INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
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2024
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IF 5.6
Tiancheng Xiong,Haohao Wang,Haoyang Sun,Jing Zhao,Maoning Li,Qingyuan Du,Dandan Li,Yu Nan,Zhi Zhang,Dazhi Sun
Coir fibers are commonly subjected to alkali treatment to eliminate impurities and tune their mechanical properties. However, this process can damage the fibers’ microstructures, posing a challenge in significantly enhancing both strength and toughness simultaneously. Herein, we successfully enhanced both strength and toughness of coir fibers through a combined treatment with NaOH and sodium alginate aqueous solution. Coir fibers treated with 5 wt% NaOH solution, followed by 0.5 wt% sodium alginate solution, exhibit a tensile modulus of 2475.0 MPa, a tensile strength of 126.4 MPa, and a toughness of 30.7 MJ/m³, representing improvements of 57.1 %, 72.7 %, and 116.2 %, respectively, compared to the raw fibers. Mechanistic studies revealed that NaOH treatment effectively removes pectin, hemicellulose and lignin from coir fibers but introduces numerous defects. Sodium alginate can repair these defects by forming hydrogen bonds with the rich oxygen-containing group of coir fibers. The combined treatment also increases the crystallinity of coir fibers from 30.3 % for the raw fibers to 44.1 % by removing a large number of amorphous substances. Additionally, the combined treatment reduces the microfibril angle from ∼63.6° to ∼46.6° by elongating the helix structure and filling the gaps between helical fibers. Our cost-effective strategy not only promotes the applications of coir fibers but also provides guidance for the modification of other natural plant fibers.
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植物学
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Biochar
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2023
·Vol. 5
·期 1
·1-16
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IF 12.7
Liu Fenglei,Wang Shanshan,Zhao Chaofeng,Hu Baowei
Herein, a biochar-based composite (Ti 3 C 2 T x @biochar-PDA/PEI) was constructed by decorating Ti 3 C 2 T x and polydopamine on coconut shell biochar via electrostatic self-assembly method. Different characterization techniques were applied to explore the structure, morphology and composition of the sorbents. It was found that the higher porosity and diverse functional groups were conducive for Ti 3 C 2 T x @biochar-PDA/PEI to capture radionuclides, and the water environmental conditions made a great contribution to the adsorption process. The process of removing U(VI)/Cs(I) well complied with the Langmuir isotherm and Pseudo-second-order equations, which indicated that the single layer chemical adsorption occurred on the solid liquid interface. Meanwhile, this produced composite exhibited superior removal performance under complex co-existing ion environment, and the maximum adsorption amounts of U(VI) and Cs(I) reached up to 239.7 and 40.3 mg g −1 . Impressively, this adsorbent still exhibited good adsorption performance after three cycles of regeneration. The spectral analysis and DFT calculation demonstrated that adsorption of U(VI) might be a chemical process, while the adsorption of Cs(I) should be ion exchange or electrostatic attraction. This study demonstrated the potential application of Ti 3 C 2 T x @biochar-PDA/PEI as an effective remediation strategy for radioactive wastewater cleanup. Graphical Abstract
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2023
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IF 7.7
Qin Liang,Menghan Zhang,Cai Liang,Huichao Chen
The modified red mud was prepared by thermal reduction with coconut shell for Cr(VI) contaminated soil remediation . Significant reduction of Cr(VI) in soil was achieved for the modified red mud with an efficiency up to 100%. The mass ratio of the modified red mud to soil presents the greatest impact on Cr(VI) reduction in soil, followed by pH, and then the soil moisture. Under the conditions of pH = 4%, and 40% water content, the reduction of Cr(VI) in soil reached 99.37%with 10 wt% of the modified red mud (RM1C-T800(1 h)). Based on the X-ray diffraction spectrum, zero valence iron (ZVI) was detected in RM1C-T800(1 h). The characterization analysis showed that the originally tight and porous surface of RM1C-T800(1 h) became loose and flocculation state after the soil remediation . It implied that internal ZVI particles had recombined with Cr and gradually separated from the parent by exposing to the external surface of RM1C-T800(1 h). The decrease of Cr(VI)in soil was probably attributed to the adsorption and reduction of the ZVI in RM1C-T800(1 h) when mixing the Cr(VI) contaminated soil with RM1C-T800(1 h). The work offers an effective strategy for the resource utilization of solid waste and contaminated site remediation.
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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
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2022
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IF 4.778
Lei Wu,Xiangtai Zhang,Yang Si
Environmentally benign, high adsorption efficiency and high selectivity adsorbents are satisfied real demand in wastewater treatment. Coconut shell (CS), the agricultural and forestry biomass was applied to further modified with NaOH chemical activation, pyrolysis, and then surface modification with polydopamine (PDA). NaOH activation and heated in 600 °C rendered to carbon materials with high specific surface area in carbon skeleton. Dopamine was self-polymerization on the biomass carbon materials to form superhydrophilic and surface-adhering PDA coating which made the composites well dispersed in soluble dyes solutions and simultaneously introduced thiol- and/or aminoterminated molecules. Different initial concentrations, pH and temperatures were discussed in detail herein. Increasing nitrogen-containing or oxygen-containing groups can enhance the adsorption efficiencies for dyes in low MB concentrations. The uptake of MB maintains 100% adsorption efficiency when pH is 12. The charge selective adsorption of CS-NaOH@PDA adsorbent was applied to adsorb other cationic dyes in aqueous solution. The as-prepared CS-NaOH@PDA composites from waste biomasses showed superior adsorption capability for cationic dyes and excellent removal rate and importantly were environmentally friendly, revealing its promising potentials in low-cost adsorbents for authentic wastewater treatment applications.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2025
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IF 5.4
Chang Liu,Xiaowei An,Peifen Wang,Xuli Ma,Xingfa Li,Xin Chen,Yongguo Li,Xiaogang Hao,Xiaoxu Zhang,Abuliti Abudula,Guoqing Guan
In this study, a highly efficient and cost-effective adsorbent for gaseous iodine, nitrogen-doped KOH-activated coconut shell biochar (NKBC), is presented. A two-step pore expansion assisted by KOH activation process, enhanced by nitrogen doping, created a hierarchical porous structure with ultra-high specific surface area of 2977.90 m 2 /g, large total pore volume of 2.19 cm 3 /g and available micropore volume of 1.17 cm 3 /g, resulting in an iodine adsorption capacity of 6635 mg/g at 75℃ within 3 hours. The low desorption rate (12.93 % at room temperature) highlights the material's stability. Grey relational analysis identified specific surface area and pore structure as key determinants of adsorption capacity, while pore size distribution and nitrogen content significantly influenced desorption. DFT calculations confirmed the enhanced iodine adsorption by nitrogen functionalities and the effectiveness of micro- and narrow mesopores in iodine capture. This sustainable approach offers a significant advancement in developing high-capacity adsorbents for the effective remediation of radioactive iodine.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2024
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IF 5.8
Kai Su,Xuekun Tian,Xinmei Hou,Zhenyi Zhao,Xusheng Liu,Deze Ouyang,Huiyu Yuan,Xinhong Liu
Ti 3 AlC 2 powder was prepared via an efficient solid-liquid reaction in flowing argon using coconut shell charcoal as novel carbon source, and phase evolution, microstructure and oxidation behavior of Ti 3 AlC 2 powder were investigated. The results show that coconut shell charcoal is dominated by amorphous carbon after carbonization with some turbostratic graphite-like structure, and large specific surface area of coconut shell charcoal gives its excellent reactivity. Ti 3 AlC 2 powder prepared at 1400 °C for 1.5 h exhibits good crystallinity and typical nanolayered structure. Ti 3 AlC 2 powder remains thermally stable in air below 552 °C, while oxidizing occurs rapidly between 900 and 1100 °C. The isothermal oxidation curves show a parabolic-like, indicating that the oxidation process is primarily controlled by a diffusion mechanism. The good oxidation resistance of Ti 3 AlC 2 powder is attributed to the oxidized products of TiO 2 and Al 2 O 3 grains formed a connected and dense protective layer on the particle surface at elevated temperatures.
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化学工程
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2024
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IF 5.8
Liwei Liang,Songlin Cai,Lan Zhang,Ke Sun,Ziying He,Libin Zhang,Ciyuan Huang,Min Long,Hongxiang Zhu,Bingsuo Zou,Tao Liu,Shuangfei Wang
Phenol has various applications in industry, due to its hazardousness, solubility, and volatility, it persists in water and poses a risk to human health. People are excited by the progress of photodegradation technology that facilitates water pollution treatment. The effect of side-chain engineering is proven to enhance photodegradation performance by improving optoelectronic properties. Therefore, here is a strategy that introduces functional groups to change the electron cloud density, achieving excellent optoelectronic properties evidenced by efficient exciton dissociation, separation, and fine-tuned energy level. Subsequently, by coupling of photocatalysis and adsorption, the donor/acceptor (D/A) heterojunction photocatalysts (PBDB-T: BTTIC-TT, PBDB-T: BTTIC-Ph) are designed via loading on coconut-shell carbon to process phenol. The results indicate that the champion photocatalyst PBDB-T: BTTIC-TT possesses superior optoelectronic properties, which can be attributed to the stronger electron-withdrawing ability of thieno[3,2- b ]thiophene than benzene. Consequently, the synergistic efficiency of adsorption and photocatalysis of phenol (10, 20 mg/L) are removed within 10 mins over 90 % which is still valid after twenty cycles. Surprisingly, a high concentration of phenol (100 mg/L) also exhibited excellent removal efficiency of over 80 % within 60 min.
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Sustainability
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2021
·Vol. 13
·期 11
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IF 3.251
Lianghu Su,Mei Chen,Guihua Zhuo,Rongting Ji,Saier Wang,Longjiang Zhang,Mingzhu Zhang,Haidong Li
As a potential adsorbent material, loose, porous livestock manure biochar provides a new approach to livestock manure resource utilization. In this study, coconut husks (CH) and livestock manure, i.e., cow dung (CD), pig manure (PM), and chicken manure (CM) were used as biomass precursors for preparation of biochar via high-temperature pyrolysis and CO2activation. Characterization technologies, such as scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, adsorption–desorption isotherms, and pore size distributions, were used to study the microscopic morphologies and physicochemical properties of unactivated and activated biochar materials. The results showed that CD biochar provides better adsorption performance (up to 29.81 mg H2S/g) than CM or PM biochar. After activation at 650° for 1 h, the best adsorption performance was 38.23 mg H2S/g. For comparison, the CH biochar removal performance was 30.44 mg H2S/g. Its best performance was 38.73 mg H2S/g after 1 h of activation at 750 °C. Its best removal performance is equivalent to that of CH biochar activated at a temperature that is 100 °C higher. Further material characterization indicates that the H2S removal performance of livestock-manure–derived biochar is not entirely dependent on the specific surface area, but is closely related to the pore size distribution.Keywords:livestock manure;Biochar;physical activation;hydrogen sulfide removal
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FIBERS AND POLYMERS
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2020
·Vol. 21
·期 6
·1300-1307
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IF 1.797
Ji Hui,Zhang Chuanjie,Rao Weida,Guo Bin,Fan Lingling,Bai Zikui,Bao Haifeng,Xu Jie
Cocozelle is essentially consisted of hemicellulose and lignin with a hierarchically porous structure. Herein, cocozelle slices after freeze-drying were employed as green substrates to support the growth of polypyrrole (PPy) via a facile oxidative polymerization approach. The cocozelle surface was densely covered with sheet-like PPy due to the hydrogen bonding between PPy and cocozelle. The PPy/cocozelle composites could be facilely utilized as supercapacitor electrodes, which showed a high specific capacitance of 1108 F g −1 with an energy density of 70.5 Wh kg −1 and a power density of 398 W kg −1 at a charge/discharge current density of 0.8 mA cm −2 as well as desirable cycling life with a capacitance retention rate of 76.9 % after 1000 cycles. Moreover, 95.3 % of the initial specific capacitance obtained at 0.2 mA cm −2 could be reached as the current density increased to 1.6 mA cm −2 . These results demonstrate that cocozelle could be used as a superior alternative biomass-derived substrate for the developments of eco-friendly and renewable energy storage devices.
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材料科学
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能源存储
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2022
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IF 9.136
Xiang Li,Xueqian Wang,Langlang Wang,Li Yuan,Yixing Ma,Yibing Xie,Yiran Xiong,Ping Ning
The low S selectivity of catalysts for H 2 S removal significantly hinders its application in blast furnace gas desulfurization. In this study, Cu-based coconut shell biochar was modified with different types and contents of alkali species. The results showed that the S selectivity close to 100% was prolonged from 0 to 750 min. At the same time, the sulfur capacity was increased from 242.1 mg/g (before the modification) to 373.4 mg/g by using K 2 CO 3 -induced Cu-based biochar at 120 °C. In CO, H 2 O, and O 2 atmosphere, H 2 S was dissociated and oxidized to elemental S. Additionally, K 2 CO 3 exhibited an elemental S anchoring effect, making the S more stable at medium–high temperatures and weakening the reactivity of S with CO and ·O 2 – . Thus, less COS and SO 2 were generated. Moreover, the basic sites enhanced by K 2 CO 3 promoted the hydrolysis of COS to generate H 2 S, which entered the desulfurization cycle. K 2 CO 3 also showed a synergistic effect with the active components, generating more ·O 2 – to promote the oxygenation of H 2 S. The regeneration efficiency of the catalyst could be stabilized above 90%. These findings could provide guidance and reference for designing and applying desulfurization catalysts with high S selectivity and activity.
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催化化学
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Separations
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2025
·Vol. 12
·期 4
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IF 2.7
Wenlin Hang,Jiaxing Sun,Ronghang Zhao,Heng Chen,Jinjin Li
The presence of abundant water vapor in industrial organic waste gases greatly reduces the selective adsorption of volatile organic pollutants (VOCs). The polarity of the adsorbent and VOC molecules plays an important role in the adsorption process, especially in the presence of water vapor. In this paper, commercial coconut shell activated carbon (CSC) was modified by a thermal reduction treatment to obtain heat-treated coconut shell activated carbon (HCSC). CSC and HCSC exhibited similar pore structure characteristics but differed significantly in surface oxygen content (10.97% and 7.55%, respectively). Dynamic adsorption breakthrough experiments were conducted to determine the dynamic adsorption capacities of toluene on both adsorbents under varying relative humidity levels. HCSC demonstrated superior toluene/water vapor adsorption selectivity. Further analyses of toluene adsorption kinetics, activation energy, and water vapor adsorption isotherms revealed that the lower surface oxygen functional group content of HCSC resulted in a weaker surface polarity, facilitating the adsorption of weakly polar toluene. This was attributed to stronger toluene–HCSC interactions and weaker water–HCSC interactions. The dynamic adsorption capacities of three VOCs with varying polarities were also tested on HCSC. The observed VOC/water vapor adsorption selectivity had the following order: toluene > n-heptane > 1,2-dichloroethane. Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations were employed to quantify the relationship between the adsorption selectivity of eight VOCs with varying polarities and their molecular polarity. The results indicated a decrease in adsorption selectivity with increasing VOC polarity. A mechanistic analysis suggests that more polar VOCs prefer to adsorb polar oxygen-containing functional groups, competing with water molecules for adsorption sites. Under high humidity, hydrogen bonding leads to the formation of water clusters, exacerbating this competition. This research holds significant implications for the efficient selective adsorption of VOCs with varying polarities in humid industrial conditions.
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
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2022
·Vol. 97
·期 5
·1293-1304
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IF 3.709
Le-Yao Wang,Zhen Yang,Feng Guo,Xiang-Li Long
BACKGROUND 2-nitro-4-methylsulfonylbenzoic acid (NMSBA) is commercially produced from the oxidation of 2-nitro-4-methylsulfonyltoluene (NMST) with nitric acid as oxidant and V 2 O 5 as catalyst in a strong acid solution; this process suffers from the following shortcomings: the discharge of large amounts of wastewater and waste gas, as along with the generation of polynitro compounds. It is necessary to develop a technology to avoid the pollution caused by oxidizing NMST with nitric acid. NMSBA can be synthesized by oxidizing NMST with air under the catalysis of the porous carbon made from coconut shell with ZnCl 2 as an activator together with Co/Mn/Br. RESULTS The optimum conditions for the preparation of the porous carbon are as follows: impregnation temperature 60 °C, ZnCl 2 concentration 0.50 mol L −1 , impregnation duration 6 h, carbonization temperature 600 °C, and carbonization time 4 h. The surface characterization suggests that the carbon made in this study holds smaller surface area, acidic groups, and basic groups than the commercial carbon but owns more carboxyl. CONCLUSION The Co/Mn/Br/AC (AC,the porous carbon made in this study) catalytic system is superior to the Co/Mn/Br/H 3 PMo 12 O 40 @CAC(CAC,commercial activated carbon) catalytic system in the production of NMSBA from the oxidation of NMST. The NMSBA selectivity gained by the former is 93.40%, while that gained by the latter is 87.14%. The former can cut down the consumption of NMST and the expenditure of catalysts. The catalytic ability of the AC catalyst relies on its surface chemical characteristics and physical properties. More carboxyl on AC is the reason for the upgrade of NMSBA selectivity. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry (SCI).
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