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2026
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Lei Zhang,Jianhao Qiu,Guanglu Xia,Chen Chen,Meng Liu,Yiliang Chen,Jianfeng Yao
Element doping has attracted extensive attention as a strategy to regulate the electronic structure of catalysts. In this study, Ni-doped Bi2MoO6 nanosheets were uniformly anchored onto rod-like In2O3 to furnish substantial accessible reactive sites and close interfacial contact. Ni doping enabled a precise modulation for the band configuration of Bi2MoO6, imparting a Z-scheme heterojunction between Ni-doped Bi2MoO6 and In2O3. The Ni-doped Bi2MoO6/In2O3 Z-scheme heterojunction exhibits excellent photocatalytic performance in the treatment of Cr(VI) and emerging organic contaminants. In the Cr(VI)/bisphenol A coexistence system, Ni-doped Bi2MoO6/In2O3 not only achieved high reduction efficiency for Cr(VI), but also enhanced the degradation rate of bisphenol A by a factor of 4.7 compared to the single-pollutant system. The removal efficiencies could surpass many related reported studies. The product toxicity after bisphenol A degradation in a mixed Cr(VI)/bisphenol A system was analyzed by the total organic carbon content, high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, the toxicity estimation software tool, and microbial activity, manifesting that their impact on the environment has been greatly reduced. Furthermore, the catalyst maintains stable and consistent performance in multiple binary systems, including Cr(VI)/tetracycline and Cr(VI)/ciprofloxacin. This work provides insights for the design of element-doped heterojunction catalysts, which demonstrate high performance, durability, and environmental compatibility in the treatment of complex wastewater.
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REACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS
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2026
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IF 5.4
Somayeh Mirsadeghi,Hamed Zandavar,Alireza Soroush,Seied Mahdi Pourmortazavi
Renewable NC/PbO/Pb 3 O 4 nanofibers engineered for Cr(VI) waste treatment; • Dual-oxide valence synergy enhances interfacial stability and Pb O site density; • Rapid uptake and high time-point adsorption capacity (754 mg g −1 ) in representative realistic concentration; • Thermo-mechanistic modeling links kinetics to matrix-filler energetics; • Pb leaching ≤7.9 μg L −1 ; safe operation verified across regeneration cycles. Electrospun nitrocellulose (NC) nanofibers embedded with dual lead oxides (PbO/Pb 3 O 4 ; 2.5 wt% each oxide) were developed as a reusable adsorbent for hexavalent Chromium [Cr(VI)] capture while enabling a “blueprint-style” thermo-mechanistic performance profiling. SEM confirmed uniform nanofibers with an average diameter of 111.1 nm, and FTIR verified oxide incorporation through characteristic Pb-O/Pb-O-Pb vibrations in the low-wavenumber region. N 2 physisorption indicated a slight but steady rise in accessible porosity after oxide embedding. Surface area (BET) increased from 1.34 to 1.83 m 2 g −1 , and total pore volume from 0.055 to 0.0687 cm 3 g −1 . This change aligns with particle decoration or embedding that enhances interfacial voids without forming microporosity. Under dilute optimization conditions (C 0 = 5–30 mg L −1 ), the composite achieved 98% Cr(VI) removal at pH 3, an adsorbent dosage of 0.03 g, and a contact time of 25 min. To verify performance under representative high-strength industrial loading, kinetics were further evaluated at the controlled Cr(VI) solution prepared at the measured barium chromate production-line concentration (C 0 = 470 mg L −1 ), yielding rapid uptake with q t = 754 mg g −1 at 25 min. Equilibrium modeling followed Langmuir behavior ( q m = 367.5 ± 18.4 mg g −1 , K L = 4.33 ± 0.68 L mg −1 , R 2 = 0.98; R L = 0.044–0.0076), with more favorable apparent Langmuir-derived free-energy descriptors for the composite than for neat NC (ΔG°:-1.57 ± 0.45 to −3.62 ± 0.39 kJ mol −1 ), while kinetics were best described by the pseudo-second-order model (R 2 = 0.99; q e = 441.7 ± 12.6 mg g −1 ). The nanofiber retained 70.1 ± 2.1% of its adsorption capacity after 25 adsorption-desorption cycles, and Pb leaching remained low (2.8–7.9 μg L −1 ; 0.006–0.017% of embedded Pb), well below relevant guideline/action thresholds. A Comparative Performance Index (CPI) integrating capacity, affinity, and energy criteria demonstrated consistent performance under varied operating conditions. This thermo-mechanistic framework links laboratory adsorption descriptors with early process-screening criteria, providing a basis for subsequent continuous-flow validation. Download: Download high-res image (270KB) Download: Download full-size image
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Water
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2025
·Vol. 17
·期 12
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Min Zhang,Wenhao Wang,Zherui Fan,Ziwei Bao,Jinxiang Li
Sulfidation has gained increasing attention due to its merits to improve the structural-activity of nanoscale zerovalent iron (nZVI) and thus enhance its reactivity toward contaminants. Few studies have been conducted to elucidate the correlation between the structural-activity and reactivity of nZVI, which is important for up-scaling such a decontamination strategy. Taking chromate (Cr(VI)) as the targeted contaminant, this study found that sulfidation enhanced the reactivity of nZVI toward Cr(VI) to varying extents, which was closely related to the degree and order of sulfidation. Particularly, the optimal rate constants of S-nZVI for Cr(VI) removal were 9.79 and 1.48 times higher than that of nZVI in the batch and column systems, respectively. In addition, this study suggested that sulfidation enhanced the electrical conductivity of nZVI by forming conductive iron sulfides (FeSx), while simultaneously reducing the particle aggregation and thus attenuating the settling rate of nZVI in water. More importantly, the reactivity of S-nZVI toward Cr(VI) exhibited negative correlations with its sedimentation activity and electrical conductivity. These relationships can be potentially used to predict the decontamination reactivity of S-nZVI if its sedimentation or conductivity activity was known in advance. Finally, this study clarified the sulfidation-induced improvement in reactivity of nZVI toward Cr(VI), which should be primarily associated with the improved reactive site of S-nZVI due to excellent dispersion and excellent conductivity due to FeSx introduction, ultimately facilitating the reduction of Cr(VI) by nZVI.
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Nanomaterials
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2019
·Vol. 9
·期 2
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Yi Wang,Weinan Zhao,Wanlan Zheng,Shuang Chen,Jinsheng Zhao
Porous activated carbon with specific morphology and structure are of particular importance for waste water treatment, especially for the adsorption of toxic hexavalent chromium Cr(VI). However, the scalable and cheap production of such absorbents still suffer a grand challenge. Herein, a new type of N-doped nanosheet was innovatively prepared from easily available and low-cost sewage sludge via a facile and recyclable KOH activation method. The N-doped porous carbon nanosheets (N-SAC) produced by introduction of KOH and dicyandiamide, which performed favourable features for metal ions adsorption (93.2% for Cr(VI)) due to its high specific surface area, tuneable pore size distributions and good hydrophilicity. Additionally, the capacity also remained high after two cycles of adsorption by thermal regeneration, with 90.8% removal rate. The DFT calculation also approved that the doping of N could optimize the Mulliken charges distribution and improve the HOMO energy and improve the adsorption ability of N-SAC. This original proposal may inspire new possibility of creating porous carbon absorbents in a recyclable method.
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ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
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2022
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IF 7.129
Shengliang Zhao,Xuandi Lai,Feiyan Liu,Liqiong Chen
Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) determination is of great importance to the public health because of its extensive sources and high toxicity. However, interference from non-target ions and complex matrix remains challenges for Cr(VI) detection. In this work, we constructed a novel sensing system for high selectivity detection of Cr(VI), which is composed of strong emitting carbon dots (CE-CDs) and a specific masking agent. The detection conditions, anti-interference capability and the sensing and masking mechanisms of CE-CDs-based sensing method were systematically investigated. The results revealed that the optimal detection conditions included pH 4–10, reaction time 180 s and CE-CDs concentration 18 mg/L. Under optimal conditions, the linear range of the method was up to 500 µm, and the detection limit was as low as 23 nM. In addition, the interference of Hg(II) can be accurately eliminated by using DMPS, an effective masking agent. During the sensing process, inner filter effect and ion-molecular interaction between Cr(VI) and CE-CDs accounted for the fluorescence quenching mechanism, while the efficient masking was attributed to the strong coordination interaction between Hg(II) and DMPS. Most notably, this method had broad applicability, even for the trace detection of Cr(VI) in colored leather with complex matrix. These findings indicate that this approach is expected to open up new avenues for Cr(VI) detection.
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Analytical Methods
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2022
·Vol. 15
·期 2
·221-227
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Xianyuan Xu,Jingfang Guo,Zhen Lei
A recyclable peroxidase mimic Fe3O4@polydopamine/Prussian blue (Fe3O4@PDA/PB) composite was facilely prepared by coating PDA on an Fe3O4 nanoparticle core and in situ growth of PB nanoparticles on a PDA shell. The prepared Fe3O4@PDA/PB composite exhibited excellent peroxidase-like activity and can catalytically oxidize the colorless colorimetric substrate 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) into a blue colored product in the presence of H2O2 at 30 °C in 1 min. The catalytic mechanism was deduced to be the nanozyme-promoted generation of a hydroxyl radical (·OH), and the catalytic behavior followed the typical Michaelis–Menten kinetics. Based on Cr(VI)-boosted peroxidase-like activity of Fe3O4@PDA/PB, a simple and fast colorimetric method for detection of Cr(VI) was developed. Under the optimum conditions, the colorimetric method exhibited wider linear range (100 nM to 140 μM), low LOD (51.1 nM), good selectivity and short detection time (1 min). Moreover, the feasibility of the proposed colorimetric method was evaluated by determination of Cr(VI) in spiked tap water and lake water samples. Good recoveries (95.2–102.9%) and low relative standard deviations (RSDs) (1.6–4.4%) were obtained, showing great promise for practical use.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2022
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IF 16.744
Chen Wang,Mingjie Huang,Wei Lou,Wei Xiang,Tao Zhou,Juan Mao,Feixiang Zan,Xiaohui Wu
In-situ removal of Cr(VI) by metallic (oxides) materials is generally limited by rapid loss of surface active sites, especially in neutral water/wastewater circumstances co-existing organic ligands impurity. This study has firstly demonstrated that synthesized magnetic electron-rich copper-iron oxides composites (Cu 2 O-Fe 3 O 4 ) could successfully achieve amazingly efficient reductive immobilization of Cr(VI) induced by common citric ligand (Cit). As Cr(VI) reduced heterogeneously on the composites, immobilization of the generated Cr(III) was almost synchronous via a “spatially-separated” way and correlated linearly with simultaneous dissolved Cu. DFT calculations indicated more appropriate adsorption energy of Cit in realizing its preferential coordination on Fe 3 O 4component surface and Cr(VI) adsorption on Cu 2 O component , as compared to oxalic, tartaric and EDTA ligands. The complexed Cit (Cit≡Fe 3 O 4component ) would promote internal electron transfer from Fe 3 O 4component to Cu 2 O component then adsorbed Cr(VI), causing a highly improved electron efficiency of 72.25%. Most importantly, acting as a regulator of the continuously synchronous reduction and immobilization, Cit≡Fe 3 O 4component would tendentiously chelate newborn Cu(II) at Cu 2 O component surface to release bulk Cu 2+ -Cit complexes, refreshing the reduction sites as well as favoring the Cr(III) immobilization of great stability at the exposed sites of Fe 3 O 4component . This study has revealed that specific impurity ligands can stimulate and tune effective reductive immobilization of heavy metal oxyanions by electron-rich materials under near-neutral conditions, providing a new method towards the efficient treatment of Cr(VI) contaminated wastewaters.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
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2022
·Vol. 29
·期 26
·40041-40052
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Luo Qin,Huang Xiaofeng,Deng Qiulin,Zhao Xueyuan,Liao Huiwei,Deng Hongquan,Dong Faqin,Zhang Tao,Shi Lianjun,Jiang Jinlong
The photocatalytic properties of Zn/Co zeolite imidazolate frameworks (ZIF-ZnCo) prepared by various Zn/Co ratio are of significantly diversity due to the morphology structure of the ZIF-ZnCo. Thereinto, the prepared ZIF-ZnCO-8:1 is excellent capability by virtue of its 3D cross-shaped structure. Spectral test results show that as-prepared novel 3D cross-shaped ZIF-ZnCo has a lower recombination rate of electron and hole pairs than the lamellar and dodecahedral, thus improving the photocatalytic ability. The photocatalytic ability of 3D cross-shaped ZIF-ZnCo was carefully investigated for removing mixed solution of Congo Red (CR) and Cr(VI). The photocatalytic reduction ability of 3D cross-shaped ZIF-ZnCo was 22% higher than ZIF-8 for Cr(VI). Meanwhile, CR was altogether removed at dark processing and Cr(VI) was removed 70% after dark processing 120 min and photocatalytic 240 min. Therefore, the high adsorption and photocatalytic capacity denote the potential application of 3D cross-shaped ZIF-ZnCo. Graphical abstract
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JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
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2022
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IF 6.76
Hongyu Zhang,Ling Chen,Baogang Xu,Ping Yang
The strong band-to-band visible light absorption obtained by changing the bandgap of photocatalysts is desirable but challenging for TiO 2 . In this paper, a mechanochemical pre-reaction and subsequent heat-treatment process were used to create TiO 2 /g-C 3 N 4 heterojunctions. Acid-treated H 2 Ti 3 O 7 nanobelts and superior thin g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets (CN) were ground evenly and further heat-treated to grow rhombic TiO 2 in situ on the nanosheets. The heterojunctions exhibited a band gap with the absorption in visible light region. Heterojunction formation effective tunes the surface and electronic structures of the composite, resulting in significant decrease of bandgap. g-C 3 N 4 -based heterojunctions (5TCN) exhibited excellent H 2 generation (4991 μmol/g/h) and NO removal. In contrast, a TiO 2 -based composite (95TCN) revealed efficient photo reduction of Cr(Ⅵ) which was 2 times of that of TiO 2 sample and 22 times of that of CN. The photochemical reaction mechanism of TiO 2 and g-C 3 N 4 -based composites was discussed with the ratio of TiO 2 and g-C 3 N 4 . The excellent performance is ascribed to single crystal rhombic TiO 2 nanoparticles grown in situ on g-C 3 N 4 to form well-developed heterojunctions which accelerate the carrier transfer. These results inspire the electronic structure engineering of photocatalysts to improve visible light absorption and provide a magic strategy for excellent photochemical activities.
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Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
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2022
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Chen Dong,Chen Shanshuai,He Liang,Guan Qingqing,Miao Rongrong
Porous biochar was prepared from agricultural and forestry wastes to remove Cr(VI) in sewage, which solved the problem of water pollution and realized the reuse of wastes. Herein, in this work, the bagasse pith residues after alkali pre-extraction have been used as the raw material for preparing porous biochars ( BPR -BC), which could be further used for efficiently purifying the simulated Cr(VI) wastewater. The results showed that the as-prepared biochars had an ultra-high specific surface area of 2745.7 m 3 /g and Cr(VI) removal capacity of 185.07 mg/g. The kinetic and isotherms studies were best described by pseudo-second-order model and Langmuir adsorption isotherm model, respectively. The thermodynamic studies showed that the adsorption process was endothermic and spontaneous. Furthermore, based on the concept of “waste to waste,” the Cr-contained waste adsorbent by doping Cu has been converted into a bagasse pith residues biochar supported Copper-Chromium catalyst (Cu-CrOx/ BPR -BC) for further hydrogenation of furfural. The catalytic experimental result showed that the furfural 1 can be selectively converted into furfuryl alcohol (FOL) and difurfuryl ether (DEF) catalyzed by the prepared Cu-CrOx/ BPR -BC catalyst, provided a new idea for the further utilization of Cr(VI) containing adsorbents.
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CHEMOSPHERE
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2022
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Wenxian Chen,Xiangwei Xu,Jinping Cui,Zhenyang Zhou,Yuyuan Yao
Developing novel bifunctional materials to high efficiently degrade organic pollutants and eliminate hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) is significantly desired in the wastewater treatment field. The porous boron nitride (p-BN) was fabricated by a two-stage calcination strategy and was innovatively employed to support zero-valent iron (ZVI), achieving the bifunctional material (p-BN@ZVI) to degrade carbamazepine (CBZ) and eliminate Cr (VI). p-BN@ZVI could degrade more than 98% CBZ in 6 min with the high apparent first-order constant (k obs ) of 0.536 min −1 , almost 5 times higher than that of the ZVI/PMS system and outperformed most previous reported ZVI supported catalysts, which was mainly ascribed to the fact that the introduction of p-BN with high surface area (793.97 m 2 /g) improved the dispersion of ZVI and exposed more active sites. Quenching tests coupled with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) suggested that •OH was the major reactive oxygen species with a contribution of 71.6%. Notably, the p-BN@ZVI/PMS system expressed low activation energy of 8.23 kJ/mol and reached a 65.69% TOC degradation in 20 min even at 0 °C. p-BN@ZVI possessed remarkable storage stability and could still degrade 92.3% CBZ despite three-month storage. More interestingly, p-BN@ZVI was capable to eliminate 98.1% of 50 mg/L Cr (VI) within 5 min through adsorption and reduction, where nearly 80% Cr (VI) was transformed to Cr (III), and exhibited the maximum Cr (VI) elimination capacity of 349 mg/g. This study provides new insights into the efficient organic contaminants degradation and Cr (VI) elimination in the treatment of wastewater.
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2022
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Shengli Zhang,Wei Li,Menglin Li,Tong Lin,Kai Su,Hongwei Yang,Junmin Chen
In the present study, a novel PEI-modified Juncus effuses (PEI-JE) adsorbent was prepared based on the natural 3D network structure of JE via a simple and environmental-friendly method with the help of the ethanol/aqueous solution. SEM, EDS, ATR-FTIR and XPS were performed to reveal the physical and chemical structure of the PEI-JE. The Cr(VI) removal by the PEI-JE was investigated by bath adsorption experiments. Results showed that the developed PEI-JE exhibited the same 3D network structure as the JE, which not only was easy to separate from aqueous solution but also can expose more active sites and facilitate mass transfer. The optimal pH for Cr(VI) adsorption on the PEI-JE was 3, and adsorption equilibrium time was related to initial Cr(VI) concentrations. The adsorption kinetic obeyed pseudo-second-order kinetic model, and the adsorption isotherm showed the best fit with Freundlich model. The calculated maximum adsorption capacity was 268.93 mg/g at 25℃. Coexisting ions including Na + , K + , Al 3+ , H 2 PO 4 − , Cl − , NO 3 – had no remarkable effect on Cr(VI) adsorption, but the presence of SO 4 2− , HCO 3 – and CO 3 2– caused the efficiency losses of 10.9%, 41% and 66%, respectively. After 10 cycles of adsorption/desorption, Cr(VI) removal rate on the PEI-JE almost kept unchanged, demonstrating that the PEI-JE possessed good reusability. Mechanism study suggested that Cr(VI) removal was involved in a three-step reaction, namely electrostatic adsorption, redox and complexation. Film diffusion was the rate-limiting step and chemical adsorption was the main mechanism. The Cr(VI) adsorbed on the PEI-JE surface was completely reduced to Cr(III), demonstrating that PEI-JE is useful for Cr (VI) removal and detoxification.
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