APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2025
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Jingjing Liu,Mengyuan Zhang,Diru Liu,Yunbo Yu,Guangyan Xu,Hong He
Ammonia selective catalytic reduction (NH 3 -SCR) of nitrogen oxides (NO x ) is a widely adopted method for controlling NO x emissions. However, achieving superior low-temperature activity while maintaining high N 2 selectivity over a broad temperature range remains a major challenge. In this study, a novel mesoporous manganese–titanium–aluminum (Mn-Ti-MA-S) composite oxide catalyst was synthesized by a modified evaporation-induced self-assembly method. The incorporation of Mn and Ti into mesoporous alumina (MA) framework significantly optimized the redox-acidic properties of the Mn-Ti-MA catalyst, with Mn in a highly dispersed state with fully exposed microcrystalline structures. Subsequent sulfur treatment further transformed the Lewis acid sites into Brønsted acid sites, shifting the reaction pathway from a Lewis acid site-dominated to Brønsted acid site-dominated mechanism. This strategy successfully overcame the conventional trade-off between low-temperature activity and high-temperature N 2 selectivity in NH 3 -SCR catalysts. Consequently, the optimized Mn-Ti-MA-S catalyst exhibited excellent catalytic performance, achieving both NO x conversion and N 2 selectivity above 90 % over a wide temperature range (104–400 °C). This work highlights a synergistic strategy that integrates redox and acid sites engineering with reaction pathway regulation, enabling the development of highly efficient NH 3 -SCR catalysts.
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2024
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Rassu Pietro,Cappai Luca,Stagi Luigi,Liu Ruirui,Enzo Stefano,Mulas Gabriele,Garroni Sebastiano,Malfatti Luca,Innocenzi Plinio,Ma Xiaojie,Wang Bo
Alcohol and water photooxidation reactions are employed in concert with optical spectroscopy analyses to demonstrate the occurrence of multiple and distinctive charge-transfer (CT) mechanisms in the environmental photocatalyst MIL-125(Ti). The contribution of ligand-to-metal CT (LMCT) mechanisms increases at wavelengths lower than 320 nm while that of node oxygen-to-metal CT (OMCT) mechanisms increases at longer wavelengths. The localization of photogenerated holes on different atoms leads to a selective reactivity of the framework depending on the mechanism and, during hydroxylation processes, to its spontaneous transition to the isostructural MIL-125-OH(Ti) and the development of an additional LMCT mechanism with a long-lived emission. Furthermore, a previously unidentified and extrinsic CT mechanism is spectroscopically related to the formation of terephthalate-based oligomers . The coexistence of distinctive CT mechanisms in MIL-125(Ti) implies their critical role in catalyst efficiency, and mastering them proves to be a powerful and simple strategy to produce the valuable MIL-125-OH(Ti).
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WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH
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2025
·Vol. 97
·期 3
·e70057
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IF 1.9
Bin Zheng,Haixia Wu,Min Zhang,Shaohua Lin
As microplastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems continues to rise, research on wastewater treatment methods designed to address microplastics has gained significant attention. To reduce the power consumption of electrocoagulation, this study presents an approach using Ti–Al electrode under pulsed current conditions to address polystyrene (PS) microplastic contamination in wastewater. After selecting the appropriate electrode materials and shapes, we conducted a comprehensive investigation into the effects of various operational parameters—such as initial solution pH, electrolyte concentration, current density, pulse frequency, and pulse duty cycle—on PS removal efficiency. Under optimal conditions (electrode spacing of 1 cm, current density of 4 A·m −2 , pulse duty cycle of 40%, pulse frequency of 500 Hz, initial solution pH of 7, and electrolyte concentration of 0.05 mol·L −1 ), the removal efficiency of PS reached 93.24%, with a power consumption of 0.00977 kWh·mg −1 . Analysis of the resulting flocs revealed that free radicals generated during the electrocoagulation process disrupted the microplastic surfaces and facilitated the formation of Ti and Al flocs, which ultimately removed the microplastics through a combination of adsorption, electro-neutralization, and capture mechanisms. This study demonstrates the effectiveness of Ti electrode electrocoagulation for treating microplastic-laden wastewater and provides valuable insights for advancing microplastic treatment technologies. Practitioner Points Using pulse current electrocoagulation to remove polystyrene microplastics from wastewater. Titanium electrodes outperforms traditional electrodes ()in terms of efficiency and energy consumption. The mechanism for removing polystyrene microplastics using titanium electrodes in pulse current electrocoagulation was proposed. Titanium electrode electrocoagulation is effective in removing microplastics from wastewater and provides a reference for actual wastewater treatment. Graphical Titanium complexes such as Ti 4+ , Ti 3+ , Ti (OH) 2 + , and Ti (OH) 3 + generate during the electrocoagulation process, while alongside aluminum complexes like Al 3+ , Al (OH) 2+ , and Al (OH) 2 + generate. These positively charged species engage in charge neutralization with negatively charged microplastic particles. In addition, [Ti (OH) 4 ] n and [Al (OH) 3 ] n flocculants remove polystyrene particles via adsorption, net trapping, and rolling actions owing to their increased surface functional groups and larger specific surface area.
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METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS B-PROCESS METALLURGY AND MATERIALS PROCESSING SCIENCE
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2024
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IF 2.4
Zhu Liguo,Zhang Zuqing,Kong Lingxin,Wang Chengyuan,Yang Bin,Xu Baoqiang
Ti is produced by the Kroll method, mainly by carbothermic chlorination, magnesiothermic reduction, and vacuum distillation, which result in complex processes, low efficiency, and high cost. Although Ti has many excellent properties, its high production costs limit its widespread applications. There is an urgent need to develop new Ti extraction processes to reduce the cost of Ti production. In this study, we propose a new method for the direct preparation of low-oxygen Ti powder from TiO 2 using Mg as a reducing agent and the formation of CeOCl (2Mg ( l ) + TiO 2 ( s ) + 2CeCl 3 ( l ) = Ti ( s ) + 2CeOCl ( s ) + 2MgCl 2 ( l )). First, a deoxidization experiment of Ti with Mg as a deoxidizer was conducted, and the ability of Mg to deoxidize Ti was demonstrated. At 1273 K, when the activity of CeCl 3 was 1, the oxygen concentrations of Ti-A and Ti-B were 380 and 270 ppm, respectively. Subsequently, the TiO 2 reduction experiment was conducted using Mg as the reducing agent. The results showed that MgO activity was effectively reduced by the formation of CeOCl (MgO( s ) + CeCl 3 ( l ) = MgCl 2 ( l ) + CeOCl( s )). When the system reached the Mg/MgCl 2 /CeOCl/CeCl 3 equilibrium, low-oxygen Ti powder below 1000 ppm was directly produced from TiO 2 .
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ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS
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2024
·Vol. 26
·期 22
·2400648
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IF 3.4
Ruijie Yao,Xiaoxue Xu,Yixuan Zhang,Jing Zhang,Weilong Wang,Wei Li,Minfang Chen
The clinical diagnosis of diabetes mellitus typically depends on blood glucose measurements. Many laboratory studies have focused on enzyme–electrode biosensors that require an external power source. In this study, the potential of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) as self-driven sensors for glucose detection is investigated by utilizing the glucose specificity of glucose oxidase. When immersed in glucose solutions with concentrations ranging from 3.9 to 13.1 mmol L −1 , the TENGs exhibit a linear relationship between the glucose concentration and current and voltage changes. These findings suggest that the TENGs developed in this study can effectively function as glucose sensors, providing a foundation for future human blood glucose monitoring applications and demonstrating a promising new approach for biomedical sensor technology.
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2024
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IF 4.9
Yuanzhen He,Dengjie Zhong,Yunlan Xu,Ran Jiang,Pengfei Liao,Jiayou Zhang
In this work, Ti/SnO 2 -Sb 2 O 4 -La/β-PbO 2 electrode was successfully prepared by electrodeposition method. The surface morphology, crystal structure, elemental states and electrochemical characteristics of the electrode were examined by SEM, XRD, XPS, CV, and LSV. The results demonstrated that the conductivity, specific surface area, electrochemical oxidation performance and stability of the β-PbO 2 coated electrode with SnO 2 -Sb 2 O 4 -La as the intermediate layer were greatly improved. Under the conditions of initial rhodamine B (RhB) concentration of 20 mg/L, initial pH of 3.0, electrolyte concentration of 0.1 M, and current density of 30 mA cm −2 , the removal rates of color and TOC reached 100 % and 83.64 % after 20 mins and 30 mins, respectively. The electrode can also completely degrade methylene blue and methyl orange wastewater after 30 mins under the same conditions. The accelerated lifetime of the electrode reached 175 mins (1000 mA cm −2 , 1 M H 2 SO 4 ), and the actual lifetime was up to 3208 hrs. Based on the results of free radical quenching experiment and GC–MS detection, RhB degradation pathway was proposed: the aniline-based conjugated system of RhB molecule was attacked by the combined action of free radicals (indirect oxidation) and electrocatalysis (direct oxidation), which decomposed macromolecules into small molecules and ultimately mineralized them into CO 2 and H 2 O. This work is expected to provide a fresh research concept for preparing DSA electrodes with excellent catalytic performance and high stability.
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TRIBOLOGY LETTERS
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2025
·Vol. 73
·期 4
·1-16
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IF 3.3
Sheng Dezun,Yu Hongliang,Zhang Xiao,Zhou Xin
Reducing alloy friction to achieve ultra-low friction is a valuable approach to save energy and reduce pollution from oil use, which is a major challenge for researchers. This study introduces a successful method to achieve ultra-low friction in Ti-6Al-4 V using a hydrated lubricant composed of hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC). And the effects of speed and concentration on lubricating were investigated. It was found that excessive sliding speeds may lead to lubricant detachment and consequent friction increase, indicating that the adsorption ability of HEC needs to be enhanced in future studies. In addition, when the concentration exceeds 5 wt%, wear loss tends to stabilize across tests with different concentrations, while the friction force increases with rising concentrations. Based on these findings, microscopic studies were conducted to investigate the mechanism of friction reduction. Notably, distinct topographic features resembling ‘valleys’ and ‘plateaus’ were identified on the wear scars in a nanoscale scope. The movement of the surfaces induces the hydrated HEC lubricant to flow from the lower valleys to the higher plateaus, suggesting elastohydrodynamic lubrication mechanisms to form robust films. The valleys serve as lubricant reservoirs, while the plateau tops support the lubricant films to prevent contacts between Ti-6Al-4 V and Si 3 N 4 . The schematic illustrations depict the microscopic mechanisms for achieving of ultra-low friction on Ti-6Al-4 V alloy.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2021
·Vol. 10
·期 11
·6065-6072
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IF 12.732
Junxiao Chen,Xue Fang,Zhouhong Ren,Weiye Qu,Xiaolei Hu,Zhen Ma,Liwei Chen,Xi Liu,Yaxin Chen,Xingfu Tang
Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx with NH3 has been widely used for NOx emission control, but commercial catalysts inevitably suffer severe deactivation in SO2-containing stack gases at low temperatures because the ammonium bisulfate (NH4HSO4, ABS) formed in SCR blocks the surface active sites. We resolve this issue by developing a TiO2-supported single-atom Mo catalyst (Mo1/TiO2) that decomposes ABS at ∼225 °C, far lower than the dew point of ABS (∼260 °C). Single Mo atoms paired with the neighboring surface Ti atoms function as Mo–Ti acid–base dual sites, which respectively adsorb the NH4+ and HSO4− of ABS. After the oxidation of NH4+ by surface lattice oxygen on the Mo sites, electrons left behind on the dual sites are localized around the Fermi level, which allows them to transfer to the adsorbed HSO4− on the Ti sites, thus releasing SO2 at low temperatures. The Mo1/TiO2 catalyst with Mo–Ti acid–base dual sites enables the decomposition of ABS at low temperatures, and thus this work provides a way to effectively control NOx emission particularly from industrial boilers.
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ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
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2019
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IF 7.943
Chengzhi Zhou,Yanping Wang,Jie Chen,Junfeng Niu
Electrochemical degradation of trace antiretroviral drug stavudine was investigated by using a reactive electrochemical membrane (REM) with Ti/SnO 2 -Sb anode. From the results it was evident that the stavudine degradation followed pseudo-first-order kinetics, with the values of the degradation rate constant and half-life being 0.24 min −1 and 2.9 min, respectively, at a current density of 8 mA cm −2 . The degradation rate was obviously decreased under alkaline condition (pH = 11.0) and the degradation was also inhibited in the presence of NO 3 − and Cl − . Five intermediates were identified in the electrochemical degradation of stavudine, and the degradation pathways were proposed. Density functional theory calculation revealed that the double bond carbon atom nearby hydroxymethyl group was the site attacked by OH and the cleavage of C N bond was the rate-determining step in the electrochemical degradation of stavudine. The nitrogen in stavudine was mainly converted to nitrate and ammonium. Quantitative structure-activity relationship model indicated that the toxicity of some intermediates was higher than the parent compound stavudine. The electric energy consumption for 90% stavudine degradation ranged from 0.87 to 2.29 Wh L −1 at the experimental conditions, indicating that stavudine can be degraded efficiently by the REM with Ti/SnO 2 -Sb anode.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2019
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IF 5.04
Huixin Liang,Youwen Yang,Deqiao Xie,Lan Li,Ning Mao,Changjiang Wang,Zongjun Tian,Qing Jiang,Lida Shen
Porous metal scaffolds play an important role in the orthopedic field, due to their wide applications in prostheses implantation. Some previous studies showed that the scaffolds with trabecular bone structure reconstructed via computed tomography had satisfactory biocompatibility. However, the reverse modeling scaffolds were inflexible for customized design. Therefore, a top-down designing biomimetic bone scaffold with favorable mechanical performances and cytocompatibility is urgently demanded for orthopedic implants. An emerging additive manufacturing technique, selective laser melting , was employed to fabricate the trabecular-like porous Ti-6Al-4 V scaffolds with varying irregularities (0.05-0.5) and porosities (48.83%–74.28%) designed through a novel Voronoi-Tessellation based method. Micro-computed tomography and scanning electron microscopy were used to characterize the scaffolds’ morphology. Quasi-static compression tests were performed to evaluate the scaffolds’ mechanical properties . The MG63 cells culture in vitro experiments, including adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation, were conducted to study the cytocompatibility of scaffolds. Compressive tests of scaffolds revealed an apparent elastic modulus range of 1.93–5.24 GPa and an ultimate strength ranging within 44.9–237.5 MPa, which were influenced by irregularity and porosity, and improved by heat treatment. Furthermore, the in vitro assay suggested that the original surface of the SLM-fabricated scaffolds was favorable for osteoblasts adhesion and migration because of micro scale pores and ravines. The trabecular-like porous scaffolds with full irregularity and higher porosity exhibited enhanced cells proliferation and osteoblast differentiation at earlier time, due to their preferable combination of small and large pores with various shapes. This study suggested that selective laser melting-derived Ti-6Al-4 V scaffold with the trabecular-like porous structure designed through Voronoi-Tessellation method, favorable mechanical performance, and good cytocompatibility was a potential biomaterial for orthopedic implants.
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International Journal of Nanomedicine
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2023
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IF 8
Yong Huang,Guiqin Song,Xiaotong Chang,Zhenhui Wang,Xuejiao Zhang,Shuguang Han,Zhuobin Su,Hejie Yang,Dongdong Yang,Xiaojun Zhang
Background Poor mechanical properties, undesirable fast dissolution rate, and lack of antibacterial activity limit the application of hydroxyapatite (HA) as an implant coating material. To overcome these limitations, a hybrid coating of Ag+-substituted fluorhydroxyapatite and titania nanotube (TNT) was prepared.Methods The incorporation of silver into the HA-TiO2 hybrid coating improves its antimicrobial properties. The addition of F as a second binary element increases the structural stability of the coating. The TNT/F-and-Ag-substituted HA (FAgHA) bilayer coating on the Ti substrate was confirmed by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).Results The results indicate that the FAgHA/TNT nanocomposite coating has a dense and uniform morphology with a nano-rod-like structure. The solubility measurement result shows that the substitution of F− ions into the AgHA structure has a positive effect on the dissolution resistance of HA. The adhesion strength of FAgHA/TNT has significantly increased because of the interlocking of the roughened surface with nano-rod-like particles that entered into the voids of the TiO2 nanotubes. Compared with that of the bare Ti, the corrosion current density of FAgHA/TNT-coated Ti substrate decreased from 3.71 to 0.18 μA, and its corrosion resistance increased by almost two orders of magnitude. Moreover, despite pure HA, the FAgHA killed all viable Staphylococcus aureus after 24 hours of incubation. Although the fabricated FAgHA/TNT coating is hydrophobic, it induced deposition of the typical spherical apatite when immersed in a simulated body fluid (SBF); the osteoblasts spread very well on the surface of the coating. In addition, in vitro cell culture tests demonstrated cell viability and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) similar to pure HA, which indicated good cytocompatibility. Interestingly, compared with bare Ti, FAgHA/TNT-coated Ti surface was innocent for cell vitality and even more beneficial for cell osteogenesis in vitro.Conclusion Enhancing the osseointegration and preventing infection in implants, the FAgHA/TNT-coated Ti makes implants more successful.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2016
·Vol. 4
·期 30
·11949-11956
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IF 8.262
Lian-Kui Wu,Xin-Yu Liu,Ji-Ming Hu
Ti-supported IrO2 or RuO2 oxide coated electrodes are widely used for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in acidic media. Electrocatalytic activity and long-term stability need to be further improved for these types of electrodes. A highly porous and well-adhered electrodeposited SiO2 (e-SiO2) film is proposed as the interlayer in this work to meet the above-mentioned requirements. The results show that the active oxide fully fills in the porous network throughout the whole thickness of the e-SiO2 film, to form “total-depth” highly porous oxide electrocatalytic coatings. For this reason, more than 1 order of magnitude higher apparent activity towards the OER at the Ti/e-SiO2/IrO2 (or RuO2) electrode is achieved compared to that of the conventional Ti/IrO2 or Ti/RuO2 electrode. Literature survey indicates that these novel electrodes are one of the most active Ti electrodes ever reported. The service life of this type of electrode is also obviously enhanced due to the “inter-locking” structure formed between the active oxide layer and e-SiO2 film.
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