N 4 has been prepared by using a one-pot calcination method, in which cobalt tetroxide (Co 3 O 4 ) nanoparticles as the cocatalyst are introduced on the surface of rectangular hollow g-C 3 N 4 substrate (PT-Co 3 O 4 ). As a result, the obtained composite photocatalyst (Co3O 4 /PT-C 3 N 4 ) delivers an excellent photodegradation performance for diesel oil under a simulated sunlight, which can improve the separation efficiency of the photo-induced electron–hole pairs. The Co 3 O 4 /PT-C 3 N 4 composite photocatalyst exhibits a high degradation efficiency of 96.27% after 2 h of visible light, which is much higher than that of the PT-C 3 N 4 photocatalyst. Moreover, the composite photocatalyst can still maintain a high photodegradation efficiency after 10 cycles, exhibiting an excellent cyclic stability. The photo-induced carriers generated by the Co 3 O 4 /PT-C 3 N 4 composite photocatalyst follow the Z-scheme heterojunction transfer mechanism. This work gives a fresh idea for the exploration of new high-performance photocatalyst for the treatment of organic environmental pollutants. Graphical Abstract
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BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2021
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IF 3.978
Shuiquan Chen,Meng Zang,Lin Li,Juntao Chen,Qiyou Liu,Xiwen Feng,Shuo Sun,Chuanwei Zang,Chaocheng Zhao
Biodesulfurization is a promising, environmentally friendly method to desulfurize the organosulfur compounds in crude oils through the highly selective cleavage of carbon-sulfur bonds under mild reaction conditions. In this study, the behavior of a hydrophobic bacterium, Gordonia sp. SC-10, was evaluated in the presence of diesel oils. The biodesulfurization pathways, bacterium hydrophobicity , and cell ultrastructure were investigated, and the capability of strain SC-10 to desulfurize diesel oil was also studied. The results showed that strain SC-10 can desulfurize organosulfur compounds through sulfur-specific desulfurization pathways by producing corresponding hydroxylated products in oil-water polyphasic systems. Mycolic acids consisting of 47 and 58 carbon atoms chains were produced on the cell surface, and inclusion bodies were produced in the cells, both of which may improve the bioavailability of the substrates, thereby enhancing its adaptability to oil-water polyphasic systems. To our knowledge, this is the first report of intracellular inclusion body formation during biodesulfurization. Strain SC-10 also exhibited broad substrate specificity towards organosulfur compounds and effectively desulfurized diesel oils. The sulfur content in real-life diesel oil was reduced from 167.7 mg/L to 19.7 mg/L, with 88.3% of sulfur removed after five days of biodesulfurization. This study showed that Gordonia sp. SC-10 can be effectively used for the biodesulfurization of diesel oils.
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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
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2018
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IF 3.141
Hongqin Ma,Xiao Sun,Meijie Wang,Jiasheng Zhang
This research focused on the removal of dibenzothiophene (DBT) from model diesel oil using CuO-loaded γ-Al2O3–reduced graphene oxide (CuO/γ-Al2O3–RGO) as an adsorbent, which possesses the highest adsorption capacity among reported regenerable graphene-related materials. The boehmite–RGO supports were synthesized using a one-pot hydrothermal synthesis method. As the RGO sheet surfaces are completely covered and isolated by boehmite nanorods formed via hydroxyl condensation of [Al(OH)x](3–x)+ or Al(OH)3 and the −OH of graphene oxide (GO), the specific surface area of boehmite–RGO increased to 378 m2/g, which is 20.8% higher than that of RGO (313 m2/g). CuO/γ-Al2O3–RGO adsorbents with different CuO contents were prepared, and their DBT adsorption desulfurization properties were evaluated. With a 2% mass ratio of CuO to boehmite–RGO, CuO/γ-Al2O3–RGO displays the highest DBT adsorption capacity (6.0 mg S/g) under ambient conditions, which improved by 53.8% in comparison with that of pure RGO (3.9 mg S/g). Moreover, the regeneration of the CuO/γ-Al2O3–RGO adsorbent is much more practical than that of the pure RGO adsorbent.
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