CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2022
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IF 16.744
Wenjing Lu,Xin Wang,Jingzhe Zhang,Hui Wang,Zhiguo Qu,Fuming Chen,Zhongchang Wang
Plastic wastes are growing fast over the world and impose great burden to eco-system. However, the plastics nurture abundant carbon resource and can be used as ideal raw materials to produce fuels. Hydrothermal process is considered as a promising strategy to convert plastics into fuel under a mild condition, but the conversion efficiency is often limited by the chemical inertness of plastics. Here, we propose a facile plasma treatment method to modify the plastic surface, aimed to boost the conversion of waste plastics into liquid fuel through a peroxymonosulfate (PMS) coupled hydrothermal process. We find that the sample after plasma treatment for 40 s displays 9.2 wt% weight loss with 8 h, which is 6 times that of the pristine sample. The plasma treatment can not only activate the inert surface but also enhanced the PMS activation process by establishing a balance between the radical effect and etching effect.
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环境科学
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能源化学
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CHEMOSPHERE
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2024
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IF 8.1
Tianlong Lei,Jie Su,Luyi Chang,Rui He,Guangchun Shan,Xiaomei Jiang,Yunhui Lei,Xiaobo Guo
Wet distillers grains, as a waste biomass with a large annual output, pose a threat to the environment and food industry. Herein, artificial humic acid (AHA) was first produced from wet distillers grains in a dual-stage microwave-assisted hydrothermal process. The influence of temperature on AHA's characteristics was investigated and compared with natural humic acid (NHA) and standard humic acid (SHA). A high yield of AHA at 20.6% was obtained at 200 °C with a total reaction time of 1 h, which is 1.8–3.1 times that obtained in traditional single-stage hydrothermal process. Increasing the reaction temperature induced the formation of phenolic hydroxyl in AHA. AHA was rich in aromaticity and carboxylic acid structure, showing similar spectral characteristics to NHA. The distribution of molecular weight of AHA was mostly 5797 Da, which decreased by 15% compared to SHA. The optimal concentration of AHA to promote seedling growth was 0.2 g/L, and the root length was 2.0 times that of the control. The microwave hydrothermal process is a facile and efficient approach to preparing AHA from waste biomass with high moisture content.
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环境科学
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农业化学
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植物生物学
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CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
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2022
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IF 10.508
Qun Yu,De-chang Li,Zhengbin Tian,Chongzhi Zhu,Chengli Jiao,Qian Zhang,Yanping Chen,Yihan Zhu,Heqing Jiang,Jian Liu,Guang-Hui Wang
Single-hole hollow carbon nanospheres (HCH) possess unique properties that combine the advantages of a hollow cavity and an opening hole in the shell, making them very attractive in various applications. However, it is still a challenge to synthesize HCH via a facile and scalable route. Herein, we develop a poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-assisted emulsion-templating method to synthesize HCH, involving only a hydrothermal process and pyrolysis. In the emulsion system, the PEG molecules can be used as a reverse demulsifier to induce the formation of hollow structures with a closed shell (HCS, PEG-1000), a single hole in the shell (HCH, PEG-2000), and a bowl-like shell (HCB, PEG-4000). It is found that HCH exhibits higher adsorption capacities (2–4 times higher than those of HCS) and faster adsorption rates toward large molecules (e.g., Congo red), indicating the intensification of liquid-phase adsorption induced by the single-hole hollow structure, which can promote mass transfer and simultaneously enhance the adsorption capacity.
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材料科学
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纳米技术
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化学工程
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RSC Advances
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2023
·Vol. 13
·期 11
·7554-7560
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IF 3.9
Jingyu Li,Yang Zhang,Guoxin Sui
In this study, zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) nanoparticles can be readily in situ generated on the skeleton surface throughout the entire structure of cellulose-based sponges obtained from waste corn straws via a hydrothermal process. Taking natural corn straws as the basic ingredient, the Water Cellulose-based Sponge@ZIF-8 (WCSZ) composite inherits the highly porous structure of straws, which is beneficial for the movement of H2O molecules in both horizontal and vertical directions. A robust H-bond topological network is weaved between abundant hydroxyl groups of the corn straw cell wall matrix and H2O molecules in the honeycomb cellular structure. Based on the topological network, the WCSZ composite maintains sufficient mechanical compressibility and elasticity, which could sustain repeated squeezing without structural failure. The WCSZ composite can not only bear a compressive strain as high as 60% but also completely recover its original height after the load is removed, exhibiting excellent mechanical property. More importantly, the WCSZ composite also presents exceptional antibacterial activities after ZIF-8 nanoparticles were introduced (antibacterial rate: 99.9%). Consequently, the WCSZ composite is an ideal candidate for highly efficient elimination of bacteria as the reusable water treatment material.
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环境科学
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材料科学
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水处理
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Journal of Cleaner Production
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2021
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IF 9.297
Yuchao Shao,Menggang Bao,Weizhong Huo,Rong Ye,Yanqing Liu,Wenjing Lu
Humic substance is vital for soil fertility and has wide applications such as soil remediation agents, organic fertilizer and adsorbents. The results of pH effect on artificial humic acids (AHAs) production demonstrated that acid hydrothermal conditions are favorable for biomass waste dissolution and formation of AHA precursors such as saccharides, furans, organic acids and phenols; whereas alkaline hydrothermal conditions are suitable for AHAs production from these precursors. Enhanced humification from biomass waste with a combined acid - alkaline hydrothermal process was proposed. The solid product known as hydrochar was reduced to only 5 wt% after this process indicating the significant improvement of dissolution and transformation. The AHAs concentration of 28.28 ± 0.98 wt% obtained from corn stalk was the highest yield so far, 10 times higher than ever reported. The carbon flow analysis indicated that the selectivity of AHA-C was 43.2% of the initial carbon in corn stalk. Our study provides a new way of mass production of AHAs in short period, which has great potential for industry application.
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环境科学
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土壤学
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化学工程
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农业
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APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE
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2022
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IF 5.907
Wenchao Niu,Xiaoshan Qiu,Pingxiao Wu,Wenqi Guan,Yihao Zhan,Luwei Jin,Nengwu Zhu
Aluminol groups are effective for removing toxic metal ions . However, their use is significantly limited because they are usually on the inner surface of halloysite tubes. Herein, we realign and expose the abundant aluminol groups using a hydrothermal process. We found that dickite was gradually formed with increased sodium metasilicate proportion. Also, a uniform mushroom-like structure was formed, extending from the orifice to the middle of the hollow tubes and eventually forming a sphere. Further, part of the halloysite tube gradually broke, expanding into lamellar, eventually forming a small spheroid. The Al-O-Si groups were fractured by sodium metasilicate and aluminol groups on the inner surface of halloysite tubes, forming many aluminol groups. Moreover, the average pore size of the halloysite increased, indicating that numerous halloysite mesopores converted to dickite macropores . Thus, we inferred that the tubes gradually unfolded when the metasilicate first binds with the aluminol groups on the inner of the halloysite tubes. The modification enhanced the material's adsorption capacity for Pb 2+ , Cd 2+ , and Cr 3+ nearly 20, 12, and 10 times, respectively, stronger than the original halloysite mineral. Consequently, exposing and realigning aluminol groups of halloysite significantly improved toxic metal ions' removal.
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环境科学
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化学
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2018
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IF 8.097
Juan Jian,Long Yuan,Hui Qi,Xuejiao Sun,Le Zhang,He Li,Hongming Yuan,Shouhua Feng
Ni3S2 nanosheets doped with tin (Sn) grown on nickel foam (Sn–Ni3S2/NF) through a facile hydrothermal process were found to be superior water-splitting electrocatalysts. As for overall water splitting (OWS), when the current density is 10 mA cm–2, the required voltage is only 1.46 V. Meanwhile, it exhibits a large current density property and long-time stability (>60 h current–time tests) for both the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). In order to reach the current densities of 100 and 1000 mA cm–2, Sn–Ni3S2/NF needs overpotentials of 0.17 and 0.57 V for HER, and 0.27 and 0.58 V for OER, respectively. The water-splitting property of Sn–Ni3S2/NF is much better than that of pure Ni3S2/NF or even 20 wt % Pt/C/NF and RuO2/NF. Furthermore, Sn–Ni3S2/NF showed a higher turnover frequency at different potentials, with ∼100% Faraday efficiency for both O2 and H2. The improved activity of Sn–Ni3S2/NF activity for water-splitting is attributed to the doping of Sn, which enhanced the intrinsic activity of Sn–Ni3S2/NF for OWS. This article not only provides a new efficient and stable catalyst for OWS, but also proposes an interface design principle for NF-based high-performance water-splitting materials.
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材料科学
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电化学
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催化
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Materials Today Chemistry
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2023
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IF 7.3
Wenlong Sheng,Fengwei Huang,Xianjun Lang
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have received increasing attention for conducting miscellaneous photocatalytic reactions. Amorphous TiO 2 , despite the lack of visible light activity, can be a platform for integrating with a Ti-based MOF NH 2 -MIL-125(Ti) during hydrothermal process. Herein, amorphous TiO 2 microspheres are synthesized to enhance the activity of NH 2 -MIL-125(Ti) by integration. The morphology, porosity, and activity of NH 2 -MIL-125(Ti)/amorphous TiO 2 microspheres are systematically investigated by various methods. The photocatalyst NH 2 -MIL-125(Ti)/amorphous TiO 2 exhibits enhanced conversions, more than five times that of pristine NH 2 -MIL-125(Ti), for the selective oxidation of benzylamine. A series of optical and electrochemical characterizations are performed to clarify the mechanism for the photocatalytic selective oxidation of benzyl amines. Specifically, for NH 2 -MIL-125(Ti)/amorphous TiO 2 , visible light absorption is from NH 2 -MIL-125(Ti); and faster electron transfer to molecular oxygen is due to amorphous TiO 2 . This work shows that integrating MOFs with metal oxides can be crucial in enhancing visible light photocatalysis .
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光催化
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化学工程
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纳米技术
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2022
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IF 9.965
Zhiming Sun,Rui Zhu,Tianle Ding,Xiangwei Zhang,Chunquan Li
Persulfate activation technology based on sulfate radicals is currently a hot spot in the field of environmental governance. In our work, α-FeOOH was successful in situ loaded on kaolinite surface through a simple one-step hydrothermal process. The prepared composites were systematically characterized, and the relationship between the structural properties and peroxymonosulfate activation properties was explored. Interestingly, compared to bare α-FeOOH, the introduction of kaolinite in composite induced the transformation of α-FeOOH crystal and affected the morphology, where uniformly dispersed nanoparticles rather than rod-like agglomerated crystals appeared. The received FeOOH/kaolinite composite exhibited admirable adsorption and degradation of ciprofloxacin performance with the removal efficiency of 86.1%, and the degradation rate constant was up to 5.2 times higher than that of bare α-FeOOH. In addition, the main active species in the catalytic oxidation system are surface-bound SO 4 •− , • OH and free 1 O 2 . This work would give a deep insight into the role of natural minerals in composite catalytic materials and the construction of high-efficient mineral-based composite materials.
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环境科学
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催化
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Nano Research
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2018
·Vol. 12
·期 2
·357-363
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IF 7.994
Shen Shuiyun,Zhang Yao,Wei Guanghua,Zhang Wansen,Yan Xiaohui,Xia Guofeng,Wu Aiming,Ke Changchun,Zhang Junliang
Undoubtedly, it is imperative to figure out two stubborn issues concerning low electronic conductivity and sluggish lithium ion diffusion to promote the practical application of Li 2 FeSiO 4 materials in lithium-ion battery (LIB) cathode. Herein, we report an innovative and simple strategy that combines a hydrothermal process with subsequent annealing to synthesize highly uniform Li 2 FeSiO 4 /C hollow nanospheres. During the hydrothermal process, polystyrene nanospheres are employed not only as the template but also, more tactfully, as carbon source to form amorphous carbon layers, which will function to enhance the electronic conductivity and restrict particle aggregations. The use of the LIB Li 2 FeSiO 4 /C hollow nanospheres as a LIB cathode delivers a desired stable capacity at each rate stage, and even at a high rate of 10 C, the hollow nanosphere cathode can present a specific discharge capacity as high as 50.5 mAh·g −1 . After 100 cycles, the capacity retentions at 1 and 10 C remain as high as 93% and 72%, respectively. The superior electrochemical performance is believed to be related to special architectures of the Li 2 FeSiO 4 /C hollow nanosphere cathode.
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电化学
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纳米技术
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Journal of Materials Chemistry B
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2015
·Vol. 3
·期 29
·6013-6018
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IF 4.726
Quan-Xing Mao,Wen-Jing Wang,Xin Hai,Yang Shu,Xu-Wei Chen,Jian-Hua Wang
The regulation of hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity of carbon dots (CDs) at will is most important. One pot simultaneous preparation of hydrophilic and/or hydrophobic CDs is herein reported, via a hydrothermal process with 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate as the carbon source in a H3PO4–ethanol medium. The hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity of CDs (or their proportions) is simply regulated by varying the H3PO4/ethanol molar ratio. Hydrophilic and hydrophobic CDs are obtained simultaneously with H3PO4/ethanol molar ratios within 0–1.72, while hydrophilic or hydrophobic CDs are the sole product obtained from H3PO4–BmimPF6 or BmimPF6-only systems. The CDs exhibit excitation-dependent maximum fluorescence at 360/440 nm (hydrophilic) and 430/510 nm (hydrophobic), with quantum yields of 17.0% and 7.7%, respectively. Both hydrophilic and hydrophobic CDs obtained by this approach exhibit favorable biocompatibility and offer great potential in bio-imaging as demonstrated for the fluorescent labeling and imaging of live HeLa cells.
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材料科学
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化学
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纳米技术
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生物医学工程
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SYNTHETIC METALS
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2014
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IF 2.222
Fang Liao,Siwei Yang,Xiubing Li,Lijun Yang,Zhihui Xie,Chenshu Hu,Shuai Yan,Tongyan Ren,Zhiduo Liu
Tunable fluorescent nanomaterials are of great significance. In this paper, the poly(o-phenylenediamine) (PoPD) nanospheres were synthesized via chemical oxidation polymerization of o-phenylenediamine (oPD) monomers by (NH 4 ) 2 S 2 O 8 (APS) at room temperature. It is interesting that when this fluorescent nanosphere was doped by F, S and Se via a simple hydrothermal progress, the fluorescence spectrum remarkably changed. The emission peak of F-doped and S-doped PoPD nanosphere was at 411 nm and 530 nm, the spectrum blue shift can be attributed to the electron-withdrawing effect of F and S. On the other side, the emission peak of Se-doped PoPD nanospheres were at 594 nm and can be attributed to the electronic donor effect of Se. These nanomaterials can be used as ultra-sensitive fluorescent detection system (ppb level) for Cu 2+ , Ca 2+ , Hg 2+ and H 2 O 2 . The tunable spectrum and sensing performance of this system is interesting and significant.
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材料科学
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纳米技术
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分析化学
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荧光光谱
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