INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2021
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IF 5.816
Ting Huang,Jinhui Wei,Xiaoting Zhu,Enren Zhang
The development of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) into a new type of carbon-neutral wastewater treatment technology requires efficient and low-cost oxygen reduction reaction catalysts in air cathodes. The use of raw soybean powder was investigated for synthesizing Fe–N–C ORR catalysts in a sacrificial SiO 2 support method. ZnCl 2 etching in the synthesis was found to facilitate the formation of hierarchical porous structures of Fe–N–C catalysts. Fe–N–C(1-1) catalyst synthesized with an optimal soybean/ZnCl 2 mass ratio of 1:1 exhibited the highest ORR activity in air cathodes. The use of the obtained Fe–N–C(1-1) catalyst enables a maximum power production of ~0.480 mW cm −2 in MFCs, higher than commercial Pt/C (0.438 mW cm −2 ) with the same catalyst loading of 2 mg cm −2 . Long-term MFC operations demonstrated that the Fe–N–C synthesized from raw soybean have high stability and toxic tolerance, indicating that abundant low cost soybean biomass is a potential material for ORR catalyst development in MFC applications.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2022
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IF 9.136
Shunlong Pan,Xinrui Guo,Rong Li,Hao Hu,Jingwei Yuan,Biming Liu,Shengqiang Hei,Yongjun Zhang
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) have been successfully applied for the degradation of fluoroquinolones, but most studies ignored the removal of fluorine ions (F − ) generated after the degradation, and the remaining F − would cause secondary pollution to the water body. In this study, a novel UV radiation/hydrated Fe(III) oxide (HFO) coupling strategy was utilized to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for the comprehensive enhanced removal of norfloxacin (NX) and the generated F − . Results showed that UV/HFO/PMS process significantly improved NX degradation efficiency compared with individual system, and NX degradation efficiency of 97.3% could be achieved by reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated in the process, in which singlet oxygen ( 1 O 2 ) was the main ROS. Moreover, the remaining concentration of F − was generally below 0.35 mg/L within a wide pH range (4–10). And the simultaneous adsorption of HFO for F − is mainly related to coordination and electrostatic interaction . After five cycles, the catalytic efficiency of HFO for NX removal only dropped by 4.4%. Besides, UV/HFO/PMS system had great anti-interference ability on coexisting anions. UV/vis two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2DCOS) analysis revealed that ROS would preferentially degrade the piperazine ring, and the quinolone group would be destroyed before the heteroatom during the degradation of NX. This work provides new insights for the treatment of antibiotic pollution.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2022
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IF 10.383
Zixia Tang,Hong Tao,Xiao Wang,Lu Chen,Chi Song,Guanhong Lu,Xiaofeng Xie,Jing Sun
The implantation of metal nanoparticles (MNPs) into metal–organic framework (MOF) hosts is a promising means to prepare high-performance photocatalysts for the degradation of gas pollutants. However, the uniform encapsulation of MNPs in MOFs is still challenging. Herein, a facile “quasi-in situ” encapsulation method is proposed by utilizing the spatial confinement effect of the colloidal network formed during the synthesis of the MIL-100(Fe) monolith [noted as m-MIL-100(Fe)]. Highly dispersed Ag NPs with an average diameter of ∼2 nm are encapsulated in the MIL-100(Fe) monolith to form a unique “watermelon-seed” structure, which ensures the large contact area between the two components and protects Ag NPs from being oxidized. The fast charge transfer between m-MIL-100(Fe) and Ag NPs enables the spatial separation of electron–hole pairs and promotes the generation of oxidative radicals. Compared with pristine m-MIL-100(Fe), the 0.2 wt % Ag@m-MIL-100(Fe) composite shows obviously enhanced photodegradation efficiencies for flowing o-xylene under both xenon (∼97%) and visible light (∼80.0%) with high stability. This work not only provides a promising Ag@m-MIL-100(Fe) material for eliminating air pollutants but also gives a versatile means for the design and synthesis of nanoparticles@MOFs composites with desired performance.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry B
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2014
·Vol. 2
·期 37
·6306-6312
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IF 0
Fangyuan Gai,Xiang Li,Tianlei Zhou,Xiaogang Zhao,Dongdong Lu,Yunling Liu,Qisheng Huo
This work demonstrates a luminescent chemosensor based on silica cross-linked micellar nanoparticles (SCMNPs) designed by encapsulating a phenothiazine-derived Schiff base, (4E)-4-((10-dodecyl-10H-phenothiazin-7-yl)methyleneamino)-1,2-dihydro-1,5-dimethyl-2-phenylpyrazol-3-one (EDDP), for the selective detection of Fe3+. The encapsulation of EDDP inside SCMNPs (EDDP–SCMNPs) can avoid the metal (Fe3+/Fe2+)-promoted hydrolysis of EDDP and, thus, exhibit highly selective determination of Fe3+. The electron transfer (ET) from EDDP in the core to Fe3+ adsorbed on the shell of EDDP–SCMNPs was verified using UV-vis absorption, fluorescent emission and 3D fluorescence spectra. Moreover, EDDP–SCMNPs showed no sensing ability of Fe2+ due to the weak electron-accepting ability of Fe2+. Significantly, because of their ultrasmall size, nontoxicity, good water solubility and biocompatibility, EDDP-SCMNPs have potential applications in biological systems.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2023
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IF 9.9
Pengfei Wan,Siyang Dong,Jing Xiong,Xuanyang Jin,Shengjun Lu,Yufei Zhang,Haosen Fan
Lithium sulfur batteries (LSBs) have been considered as one of the most promising options for next generation high-performance batteries. However, the heavy shuttle effect and inferior redox conversion during the charge/discharge processes of the batteries have greatly hindered their further applications. In this study, to address these disadvantages of LSBs, Fe/Fe 3 C/FeN 0.0324 heterostructured nanocubes were designed and prepared through high temperature carbonization process using Prussian blue precursor. Then the Fe/Fe 3 C/FeN 0.0324 nanocubes were used to modify the commercial polypropylene (PP) separator, which can greatly catalyze the redox transformation of polysulfides and provide sufficient active sites for chemisorption . As result, the modified separator endowed LSBs with excellent rate capacity and cycle stability, delivering a high-capacity of 1025 mAh/g at 0.5 C with nearly 100% coulombic efficiency. It also displayed a superb cycling performance with a per-cycle capacity attenuation rate of 0.09% after 300 cycles. When the current density increased to 1 C with the S loading of 1.73 mg cm −2 , Fe/Fe 3 C/FeN 0.0324 -PP separator presented a satisfactory capacity decay rate of 0.05% per cycle after 1000 cycles. Besides, it also presented outstanding electrochemical performance even at high sulfur loading of 4.5 mg cm −2 . This work has provided a new avenue for the design of nanomaterials with synergistic effect of catalytic conversion and chemisorption of polysulfides for the promotion of high-performance Li-S batteries.
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Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters
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2019
·Vol. 11
·期 9
·1263-1270
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IF 0
Li Zhanguo,Shi Chao,Wang Lijuan,Sun Lijing,Sun Qiang
Photocatalytic nanocomposites of titanium dioxide (TiO2) were prepared by hydrothermal method. Reduced graphene oxide (RGO) was applied to prepare various TiO2 composites of doped nanoparticles by using NH4Cl and FeCl3 as sources. The structure
and morphology of these composites showed that TiO2 was loaded on surface of RGO. Meanwhile, the agglomeration of TiO2 decreased and the dispersion became uniform for doped materials. Under ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation, the photocatalytic degradation of volatile
organic compounds (VOC) by RGO/TiO2 composites with codoping of N and Fe reached to 90.5%. The photocatalytic degradation was higher than RGO/TiO2 composites and pure TiO2 by 1.8 and 5.9 times, respectively. The role of co-doping composites may have a possible
mechanism for toluene under UV light irradiation. The enhanced photocatalytic properties were attributed to N and Fe doping which generated intermediate energy level, extended absorption and decreased band gap of UV light.
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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
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2022
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IF 9.794
Yuanfeng Liu,Jiaona Wang,Yaxin Sun,Huiyu Li,Zhenyu Zhai,Shiquan Guo,Tingli Ren,Congju Li
Sluggish extracellular electron transfer (EET) at the anode interface is the major obstacle to achieving satisfactory power density in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). To boost the EET efficiency, herein the anode electrocatalysts , nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers anchoring Fe nanoparticles (Fe/N-x@CNFs, x = 0.5, 1, 3, 5), are rationally designed via electrospinning and calcination process. The morphology and structure characterization indicates that the Fe/N-3@CNFs electrocatalyst presents a porous structure with uniformly distributed Fe nanoparticles on the carbon matrix, which offer a large-accessible surface area for electroactive bacteria habitation along with facilitated EET efficiency. Electrochemical measurements demonstrate that the as-fabricated Fe/N-3@CNFs exhibit excellent electrocatalytic activity for the charge transfer on the anode, endowing the cell with a maximum power density of 1873.8 mW m −2 , which is 1.8 and 3.6 times higher than that of Fe@CNFs (1039.2 mW m −2 ) and carbon cloth (519.8 mW m −2 ). The outstanding performance of Fe/N-3@CNFs can be attributed to the increased electronic conductivity of carbon matrix with melamine additives, the enriched electroactive bacteria as demonstrated by high-throughput sequencing, and the released positively charged iron mediators to promote EET efficiency. This investigation introduces an effective method of constructing high-efficient anode electrocatalysts for enhancing the output MFCs performance.
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Environmental Science-Nano
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2019
·Vol. 6
·期 9
·2850-2862
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IF 7.704
Xiaoyu Bai,Yi Li,Liangbo Xie,Xiaohui Liu,Sihui Zhan,Wenping Hu
Antibiotics accumulate because of their extensive use and difficult degradation, which can lead to the formation of novel antibiotic resistant genes and bacteria, which can cause damage to human health and the ecological environment. Here, we designed a novel photo-electro-Fenton-like (PEF-like) system with bifunctional Z-scheme WO3/g-C3N4 for accelerated decomposition and enhanced mineralization of stubborn ciprofloxacin (CIP). This PEF-like system, accompanied by visible light activation, with the optimal WO3/g-C3N4 (1 : 6) composite exhibited outstanding removal efficiency of CIP compared with a single photocatalysis system and electro-Fenton-like (EF-like) system, and the elimination rate reached 100% within 2 h under visible light irradiation. The WO3/g-C3N4 (1 : 6) composite displayed the strongest visible light absorption, the weakest recombination of electron–hole pairs, the highest photocurrent response and the lowest electrochemical impedance compared with pristine WO3 and g-C3N4. Significantly, WO3/g-C3N4 (1 : 6) played a dual role in the PEF-like system which could not only produce ˙OH, ˙O2− and h+ during photocatalysis, but could also generate ˙OH through the reactions of W5+ and photoexcited electrons of g-C3N4 for the decomposition of H2O2. It was worth noting that this bifunctional PEF-like catalyst with photoelectric synergy could replace Fe2+ in a conventional electro-Fenton reaction and the pH range was broadened while still maintaining efficient degradation efficiency in the range of 2–9. The PEF-like system maintained a high elimination rate of CIP after five consecutive runs which revealed that it possessed prominent stability and feasibility.
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RSC Advances
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2017
·Vol. 7
·期 80
·50829-50837
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IF 3.108
Juntao Tang,Jianlong Wang
A MIL-100(Fe)/graphene oxide (GO) composite was prepared by a one-step hydrothermal method and utilized as a heterogeneous Fenton-like catalyst for methyl orange (MO) degradation. The obtained catalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), nitrogen adsorption–desorption isotherms, thermogravimetric (TG) analysis, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The effects of H2O2 dosage, initial pH and catalyst dosage on the degradation of MO were investigated. The MIL-100(Fe)/GO presented high catalytic activity for the degradation of MO, achieving almost complete decomposition of MO after 240 min with reaction conditions of 8 mM H2O2, pH of 3.0 and 0.5 g L−1 catalyst. Kinetics analysis showed that MO removal followed a pseudo-first-order kinetic model. The catalyst showed stable catalytic activity and reusability after three successive runs. The possible catalytic mechanism of MIL-100(Fe)/GO was also proposed.
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TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL
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2023
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IF 2.3
Limeng Yang,Wenqiang Yang,Chengyu Fu,Yujuan Li,Pengfei Zhang
This study simulated actual dyeing wastewater in dyeing factories with three types of dyeing wastewaters from laboratory cotton fabric dyeing to investigate the effects of catalyst and oxidant peroxymonosulfate (PMS) concentrations, pH level, and temperature on dye degradation in wastewater and determine the optimal conditions for dyeing wastewater treatment accordingly. The results demonstrated that the optimal conditions varied with the reactive dyes. Specifically, the optimal oxidant PMS concentration for degrading Reactive Yellow and Reactive Blue was 0.6 g/L, and that for degrading Reactive Red was 0.4 g/L. The optimal pH level for degrading Reactive Red and Reactive Blue was around 7.0, and that for degrading Reactive Yellow was about 5.0. The activation energy of the degradation and the mineralization degree of the three dyes were also discussed. Reactive Blue showed greater activation energy (47.0 kJ/mol) and a higher mineralization degree (81% chemical oxygen demand removal) than the other two dyes under optimal disposal conditions. The Fe/N-codoped carbocatalyst loaded on carbon cloth exhibited desirable reusability and good stability for the degradation of the three dyes. Mechanisms involved in their degradation were analyzed through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, focusing on N species, Fe-N binding, and C=C and C–N active components in the Fe/N-codoped carbocatalyst. Electron paramagnetic resonance experiments demonstrated that both the radical and non-radical pathways were accountable for the degradation of the three dyes, primarily the non-radical pathway. This study may contribute to the application of activated PMS for practical dyeing wastewater treatment.
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ENERGY & FUELS
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2020
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IF 3.421
Cheng Yang,Chengyong Shu,Zhuofan Gan,Chen Lai,Jijun Ma,Wei Tang,Yuping Wu
ZIF-8-derived Fe–N–S triple doping hollow-shell nanoparticles are prepared by the surface modification of SCN– ligands. Fe3+ ions are highly adsorbed on the SCN–-modified layer, forming a hollow-shell rhombic dodecahedron particle after pyrolysis. Doping extra S atom is found to be an effective method to increase the density of atomically dispersed active sites and boost their catalytic performance. The H-ZIF-Fe-SCN catalyst shows good bifunctional stability toward the oxygen reduction reaction and the oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline solution, the half-wave potential for the H-ZIF-Fe-SCN catalyst was recorded to be 0.889 V vs reverse hydrogen electrode, and a maximum power performance of 158.8 mW cm–2 was achieved when it was used as a cathode catalyst in zinc–air batteries.
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Materials
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2023
·Vol. 17
·期 1
·6
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IF 3.4
Yu Lei,Hongdian Chen,Chenyang Shu,Changguo Chen
Developing catalysts with superior activity to hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is equally important to the overall photoelectrochemical water splitting to produce hydrogen. In this work, bismuth oxyiodide (BiOI), iron-modified bismuth iodide Fe/BiOI, and the sulfurized S-Fe/BiOI were prepared using the solvothermal method. The three materials all have good absorption ability for visible light. The photoelectrochemical catalytic activity of BiOI to oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is significantly enhanced after iron modification, while the sulfurized product S-Fe/BiOI exhibits better catalytic activity to hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Hence, OER and HER can be simultaneously catalyzed by using Fe/BiOI and S-Fe/BiOI as anodic and cathodic catalysts to facilitate the overall photoelectrochemical water splitting process.Keywords:bismuth oxyiodide;iron modification;sulfurization;overall water splitting;photoelectrochemical catalysis
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