SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
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2020
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IF 6.551
Yangyang Liu,Tao Wang,Xiaozhong Fang,Yue Deng,Hanyun Cheng,Aziz-Ur-Rahim Bacha,Iqra Nabi,Liwu Zhang
The rapid sulfate formation is a crucial factor determining the explosive growth of fine particles and the frequent occurrence of severe haze events in China. Recent field observations also show that brown carbon is one of the most critical components in aerosol particles sampled during haze episodes. To this day, there is limited knowledge that accesses the role of brown carbon in atmospheric chemistry . In fact, these carbonaceous particulate matters , mainly derived from forest fires, biomass burning , and biogenic release, can act as photosensitizers and produce varieties of active intermediates to alter oxidation capacity. Experimental results in this work provide evidence that hydroxyl radical (∙OH) stems from brown carbon proxies fulvic acid /humic acid (FA/HA) upon irradiation, leading to rapid SO 2 oxidation on brown carbon particles in the atmosphere. Further correlation analyses for sulfate formation and chromophore properties of 12 model compounds demonstrate that brown carbon particles with higher aromaticity and E 2 /E 3 (the ratio of absorbance at 254 nm to that at 365 nm) would facilitate ∙OH production and SO 2 photo-oxidation. Uptake coefficient measurements and sulfate production rate estimation indicate that brown carbon could gain importance in atmospheric SO 2 oxidation. A better understanding of SO 2 uptake kinetics on brown carbon surfaces favors in defining new regulations to improve air quality and reduce the harmful effects of haze events on resident health and the environment.
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大气科学
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环境化学
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2017
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IF 6.065
Lei Li,Guangxia Qi,Bangda Wang,Dongbei Yue,Yi Wang,Tsutomu Sato
A novel multifunctional composite adsorbent which possesses the ability for anion exchange and toxic metal complexation has been synthesized by the hybridization of layered double hydroxides (LDH) and fulvic acid (FA) in this study. The results show that FA with lots of functional groups can be effectively and stably anchored on the surface of LDH through coagulation process without occupying the interlayer of LDH. Therefore, the anion exchange ability remains and the adsorption capacity of Orange II can reach 1.9 mmol/g, which is almost as much as stoichiometric anion exchange capacity of pure LDH. Moreover, the composite adsorbent’s adsorption capacity of Cu 2+ , Pb 2+ , Ni 2+ and Cd 2+ can also get to 2.25 mmol/g, 0.98 mmol/g, 0.99 mmol/g and 0.16 mmol/g respectively with an adsorption preference order of Cu 2+ > Pb 2+ > Ni 2+ > Cd 2+ . In addition, Orange II and toxic metals are able to be simultaneously removed by this composite adsorbent, and the adsorption of toxic metals can be enhanced by the synergetic adsorption of Orange II. Anion exchange with Cl − in LDH matrix accounts for the adsorption of Orange II, while the adsorption of toxic metal is mainly attributed to the complexation of carboxyl functional group derived from FA.
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环境科学
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材料科学
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CHEMOSPHERE
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2021
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IF 7.086
Hanyu Wu,Jie Chen,Zengbo Su,Bin Ma,Yizhe Ji,Shuhan Lin,Dingfang Xu,Mingliang Kang
Europium(III), i.e., Eu(III), is chemically analogous to the trivalent lanthanides (Ln) and actinides (An). A good understanding of the adsorption behaviour of Eu(III) on mica group minerals is critical to the safety evaluation of the radioactive contamination. Nevertheless, the structural complexity of micaceous minerals makes it difficult to draw a consistent conclusion in the study of Eu(III) migration. In this work, we contrastively studied Eu(III) adsorption on dioctahedral muscovite and trioctahedral phlogopite as functions of pH, ionic strength, background electrolytes, interaction sequence, and fulvic acid (FA). Batch experiments showed that Eu(III) adsorption on both micas was strongly dependent on pH but quite independent on ionic strength that is determined by Na + . Planar sites are available on both muscovite and phlogopite while interlayer sites only on phlogopite under Na + and Ca 2+ electrolytes (not for K + and Cs + ). An interlayer expansion of phlogopite, as indicated by a newly appeared diffraction peak at ~6° 2-theta, occurred along with Eu(III) adsorption, which was also confirmed by transmission electron microscopy . Furthermore, the initial Eu(III) concentrations, the concentration ratios between Eu(III) and Cs + , and the reaction sequences of Eu(III)-electrolytes-FA affected both the adsorption behaviour of Eu(III) and reversely the structural alteration of phlogopite. The sequential extraction showed that the adsorbed Eu(III) was mainly in the ion-exchangeable form while the addition of FA could increase the portion of coordinative species. The currently proposed Eu(III) adsorption mechanism can shed new light on predicting the migration of Ln/An(III) at the mica-rich solid-liquid interface on a molecular scale.
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环境科学
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放射化学
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矿物学
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ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
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2021
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IF 9.709
Xiang Wang,Man-Man Zhang,Si-Fen Liu,Rui-Lan Xu,Jin-Hua Mou,Zi-Hao Qin,Zhi-Gang Zhou,Hong-Ye Li,Carol Sze Ki Lin,Zheng Sun
Dunaliella salina is a promising microbial host for the sustainable production of bioenergy and valuable compounds. D. salina can be mixotrophically cultivated using a pure organic carbon source. However, pure organic carbon sources remarkably enhance the cost of cultivation and constrain the development of upscale microalgal cultivation. This study examined the feasibility of using low-value food waste supplemented with fulvic acid in D. salina mixotrophic cultivation for lipid and carotenoid accumulation. The glucose-rich hydrolysate was first obtained via enzymatic hydrolysis from selected food waste. This hydrolysate was an appropriate source of organic carbon for microalgal mixotrophy based on a two-stage cultivation strategy for investigating the biomass and accumulation of valuable products. In addition, fulvic acid, which contains oxygen-rich and carbon-poor functional groups, was used in the second stage to maximise the production of biomass (3.1 ± 0.2 g/L), lipids (0.75 ± 0.03 g/L) and carotenoids (0.52 ± 0.03 g/L). The biodiesel quality of the lipid derived from D. salina biomass based on food waste hydrolysate met the previously approved standards. These data illustrate a sustainable and efficient algal-based food waste biorefinery strategy for the co-production of bioenergy and bioactive compounds, and offer key insights to address the issues of global food waste and algal-based resource utilisation.
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生物技术
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环境科学
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能源科学
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2018
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IF 2.88
Zhe Yang,Tingting Liu,Yutian Wang,Yuanyuan Yuan,Fengkai Shang
Interference-free determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water pollution is proposed based on third-order correction algorithms with quadrilinear component modeling applied to the constructed four way fluorescence excitation–emission-sample data array with higher accuracy and better predictive ability than second-order (three-dimension) correction. Alternating weighted residue constraint quadrilinear decomposition (AWRCQLD), quadrilinear parallel factor analysis (4-PARAFAC), alternate penalty quadrilinear decomposition (APQLD) and alternate penalty trilinear decomposition (APTLD) are applied to acenaphthene (ANA), naphthalene (NAP) and fluorene (FLU) respectively. Fulvic acid affects PAHs determination seriously in real-world situation, so it is simulated as an interfering agent. Excitation-emission fluorescence matrixes (EEMs) of PAHs are measured at different volumes of fulvic acid simulated different interference conditions, to construct a four-way data array. After the four-way spectra data is analyzed by AWRCQLD, 4-PARAFAC, and APQLD, three-way EEMs analyzed by APTLD, results show that, on the one hand, PAHs can be measured more accurately with four-way data combined with third-order calibration than lower-order. On the other hand, AWRCQLD algorithm can reflect the superiority of third-order advantage better with higher recovery rate and smaller root mean square error, than other third-order or second-order correction algorithms.
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环境科学
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分析化学
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ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2024
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IF 3.8
Hu Haojie,He Chen,Zhu Di,Zhang Weilai,Zhuo Xiaocun,Li Yuguo,Shi Quan
While ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry has enabled the identification of the molecular composition of dissolved organic matter (DOM), elucidating its molecular structure remains a challenging endeavor. Here, two fulvic acids (FAs), one from river and the other from forest soil, were subjected to reduction using an optimized n -butylsilane ( n -BS) reduction method. The reduction products were purified through a combination of liquid-liquid extraction and silica gel column chromatography, resulting in the separation into saturates, aromatics, and polar products. The polar products were analyzed by high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), and the saturates and aromatics were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). HRMS results showed that the number of oxygen atoms and double-bond equivalent (DBE) values of FA decreased after reduction. GC-MS results revealed that a total of 270 hydrocarbon monomers were identified from the reduction products of a single sample, with the highest carbon number of cycloalkanes reaching C 33 . For the first time, steranes and hopanes were detected in the reduction products, potentially serving as evidence for the existence of carboxyl-rich alicyclic molecule (CRAM) precursors. Additionally, a significant number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were identified, and the potential sources of various compounds were preliminarily inferred based on their isomers. This study extends the knowledge of the possible backbone structure of the DOM and provides a new potential tool for investigating the origin and transformation mechanisms of DOM. Graphical Abstract
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分析化学
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2024
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IF 13.3
Hao Zhou,Yan Dang,Chao Li,Xinyu Chen,Yongqi Liu,Haohao Bian,Andrei Ivanets,Jiliang Zheng,Xiaoyan He,José María García-Mina,Xintai Su
Unlike traditional biomass composting humification, pyrolysis humification can rapidly convert waste biomass into humic substances (HSs) at lower temperatures and in an alkaline environment for soil remediation. This study utilized the strong alkaline solid waste carbide slag (CARBIDE) and cotton stalk (CS) for pyrolysis humification. The pyrolysis humification mechanism and effect of CARBIDE and CS were investigated using FT-IR, NMR, and Py-GC/MS. Furthermore, the ability of HSs to remediate cadmium-contaminated soil (Cd-soil) was assessed through soil property analysis, pot tests, and microbial diversity studies. The results showed that humic acid (HA) and fulvic acid (FA) had the highest yield of 19 % and 5 %, respectively, among the humic substances (HS-CS&CA) produced under the conditions of 250 ℃, reaction time of 2 h and mass ratio of CS to CARBIDE of 5: 1. At 250 ℃, CARBIDE changed the heat transfer mechanism of biomass, promoted the decomposition of more hemicellulose and protein, promoted the Deamination, Ketonization and Maillard reaction, and synthesized more HAs. HS-CS&CA had a significant remediation effect on Cd-soil. The immobilization rate of Cd was as high as 23 %, and the accumulation of Cd in maize was reduced by 65 %. At the same time, the relative abundance of beneficial bacteria such as Xanthomonadaceae and Bacillaceae for immobilizing Cd was increased, and the cycling effect of N and P was also enhanced. This study provides an innovative technical route for the rapid humification of CARBIDE and CS and its application in Cd-soil remediation.
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环境科学
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土壤学
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CHEMOSPHERE
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2021
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IF 7.086
Shuai Tang,Lujian Lin,Xuesong Wang,Xuan Sun,Anqi Yu
Information on the interactions of microplastics (MPs) with dissolved organic matter (DOM) is essential for understanding their environmental impacts. This study selected fulvic acid (FA) as a typical DOM to investigate the influence of contact time, temperature, dosage, solution pH, salinity , and coexisting metal ions on the adsorption of FA onto polyamide 6 (PA6) MPs. The adsorption kinetic and isotherm can be successfully described by mixed-order (MO) and Freundlich models. The adsorption site energy distribution based on the Freundlich equation was applied to analyze the interaction between FA and PA6-MPs and the adsorption site heterogeneity. Thermodynamic analysis demonstrated that the values of parameters ( Δ G a d s ° , Δ S a d s ° , Δ H a d s ° ) were significantly affected by initial solution concentrations and the adsorption process was spontaneous, endothermic, and randomness-increased. Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) revealed the importance of amide functional groups of PA6-MPs in controlling FA adsorption. Hydrogen bonds , hydrophobic, electrostatic, and n-π electron donor-acceptor (n-π EDA) interactions played different roles on adsorption of FA under different conditions of solution chemistry. These findings are beneficial to provide new insights involving the adsorption behavior and interaction mechanisms of FA onto PA6-MPs for the environmental risk assessment of MPs.
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环境科学
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化学
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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
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2022
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IF 8.91
Xia Qin,Ziyuan Wang,Chengrui Guo,Rui Guo,Yue Lv,Mingran Li
In this study, Cu-Fe bimetallic magnetic chitosan carbon aerogel catalyst (Cu-Fe@CS) was prepared by the sol-gel method to degrade Fulvic acid (FA) in Fenton-like system. Degradation experiment results showed bimetallic catalyst Cu-Fe@CS can degrade more FA than monometallic catalysts (Cu@CS and Fe@CS) due to the synergistic effect between the copper and iron. Plackett Buiman (PB) design showed that pH and temperature exhibited significant influence on FA degradation. The significant factors were optimized by Central Composite Design (CCD), the results revealed that the maximum FA removal reached 96.59% under the conditions of pH 4.07 and temperature 93.77 °C, the corresponding TOC removal reached 77.7%. The kinetic analysis implied that the reaction followed pseudo-first order kinetic with correlation coefficient (R 2 ) = 0.9939. The Arrhenius fitting analysis revealed that Cu–Fe@CS had a lower activation energy (Ea) than Cu@CS and Fe@CS, meaning that reaction was easier to occur in Fenten-like system with Cu–Fe@CS. Catalyst still remained the higher FA and TOC removals of 96.28% and 77.33% after six runs, respectively. The FA removal was reduced by 65.53% with 12 mmol tertiary butanol (TBA) as scavenger, indicating that •OH played an important role in FA degradation. Finally, the catalytic degradation mechanism was proposed.
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环境科学
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催化化学
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
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2023
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IF 2.8
Yi Ding,Min Zhang,Sijie Zhou,Linbei Xie,Ao Li,Ping Wang
Ferrous iron (Fe(II)) reacts with peroxymonosulphate (PMS) to form active oxidants that can degrade refractory organic pollutants. However, the conversion rate of Fe(III) to Fe(II) is slow, which limits its actual application. In the study, the effect of fulvic acid (FA) on the degradation of dimethyl phthalate (DMP) by Fe(II)/PMS was investigated. Moreover, the degradation process of DMP was predicted by the preliminary identification of active free radicals and intermediates. As expected, FA gave rise to a higher concentration of Fe(II) than that in Fe(II)/PMS to enhance the removal of DMP in Fe(II)/PMS system. The precipitate, involved in FA and iron, was an important composite to promote the degradation of DMP in the system. Also, the response surface methodology (RSM) was applied to model and optimize the degradation conditions of DMP. The highest removal efficiency (85.70%) was obtained at pH = 3.86, [PMS] = 0.96 mM, [FA] = 11.44 mg/L and [DMP] = 5 µM. The results of free radical quenching experiments and EPR showed that •OH and SO4•− were the main active radicals in this system. The degradation intermediates of DMP were monomethyl phthalate (MMP), phthalic acid and benzoic acid. Discoveries of this study had raised the current understanding of the application of FA keeping the cycles of Fe(II)/Fe(III) for peroxymonosulphate activation, which could afford valuable information for the degradation of organic pollutants by FA/Fe(II)/PMS.
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2024
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IF 7.4
Ruichang Zhang,Conghui Shi,Shufa Zhu,Jingsai Li,Xinquan Zhou,Ning Zhang,Xuefeng Wei
The application of organic materials into agricultural soil introduces dissolved organic matter (DOM) into environment. The DOM derived from organic materials would significantly affect the environmental behaviors of nanoparticles. In this study, DOM extracted from corn straw (CSDOM) was characterized and its effects on the transport of titanium dioxides nanoparticles (TiO 2 NPs) in porous media were evaluated and compared with those of fulvic acid (FA). The characterization of DOMs indicated marked differences in molecular properties between CSDOM and FA. Weight-average molecular weight (M w ) of CSDOM was 3139 g/mol, higher than 1185 g/mol of FA, whereas CSDOM had a lower aromaticity than FA. Three distinct scenarios of nanoparticle mobility affected by CSDOM and FA were found. Under unfavorable conditions for nanoparticles mobility (pH 4.0 with/without electrolytes, pH 7.0 with electrolytes, and pH 10.0 with CaCl 2 ), both DOMs facilitated TiO 2 NPs mobility, and FA with higher aromaticity exerted stronger enhancing effects than CSDOM. However, the promoting effects of DOM on TiO 2 NPs mobility were negligible under favorable conditions (pH 10.0 without electrolytes). Under the remaining conditions (pH 7.0 without electrolytes, and pH 10.0 with NaCl), DOM could facilitate the mobility of TiO 2 NPs, while there was no difference in the facilitating effects between CSDOM and FA. It could be concluded that distinction of enhancing effects between CSDOM and FA on TiO 2 NPs mobility was environmental chemistry-dependent. Furthermore, aromaticity rather than M w would be a reasonable property determining the enhancing effects of DOM derived from distinct sources on nanoparticle mobility under unfavorable conditions.
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土壤学
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2024
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IF 13.3
Jinjin Zhao,Kai Zhang,Nigel J.D. Graham,Wenzheng Yu
Mature landfill leachate contains large quantities of a wide range of hazardous and refractory pollutants, especially humic acid-like (HA) and fulvic acid-like (FA) substances. These have poor biodegradability and a considerable ultraviolet-light quenching capacity, severely inhibiting the performance of wastewater treatment and post ultraviolet-light disinfection, but this aspect has attracted little previous research. The Fenton reaction has proved to be a feasible method for removing ultraviolet-quenching substances (UVQSs) but in conventional systems it is unable to completely mineralize organic contaminants. In this study, a novel electro-oxidation process was developed consisting of a flow-through reactor with a Cu 2 O cathode to catalyze Fenton-type reactions, and oxidation at a RuO 2 anode. The combination of pH adjustment and electro-oxidation was evaluated for the treatment of real ultrafiltration (UF) filtrate of mature landfill leachate. A series of analytical techniques were used to determine the performance for the removal of HA and FA. Under optimal conditions, the elimination of fluorescence characteristics of HA and FA reached 100 % and 99.3 %, respectively, according to PARAFAC results based on EEM spectra. TOC was removed by 25.5 %∼30.4 % during the pH adjustment step and 51 % by electrochemical oxidation. Changes in the molecular weight distribution and fluorescence content showed that pH adjustment played an important and significant role in removing UVQSs, and the remaining TOC after electrochemical oxidation was attributed to bioavailable amino acid-like substances. Overall, the results have demonstrated the successful development of an effective method of treating the UF filtrate from mature landfill leachate, with particular respect to the removal of the problematic HA and FA content.
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废水处理
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