Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2022
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Chengcheng Shen,Li Gu,Sihao Chen,Yajuan Jiang,Peng Huang,Heng Li,Huayang Yu,Dong Xia
Effective utilization and resourcelization of sewage sludge into value-added by-products and insights into its environmental impacts during the fabrication process are urgent tasks to be tackled. Here, we adopt FeCl 3 to activate and functionalize sewage sludge to form FeCl 3 -activated biochars, which exhibited high adsorption capabilities for the treatment of toxic As(III) and Cr(VI) containing wastewaters. Kinetic studies suggested that the adsorption of As(III) and Cr(VI) species onto the biochar surface was attributed to physisorption and chemosorption, respectively. Equilibrium was reached after 3 h for the adsorption of Cr(VI), and slightly slower for that of As(III). Additionally, the structural stability of the adsorbent was maintained even in wastewater with high acidity (pH = 1), as corroborated by microscopic observations. Structural characterization of the adsorbents after adsorption showed that the excellent adsorption performance originated from adsorptive functionalities of the surface functional groups and the active Fe 3 O 4 particles forming Fe-O-As(III)/Fe-O-Cr(VI) complexes with the As(III)/Cr(VI) adsorbates. Evaluation via the green degree method demonstrated that transforming sewage sludge into biochar exerts very low impacts on the environment. Hence, this work offers a green alternative to convert the hazardous sewage sludge into value-added biochar materials, which can be further exploited as supporting frameworks for multifunctional catalysts or expanded to be investigated in reducing carbon footprints and energy conversion areas.
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JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
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2021
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Qian Chen,Xiao Wang,Wanyan Liu,Tao Luo,Zhen Jin,Yong Zhang,Jian Huang,Hua Zhang,Jinhua Wang,Fumin Peng
Currently, Cr(VI) poses a great threat to the human health and ecosystem due to its acute toxicity and potential carcinogenicity. In order to quickly and efficiently reduce Cr(VI) to Cr(III) by photocatalysis , a new In 2 S 3 -ZnIn 2 S 4 heterostructure hierarchical microtubes, which is based on the combination of the main three strategies for the enhancement of photocatalysts’ performance including semiconductor heterostructure, hierarchical microstructure, and hollow morphology, were designed and successfully synthesized via a facile liquid chemical treatment of metal-organic frameworks pre-synthesized as a self-sacrificing template. The microstructure, composition and photocatalytic properties of In 2 S 3 -ZnIn 2 S 4 composite were investigated by means of SEM, TEM, XRD , XPS, PL and electrochemical techniques . The photocatalytic reduction performance of In 2 S 3 -ZnIn 2 S 4 composites are much better than that of pure In 2 S 3 and ZnIn 2 S 4 under visible light irradiation . For the best photocatalytic activity of the as-prepared sample, the Cr(VI) with the initial concentration of 80 mg/L in the water can be photocatalytic reduced 93.4% in 10 min under visible light irradiation, which meet the requirement of design well.
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WATER RESEARCH
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2022
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Jingli Ren,Yutong Liu,Weimin Cao,Liyang Zhang,Fen Xu,Juan Liu,Yubo Wen,Jian Xiao,Lei Wang,Xiaoxiong Zhuo,Junfeng Ji,Yuanyuan Liu
Sediment-associated Fe(II) is a critical reductant for immobilizing groundwater contaminants, such as Cr(VI). The reduction reactivity of sediment-associated Fe(II) is dependent on its binding environment and influenced by the biogeochemical transformation of other elements (i.e., C, N and Mn), challenging the description and prediction of the reactivity of Fe(II) in natural sediments. Here, anaerobic batch experiments were conducted to study the variation in sediment-associated Fe(II) reactivity toward Cr(VI) in natural sediments collected from an intensive agricultural area located in Guangxi, China, where nitrate is a common surface water and groundwater contaminant. Then, a process-based model was developed to describe the coupled biogeochemical processes of C, N, Mn, Fe, and Cr. In the process-based model, Cr(VI) reduction by sediment-associated Fe(II) was described using a previously developed multirate model, which categorized the reactive Fe(II) into three fractions based on their extractabilities in sodium acetate and HCl solutions. The experimental results showed that Fe(II) generation was inhibited by NO 3 - and/or NO 2 − . After NO 3 − and NO 2 − were exhausted, the Fe(II) content and its reduction rate toward Cr(VI) increased rapidly. As the Fe(II) content increased, the three reactive Fe(II) fractions exhibited approximately linear correlations with aqueous Fe(II) concentrations ( C F e 2 + ), which was probably driven by sorptive equilibrium and redox equilibrium between aqueous and solid phases. The model results indicated that the reaction rate constants of the three Fe(II) fractions ( k n ) significantly increased with incubation time, and log( k n ) correlated well with C F e 2 + [ log ( k 1 ) = 2.84 C F e 2 + − 0.17 , log ( k 2 ) = 5.90 C F e 2 + − 2.49 and log ( k 3 ) = 3.09 C F e 2 + − 3.37 ]. The numerical model developed in this study provides an applicable method to describe and predict Cr(VI) removal from groundwater under dynamic redox conditions .
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2022
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IF 10.383
Shihai Miao,Yanjie Liang,Dongxun Chen,Ruiqi Shi,Xihui Shan,Yi Zhang,Fei Xie,Xiao-Jun Wang
Infrared-emitting phosphor-converted light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are desirable light sources for a very wide range of applications such as spectroscopy analysis, nondestructive monitoring, covert information identification, and night-vision surveillance. The most important aspect of infrared emitters for spectroscopy is to cover the widest possible wavelength range of emitted light. However, developing ultrabroad-band infrared emitters based on converter technology is still a challenging task due to the lack of suitable phosphor materials that emit in a wide wavelength range upon excitation from blue-emitting chips. Herein, this work demonstrates Cr3+-activated Mg2SiO4 infrared phosphors with a super wide infrared spectral range of 600 to 1400 nm and high internal quantum yield up to 80.4% upon 460 nm excitation. Site-selective occupancy of Cr3+ emitters in two different Mg sites in the Mg2SiO4 lattice results in two distinct broad emission bands peaking at 760 and 970 nm, both of which contribute to the ultrabroad-band infrared luminescence with a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 419 nm. This is by far the broadest infrared emission to the best of our knowledge. On this basis, an ultrabroad-band infrared LED prototype has been fabricated by the combination of the Mg2SiO4:Cr3+ phosphor with a blue LED chip, which shows great potential for imaging and sensing applications. This work demonstrates that site-selective occupancy control of Cr ions is an effective strategy for developing ultrabroad-band Cr3+-doped phosphors.
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WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION
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2017
·Vol. 228
·期 8
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Zeng Anrong,Zeng Anran
In this paper, quaternized β-cyclodextrin–montmorillonite composite (QCD-MMT) was obtained and absorption properties of Cr(VI), methyl orange and p-nitrophenol were studied. QCD was prepared by 2,3-epoxypropyltrimethylammonium chloride and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD). QCD-MMT was obtained by reaction between QCD and montmorillonite suspensions, which could be attributed to the montmorillonite cation ion exchange properties. β-CD cavities of this composite were expected to capture organic molecules through inclusion, while montmorillonite units acted as the adsorption sites for metals. QCD-MMT was characterized by FT-IR, elemental analysis, XRD, SEM-EDX, and TGA. Adsorptions of Cr(VI), methyl orange, and p-nitrophenol were highly dependent on adsorbent dose, initial concentration, temperature, contact time, and pH. Adsorption kinetics of Cr(VI), methyl orange, and p-nitrophenol followed the pseudo-second-order model. Meanwhile, adsorption of Cr(VI) fit better in the Freundlich model, inferring a multilayer adsorption, while the adsorption of methyl orange and p-nitrophenol fit better in Langmuir model, inferring a monolayer adsorption. Thermodynamic analysis showed that the adsorptions were all endothermic process and could be spontaneous at given temperature range, except for Cr(VI), of which adsorption should be at much higher temperature. Overall, QCD-MMT exhibited potential for practical applications in the treatment of both metal ions and organic pollutants.
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FUEL
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2025
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Ying Li,Haibo Zhao
Ethylene production via chemical looping oxidative dehydrogenation (CL-ODH) of ethane faces a critical challenge in balancing conversion efficiency and selectivity due to competing oxygen species requirements. Here, we present a bifunctional composite catalyst (CrH/BiCZ) by physically integrating a Cr-HZSM5 (Cr-H) dehydrogenation (DH) catalyst with a Bi 2 O 3 -Ce 0.4 Zr 0.6 O 2 (Bi-CZ) selective hydrogen combustion (SHC) catalyst. This tandem system decouples ethane activation and hydrogen combustion, promoting the DH process of ethane through the in situ hydrogen combustion of the SHC catalyst. The Ce-Zr solid solution in Bi-CZ acts as an oxygen reservoir, enabling complete H 2 combustion within 3 min and suppressing carbon deposition. This rapid hydrogen combustion shifts the reaction equilibrium towards ethylene production. At 650 °C, the optimized CrH/BiCZ catalyst achieves 84.1 % ethylene selectivity at 43.0 % ethane conversion, and maintains exceptional stability over 36 redox cycles. This work establishes a scalable chemical looping strategy for efficient ethylene synthesis.
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2025
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Shikai Li,Hanbing Gao,Rui Xu,Zhaohui Guo
Cation and oxyanion heavy metals possess opposite physical and chemical properties, which could be hard to simultaneous remediate in soil. In this study, layered double hydroxides from secondary aluminum ash (SAA-LDH) has been synthesized for soil remediation contaminated with heavy metals. The as-obtained SAA-LDH exhibit strong affinity for heavy metals, which could remove 193.50 mg‧g −1 of Cr(Ⅵ) and 175.84 mg‧g −1 of Cd(Ⅱ) within 2 h. Optimum acid-base resistance and selectivity guarantee the practice potential of SAA-LDH, which could remove above 85 % of Cd(Ⅱ) and Cr(Ⅵ) under widely pH range (from 4.00 to 10.00), capturing above 90 % of Cd(Ⅱ) and Cr(Ⅵ) under the interference of seven coexisting ions. Soil remediation tests and column leaching experiments further demonstrate that SAA-LDH could immobilize 98.32 % of Cd(Ⅱ) and 97.71 % of Cr(Ⅵ), preventing its migration. Density functional theory (DFT) manifests that SAA-LDH could remove Cd(Ⅱ) and Cr(Ⅵ) through isomorphic substitution and ion exchange respectively under single system. Under compound system, Cd(Ⅱ) fixed with isomorphic substitution could promote the immobilization of Cr(Ⅵ) onto SAA-LDH, constructing hyper-stable coordination structure. This study provides an effective approach to simultaneously recycle hazardous waste and remediate heavy metals contamination in soil.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
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2025
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IF 4.3
Meng Lan,Xiaoli Dong,Nan Zheng,Yubo Zhang
The construction of green and efficient photocatalysts for the treatment of heavy metals in wastewater through simple strategies is still an extremely huge challenge. Herein, SnS/Bi 2 S 3 Z-scheme heterostructure photocatalyst with abundant sulfur vacancies was fabricated by one-pot hydrothermal approach and exploited for the efficient elimination of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)). Due to the tight contact interface of the in-situ heterostructures, charge transfer was carried out quickly and photogenerated carrier separation was accelerated. Moreover, the unique charge transmission path of the Z-scheme can efficiently inhibit the reorganization of active carriers. The abundant sulfur vacancies can further improve the photogenerated carrier separation efficiency. SnS/Bi 2 S 3 -2 can achieve effective reduction of Cr(VI) with the efficiency of 91.6 % under 30 min visible light illumination. This study provides a promising photocatalyst for the treatment of chromium hexavalent sewage, and effectively promotes the exploration of one-step construction of heterostructure photocatalyst in the field of water environment remediation.
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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
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2024
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Wen Li,Haohu Li,Yaohong Yang,Li Liu,Peng Wang,Linkun Xie,Xijuan Chai,Kaimeng Xu,Guanben Du,Lianpeng Zhang
s The presence of substantial quantities of heavy metals and organic substances in industrial wastewater poses a risk to the wellbeing of flora and fauna if released straight into the environment. Consequently, processing the wastewater prior to its release into the environment is essential. While adsorbents are capable of efficiently capturing pollutants from wastewater, the management of these pollutants post-absorption remains a concern for researchers. Photocatalytic methods are capable of breaking degradation or reduction pollutants, and cuprous oxide (Cu 2 O) has been shown to be a photocatalyst that can rapidly degrade pollutants. In this research, a novel composite of aminated cellulose (AC) modified Cu 2 O (AC-Cu) was prepared. We found that -NH 2 on the AC could make AC stably adsorbed on the surface of Cu 2 O on the one hand, and on the other hand, -NH 2 could adsorb pollutants to the vicinity of the material, which could accelerate the photocatalytic rate. This composite was able to achieve a synergistic adsorption-photocatalytic effect, enhanced the degradation rates of Cr 6+ (Cr(VI)) and Congo red (CR) by 2.4-fold and 2.3-fold, respectively, compared with that of pure Cu 2 O under 10 W of blue light irradiation. The AC-Cu composites also performed well in the cycling experiments, and after 5 uses of the AC-Cu composites, we fund that the AC was able to effectively mitigate the photocorrosion phenomenon during the photocatalytic process and enhance the catalyst lifetime.
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Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology
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2025
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Kunlun Yang,Yimei Wang,Dengyang Wang,Zengshuai Zhang,Peng Gu,Xueli Ren,Hengfeng Miao
Combined with the separation and dehydration treatment of digestate from anaerobic digestion and acidification of food waste, sulfur-modified digestate biochar was facilely prepared for efficient Cr(VI) removal to realize anaerobic digestate recycling and waste control by waste. Characterization indicated the increased surface area and mesopores and the decreased aggregation degree for biochar under optimized S doping and pyrolysis temperature (900-2S@DBC), resulting in more functional groups with high reducibility (e.g., phenolic -OH, C-S-C, S species with low valency) and improved electron transfer ability. The forms transformation analysis confirmed the reduction of sulfate source via carbon under high pyrolysis temperature. Under the conditions of an initial Cr(VI) concentration of 10 mg/L, a pH of 3, and a dosage of 0.5 g/L, the removal efficiency of Cr(VI) by 900-2S@DBC approaches 100%. 900-2S@DBC showed apparent higher Cr(VI) removal performance than other biochar. Its quasi-second-order kinetic constant was tens of times than pristine biochar. Quenching and control experiments confirmed the S species with low valency played a more important role in Cr(VI) reduction than traditional carbon and oxygen based reductive groups on carbon structure. Direct surface electron reduction made more contribution than indirect solution •O2- reduction pathway, further confirming the synergistic effect between Cr(VI) sorption and reduction. Complexation, precipitation, and ion exchange processes participated in the final immobilization of Cr by 900-2S@DBC. Additionally, 900-2S@DBC exhibited excellent Cr(VI) removal capacity in real electroplating wastewater. This study offered a feasible approach for resource utilization of anaerobic digestate and deep insights for Cr(VI) removal mechanism via sulfur-modified biochar.
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LANGMUIR
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2025
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IF 3.9
Dongfang Wang,Jie Wu,Ruohan Li,Xianghai Kong,Pan Zhao,Yanping Zhu,Zerong Song,Jinjing Xu,Ziyu You,Yuhao Wang,Qingchuan Wu,Dongqing Cai
White pollution, excessive heavy metals, and fertilizer leaching have become key issues restricting the development of agriculture. In this work, we prepared multifunctional starch mulch film (SMF/MAP/FeS) by loading ferrous sulfide (FeS) and monoammonium phosphate (MAP) onto commercial starch mulch film using poly(vinyl alcohol) for bonding. The removal efficiencies of Pb(II)/Cr(VI) for SMF/MAP/FeS could reach 97% and 93% in the aqueous solution. The adsorption isotherm, thermodynamic, and kinetics studies indicated that the adsorption process was an endothermic multimolecular-layer chemisorption. The main removal mechanisms for Pb(II)/Cr(VI) of SMF/MAP/FeS were precipitation and redox reactions. In addition, SMF/MAP/FeS not only possessed great thermal insulation and moisturizing properties but also could realize the slow release of NH4+. Furthermore, the maximum release rate of NH4+ for SMF/MAP/FeS could reach 93.4% during Pb(II)/Cr(VI) removal. At the same time, SMF/MAP/FeS has a good degradability at 50 d. A pot experiment indicated that SMF/MAP/FeS had a detoxifying effect on the Pb(II)/Cr(VI)-contaminated soil to promote the growth of pakchoi. Therefore, this study not only solves the problem of plastic and heavy metal pollution but also realizes the slow release of nutrients.
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
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2015
·Vol. 17
·期 40
·26690-26702
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IF 4.493
Shengjie Xia,Mengmeng Shao,Xiaobo Zhou,Guoxiang Pan,Zheming Ni
A series of novel organic–inorganic nanoscale layered materials were synthesized by intercalating the Ti-containing Schiff base complex into the interlayer of the ZnM layered double hydroxides (LDHs, M = Al, Cr, Fe, Ce). The hybrid material was further calcined to make metal oxide composites with highly dispersed Ti elements (Ti/ZnO–MxOy). The structural characterization and photocatalytic results showed that, after intercalation and calcination, the metal oxide composites with a unique flower-like crystal morphology not only had high specific surface area, uniform pore size distribution and narrow band gap, but also showed extremely high photocatalytic performance for hexachlorobenzene (HCB) degradation. The Ti/ZnO–Cr2O3 composite with the narrowest band gap (2.40 eV) and the highest surface area (227 m2) showed the highest photocatalytic performance for HCB (95.5% within 240 min) among the four metal oxide composites. Particularly, it was found that composites derived from layered materials with different supramolecular structure of the host and guest showed different photocatalytic properties. In addition, based on the results from ESR, GC-MS and HPLC-MS, the type and amount of hydroxyl radicals, the decomposition intermediates and the pathway of HCB degradation photocatalyzed by Ti/ZnO–MxOy composites are also discussed in detail.
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