RARE METALS
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2021
·Vol. 41
·期 2
·650-662
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IF 4.003
Guo Hua,Li Jun,Zou Xian-Rui,Wang Hong-Shui,Kang An,Zhou Huan,Li Ming-Jun,Zhao Xiao-Yan
Abstract Development of photocatalytic materials able to profit from the whole spectrum of sun for efficient organic pollution removal and bacterial elimination is a fascinating strategy in environmental engineering. In current work, GO-TiO 2 /(Ca,Y)F 2 :Tm,Yb, a full-spectrum composite photocatalyst, was prepared via hydrothermal processing with TiO 2 /(Ca,Y)F 2 :Tm,Yb particles deposited on the surface of graphene oxide (GO). The surface properties of GO-TiO 2 /(Ca,Y)F 2 :Tm,Yb were characterized using various characterization techniques including X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area analyzer. Besides, ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis) diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, electron spin resonance (ESR) and other methods were used to systematically explore the photocatalytic mechanism of GO enhancement of TiO 2 /(Ca,Y)F 2 :Tm,Yb. In photocatalytic degradation study, the degradation rate of methyl orange (MO) was improved by 40% when GO was added into the TiO 2 /(Ca,Y)F 2 :Tm,Yb system. In addition, the presence of GO also improves the antibacterial ability of TiO 2 /(Ca,Y)F 2 :Tm,Yb against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus . All results reveal high efficacy of GO-TiO 2 /(Ca,Y)F 2 :Tm,Yb under full spectrum light irradiation, in which (Ca,Y)F 2 :Tm,Yb and TiO 2 can improve its utilization of full spectrum sunlight, and GO can enhance adsorption ability of dye and electron–hole pair differentiation ability of TiO 2 /(Ca,Y)F 2 :Tm,Yb. Graphic abstract
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2025
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IF 13.2
Linjia Li,Yiran Zhang,Xiaochao Wang,Junfeng Lu,Jiaqi Feng,Shu Zhao,Wei Qiu,Zhen Huang,He Lin
Integrated carbon capture and utilization (ICCU) technology based on Ca-Ni-based dual-function materials (DFMs) is an important carbon reduction measure. However, the severe performance degradation of DFMs caused by H 2 O is a challenge for ICCU. This study aims to improve the H 2 O resistance of Ce-doped Ni-Ca-based DFMs by Mg-Y co-doping. After 10 cycles with H 2 O, the carbon capture capacity, methane yield, and methane production rate were maintained at 11 mmol/g, 10.5 mmol/g, and 121.18 μmol/g·min, respectively. Changing the water vapor content (0 ∼ 10 %) has little effect on its performance. Characterizations (XRD, TEM, XPS, H 2 -TPR, CO 2 -TPD, NH 3 -TPD, H 2 -TPSR, and in-situ DRIFTS) and experiments (carbonation and conversion by H 2 O experiments) revealed a directional induced hydrogen spillover mechanism: The strong interactions of Ni-Mg and Ni-Y reduce the particle size and inhibit agglomeration; meanwhile, H 2 O can activate the Y-doped Ni-based catalyst in the carbonation process, inducing hydrogen spillover into the methanation reaction path during the subsequent conversion process, where Mg-promoted generated formaldehyde species act as a vital intermediate. It provides a novel idea to enhance the H 2 O resistance of DMFs to achieve stable ICCU performances.
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Catalysts
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2021
·Vol. 11
·期 4
·445
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IF 4.146
Yangyang Guo,Xiaofei Xu,Hong Gao,Yang Zheng,Lei Luo,Tingyu Zhu
Ca poisoning behavior is inevitable for high-calcium content flue gas, so V2O5-WO3/TiO2(VWT) and V2O5-WO3-CeO2/TiO2(VWCeT) catalysts with different vanadium content have been prepared and the Ca-doped catalysts are compared in this manuscript. The result shows Ce addition can both promote the NO conversion and the alkali resistance. Lower Ca addition for 0.1VWCeT catalyst promotes its oxidability and Ce modification is more suitable for low vanadium catalysts. The total acidity and the reducibility of catalysts decline after Ca doping, and the reducibility of the active species on catalysts has been strengthened by Ce addition. CeO2based catalysts with lower Ca loading struggle to resist sulfur poisoning, while higher Ca loading favors SO2adsorption and also physically reduces the cerium acidification process. In the presence of SO2, additional Brønsted acid sites are formed in Ca rich catalyst. The dynamic NH3adsorption has been investigated, shows that Ca doping content on catalyst is critical for SCR reaction, and the catalyst is more susceptible to SO2initially in alkali flue gas during the actual application, but the sulfur resistance may increase with the alkali-poisoning effect aggravated by Ca doping.Keywords:Ca-poisoning;SCR reaction;NO reduction;V2O5-WO3/TiO2and V2O5-WO3-CeO2/TiO2catalysts;SO2and water;NO removal efficiency
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2025
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Yang Zhang,Hanjun Wu,Zhenyue Zhang,Wenda Guo,Junxia Yu,Rongying Zeng,Ruan Chi,Zhiquan Pan
In this work, Ca-Al LDHs were modified via co-precipitation method utilizing two distinct chemical forms of adipic acid (adipate salt and adipic acid) as intercalation agents, with the resulting materials denoted as At-LDHs (adipate-intercalated LDHs) and Aa-LDHs (adipic acid-intercalated LDHs). The results indicated that At-LDHs and Aa-LDHs all exhibit a sheet-like porous structure stacked with each other. Due to the different synthesis conditions, the sheet structure of Aa-LDHs is smaller than that of At-LDHs. The kinetic and isotherm simulation results indicated that the capture capacity of At-LDHs for Mn 2 + was up to 227.53 mg·g −1 when the pH value was 7, while that of Aa-LDHs for naphthol green B reached to 132.73 mg·g −1 at a pH value of 9. The kinetic and thermodynamic simulation results indicated that the capture of Mn 2+ by At-LDHs conformed to the pseudo-first-order kinetic model and the Langmuir isotherm model, and the capture of naphthol green B by Aa-LDHs conformed to the Elovich kinetic model and the Temkin isotherm model. In addition, the capture process of both was a spontaneous exothermic reaction. Benefiting from the excellent adsorption properties of At-LDHs composites (Ion exchange, electrostatic attraction, adsorption precipitation, functional group chelation), the adsorption effect on Mn 2+ was better. Aa-LDHs have good adsorption effect on naphthol green B in solution through electrostatic attraction, dipole-dipole hydrogen bond, Yoshida hydrogen bond and n-π interaction. At-LDHs and Aa-LDHs have great potential to be employed as the materials for the removal of organic and inorganic composite pollutants from wastewater.
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DESALINATION
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2023
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Shao-Lu Li,Yaxu Guan,Yiwen Qin,Youcai Chen,Dandan Cheng,Genghao Gong,Yunxia Hu
In this study, a novel antifouling loose nanofiltration (LNF) membrane was prepared by the cross-linking and grafting of hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile ultrafiltration (HPAN UF) substrate with a polyethylenimine (PEI) based zwitterionic polymer PEI-CA through the covalent amide bond. The successful introduction of PEI-CA was verified by various techniques. The tailored membrane HPAN-PEICA exhibited ultra-high water permeance (73.5 L m −2 h −1 bar −1 ) and meanwhile maintained excellent rejection (~99.9 %) for dye Brilliant Blue R (BBR), Methyl Blue (MB), Congo red (CR) and Chrome Black T (CBT). In addition, it exhibited ultralow rejection (below ~6 %) towards the inorganic salts (NaCl, Na 2 SO 4 , MgCl 2 and MgSO 4 ), with excellent dye/salt selectivity of ~65. The as-fabricated membrane HPAN-PEICA was proved having good long-term operation stability and pressure resistance properties. Dynamic fouling experiments confirmed that the membrane HPAN-PEICA presented excellent antifouling performance towards four typical model foulants (LYZ, SA , HA and BSA). Over all, we believed that the tailored LNF membrane HPAN-PEICA having great application prospects in textile effluent treatment.
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2022
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Youwen Zhang,Haoyue Tang,Qi Xiao,Yu Zhang,Xiaolan Zhao,Shitong Yang
Hydroxyapatite (HAP) has been widely used for the preconcentration and stabilization of various heavy metal pollutants in both the water and soil environment. Nonetheless, there still exists a gap between its synthesis conditions, physicochemical properties and removal performances. Under such a research background, three HAP materials were synthesized via a modified co-precipitation approach by varying initial Ca/P molar ratios (i.e., 4/3, 5/3 and 6/3) and used for capturing toxic cadmium (Cd(II)) from an aqueous solution. According to the experimental results, the three synthesized HAP samples were all the Ca-deficient type and the actual Ca/P molar ratio was in the increasing order of HAP4/3 < HAP5/3 < HAP6/3. In particular, the HAP4/3 sample exhibited higher Cd(II) removal performance due to its higher specific surface area (SSA) value and abundant Ca-deficient sites. More than 93% of Cd(II) was removed within an extremely short period of 5 min and a complete removal was achieved at a prolonged contact time of 24 h. The sorption behavior of Cd(II) was independent of ionic strength variation and scarcely influenced by various inorganic electrolyte ions, low molecular weight organic acids (LMWOAs) and competing heavy metal ions . The desorption data of Cd(II)-containing HAP phases, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses pointed to a predominant removal mechanism of lattice incorporation with a minor contribution of inner-sphere surface complexation. The experimental findings demonstrated the significant application potential of Ca-deficient HAP material for the cost-effective treatment of Cd(II)-polluted water systems.
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RENEWABLE ENERGY
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2023
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Hewei Yu,Jichao Sun,Xiuxiu Chen,Bing Wang,Xiaohui Liang,Mingjie Gao,Hongyu Si
A novel acid-base bifunctional Zn/Ca–Zr catalyst has been synthesized successfully for biodiesel production from palm oil and acidified oil. The influence of synthetic factors on the catalytic activity of resulting Zn/Ca–Zr were discussed. Furthermore, the FAMEs yield was optimized to achieve the maximum value using the Taguchi approach. Results showed that the catalyst synthesized using a metal stoichiometric ratio of 4 : 4: 4, hydrothermal conditions, and activation temperature of 850 °C exhibited the best activity. The highest FAMEs yield was found to be 94.9% under the conditions of 5 wt% catalyst dosage, methanol/palm oil molar ratio of 20, and temperature of 170 °C at 3 h. The contribution percentage indicated that the methanol/oil molar ratio had the most significant effect on the FAMEs yield. Moreover, the Zn/Ca–Zr catalyst can catalyze the simultaneous esterification and transesterification of acidified palm oil with a 95.1% FAMEs yield and 93.3% acid reduction rate. And a 78.2% FAMEs yield can be maintained after four repeated cycles. Molecular simulations indicated the active site of Zn was more easily attacked by FFAs for esterification, while the active site of Ca was retained to adsorb methanol for transesterification, which explained the catalyst's acid-base bifunctional characteristics.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2022
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Yihong Wu,Lei Song,Maofeng Shi,Chuhan Gu,Jiaxian Zhang,Jingyu Lv,Lili Xuan
Despite the strict management of eutrophic waters globally, the release of phosphorus (P) from sediments maintains the eutrophic state of water bodies and poses a serious challenge to their management. Ca/Fe–LDH was synthesized with natural zeolite (NZ) by using a co-precipitation method (denoted as CFL-Z) to solve this problem. Results showed that Ca/Fe–LDH was successfully loaded onto the surface and inside the pores of NZ. The maximum P adsorption capacity value of CFL-Z was 46.7 mg/g under the mechanisms of electrostatic attraction, ligand exchange, and ion exchange. In incubation experiments, the addition of 6 % CFL-Z into P-contaminated sediments reduced P concentrations in overlying and interstitial water to 0.013 (97.3 % reduction) and 0.358 (82.1 % reduction) mg/L, respectively. In addition, unstable P forms (NH 4 Cl-P and BD-P) in sediments were converted into stable P forms (HCl-P and Res-P, respectively). Subsequent long-term anoxic experiments showed that CFL-Z capping sediments exhibited better inhibition of sediment P release compared with CFL-Z amendment sediments and was efficient and stable. Microbial community analysis showed that CFL-Z amendment and capping reshaped the microbial community structure, and different functional bacteria influenced the stability of sediment P. This work showed that CFL-Z overlays were considered to have potential applications in sediment P fixation, providing a new way to improve the P-binding capacity of natural mineral-like materials and resolve P-contaminated sediments.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2024
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Liwen Shen,Feiyang Zhao,Huijuan Liu,Jicheng Li,Yang Lu,Jun Liu,Nianzhao Gao,Shuangfei Xiang,Shujun Zhao,Guocheng Zhu,Parpiev Khabibulla,Juramirza Kayumov,Feiya Fu,Xiangdong Liu
The agricultural industry produces a substantial volume of rice straw (RS) annually, highlighting the importance of recycling RS for sustainable materials. However, the poor interfacial compatibility between RS and polymers often leads to drawbacks in their composites, such as water-swelling and limited tensile strength. Here, we propose a novel approach using Ca(OH) 2 that offers several distinct advantages: enhancement of interfacial compatibility, elimination of the need for water washing, and formation of calcified hybrid particles on fiber surfaces by capturing CO 2 from the atmosphere. The non-washing calcified rice straw (NCRS) fibers were used to fabricate composites with unsaturated polyester resin (UPR), resulting in NCRS/UPR composites exhibiting significant enhancements in water resistance and mechanical properties compared to RS/UPR composites. The NCRS/UPR composites achieved a water absorption rate below 25 %, thickness swelling rate below 10 %, and tensile strength of 19.9 MPa. This work comprehensively explored the mechanism underlying these achievements through experimental studies. Findings suggest that CaCO 3 particles involving with released lignin act as an interfacial bridge between RS fiber surface and UPR, resulting in significantly improved properties. This approach demonstrates promising prospects as a simple and eco-friendly methodology for manufacturing RS-based composite materials.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2022
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Kun Hu,Qingjie Xie,Huijuan Wang,Bo Zhang,Yuyue Huang,Shilin Song,Huihui Zhang,Yixiao Ding,Hai Huang,Chundu Wu
In this paper, degradation of ciprofloxacin (CIP) in a circulating dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma system with Cu-CeO 2 @CA composite films addition was investigated. The Cu-CeO 2 @CA films were synthesized through hydrothermal method, and the samples were characterized by SEM , XRD, EDS, FT-IR and Raman spectra analysis. The obtained results show that there was synergistic effect of the DBD plasma and the Cu-CeO 2 @CA films on the CIP degradation and mineralization. The optimal performance was obtained under the condition of 5 wt% Cu-CeO 2 nanoparticles doping in the composite film. Besides the effect of the DBD plasma, the Cu-CeO 2 @CA films could drive the O 3 decomposition, photocatalysis and then the more reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation. The presence of the main active species and their contributions to the CIP degradation were determined by electron spin resonance (ESR) analysis and radical quenching experiments. Methods of UV–vis spectrum, three-dimensional fluorescence spectrum and liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) were used to analyze the CIP decomposition process. The prepared Cu-CeO 2 @CA composite films had certain stability in the four cycles of application and the film catalyst was convenient for recycling. The toxicity evaluation results indicated the decline of the solution toxicity after treating in the Cu-CeO 2 @CA/DBD system.
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JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH
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IF 2.426
Pan Zheng,Lv Yukai,Chen Yulong,Qian Xin
Waterproofing layers play a pivotal role in tunnel engineering and building basements. Magnesium acrylate (CA-Mg 2 ) shot-membrane waterproofing materials- commonly used as a waterproof layer- is a type of hydrogel. Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) solution subjected to freezing/thawing treatment has been added to a CA-Mg 2 monomer, resulting in the formation of a CA-Mg 2 /PVA interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) hydrogel which can produced by a redox initiation system. This new IPN hydrogel contains not only a CA-Mg 2 network formed with Mg 2+ coordination bonds, but also a PVA network created by hydrogen bonding between hydroxyl groups. In comparison to CA-Mg 2 hydrogels, the fracture stress of the CA-Mg 2 /PVA hydrogel increased from 0.45 MPa to 0.72 MPa, elongation from 602% to 854%, and the self-healing efficiency of the IPN hydrogel reached 99.9% over 3 h. A new shot-membrane waterproofing materials based on the CA-Mg 2 /PVA hydrogel was prepared and its fracture stress was 1.44 MPa, and self-healing efficiency 80%, at 3 h. In addition, damage to the hydrogel could be repaired repeatedly.
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Environmental Technology & Innovation
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2023
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Tengfei Wu,Junjie Lei,Liyun Lin,Qing Wang,Taimoor Hassan Farooq,Guangjun Wang,Jun Wang,Wende Yan
Developing high-efficient and easy-to-recover adsorbents for the removal of toxic metals in water is imperative, although it poses a huge challenge. In this study, a sulfur-functionalized metal-organic framework was incorporated into Ca-alginate/polyacrylic acid granulates as an effective adsorbent ( abbr. CPZ-SH) for Cu 2+ and Cd 2+ removal. The physicochemical properties of the obtained CPZ-SH were determined by the integrated characterization techniques (e.g., FTIR, XRD, and SEM). The environmental effects of solution pH, typical background cations (K + , Na + , Mg 2+ , and Ca 2+ ), and dissolved organic matter were assessed to determine the adsorption behaviors of the granulates. Time-dependent adsorption kinetics suggested that the adsorption process was dominated by an intraparticle diffusion procedure. CPZ-SH exhibited maximum adsorption capacities of 75.8 and 48.4 mg g –1 at 30 ℃, and excellent adsorption reusability with Cu 2+ and Cd 2+ adsorption efficiencies over 96.0% and 85.1% after 10 cycles, respectively. The extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) demonstrated that the functional groups (thiol, carboxyl, and hydroxyl) played a crucial role in adsorption processes. The findings provided an effective strategy to construct nanostructured metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) into granulates as recyclable adsorbents and enable heavy metal removal from water.
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