Water
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2025
·Vol. 17
·期 12
·1737
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IF 3
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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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2025
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IF 13.2
Mengyu Jin,Yuanbo Song,Shijie Wang,Cheng Hou,Xiaoxia Wang,Yang Shi,Zheng Shen,Yalei Zhang
The size dependence of metal nanoparticles is a critical factor affecting catalytic activity, as their geometric and electronic properties vary significantly with size. This study proposes a strategy combining rapid Joule-heating with solid-phase synthesis to prepare Cr/Sn-Beta bimetallic catalysts of various sizes via ultrafast thermal shock (UTS, heating rate: 1850 °C/s) and conventional muffle furnace annealing (MFA, heating rate: 5 °C/min). HRTEM results reveal that the bimetallic particle size of Cr/Sn-Beta catalysts prepared via UTS technique is only 2.55 nm, compared to 6.54 nm for catalysts obtained through conventional MFA method. Combined with XRD, BET, H 2 -TPR, UV–vis and FT-IR characterization, it is further confirmed that the ultra-high heating/cooling rate and second-short heating duration of the UTS method achieved efficient embedding of Cr and Sn within the zeolite micropores, which conferred precise tailoring of the particle size. The correlation between particle size and catalytic activity was investigated using the LA production from cellulose as a model reaction. In this work, the superior size effect of bimetallics nanoparticles prepared by UTS synthesis strategies was emphasized, providing insights into the geometry-activity relationship that will guide the rational design of catalysts in terms of morphology and particle size.
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2026
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Junling Yu,Jianmin Liu,Feng Jiang,Guo Feng,Hui Yu,Xiangping Jiang,Yun Yu
In order to obtain samples with high color purity, we first proposed a novel spectral-clipping approach. In this technique, the incorporation of ions with spectral regulation characteristics, through the energy level transition, the absorption of variegated peaks in the sample reflection spectrum and the selective emission of the desired color or specific band can be achieved. Taking Eu-doped Cr-ZrSiO 4 green ceramic pigment as an example, and its crystal structure, diffuse reflectance spectrum, and color characteristics were systematically investigated. First-principles band calculations were performed on (Eu,Cr)-ZrSiO 4 supercells to elucidate the effect of co-doping on the electronic structure and optical properties. Structural and spectral analyses demonstrate that Eu doping effectively eliminates stray colors, yielding a pure green color ( L* =76.26, a* = -7.9, b* =12.17) and significantly enhancing the near-infrared reflectance, which reaches 90.36% in the 700-2500 nm wavelength range. The spectral-clipping approach shows promising potential for applications in pigments and phosphor materials.
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Nanomaterials
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2019
·Vol. 9
·期 2
·265
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IF 4.034
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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JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS
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2022
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Jianqiao Yang,Jiyuan Sun,Shuyuan Bai,Hao Wu,Shuzhong Wang,Yanhui Li,Wenhao Ma,Donghai Xu
To improve the corrosion resistance of component materials in supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) environment, a 15 µm Cr coating was prepared on Alloy 625 by magnetron sputtering, and the effect of oxygen concentration (0 M, 0.16 M, and 0.94 M) on the stability of the Cr coating in an SCW environment was investigated. Results show that the stability of the Cr 2 O 3 layer strongly depends on the oxygen concentration in the exposure environment. The protective Cr 2 O 3 layer was transformed to soluble Cr(VI) species and dissolved in SCW containing 0.94 M oxygen. Except for Cr 2 O 3 , some Fe/Ni containing oxides were also detected. The stability of the Cr coating in SCW with different concentrations of oxygen is discussed.
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表面工程
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能源环境工程
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高温化学
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
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2026
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Ai Xin,Zhang Xiao-Fei,Xu Yu-Lin,Li Ya-Fei,Zuo Xiao-Hua,Zhang Xiao-Lei,Wei Jie,Xie Quan-Wei
Iron-chromium redox flow batteries (ICRFBs) have emerged as a promising candidate for large-scale energy storage due to their cost-effectiveness, long cycle life, power-energy decoupling, and inherent safety. However, conventional ICRFBs using acidic FeCl₂ + CrCl₃ + HCl electrolytes face critical challenges, including severe material corrosion, active species cross-contamination, and parasitic hydrogen evolution reactions. To address these issues, we propose a neutral chelated Fe/Cr electrolyte system utilizing the identical ligand, 1,3-diaminopropanetetraacetic acid (DTPA), for both half-cells. This symmetric ligand design effectively suppresses metal ion crossover while enhancing redox kinetics, as confirmed by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and ultraviolet–visible (UV–vis) spectroscopy. The DTPA-complexed electrolytes exhibit high solubility (up to 1.0 mol/L) and environmental benignity, eliminating the need for corrosive acids. The resulting ICRFB demonstrates outstanding performance: a discharge energy density of 12.1 Wh/L, an average capacity decay rate of 0.13% per cycle over 300 cycles, and a coulombic efficiency approaching 100% at 50 mA/cm 2 , with a round-trip energy efficiency of 60%. These metrics are comparable to those of traditional acidic systems but with significantly reduced material degradation and operational risks. Our work validates the chelation strategy as a viable pathway to develop low-cost, long-lifetime ICRFBs, accelerating their practical deployment in grid-scale energy storage applications. Graphical
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2021
·Vol. 9
·期 4
·105292
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IF 5.909
Jie Zhou,Wenyi Cai,Jing Ding,Hui Wan,Guofeng Guan
The appropriate construct of Z-scheme heterostructure composite with high photocatalytic activity has created new opportunities for environmental protection. Herein, graphitic carbon nitride quantum dots/tungsten trioxide (CNQDs/WO 3 ) was firstly fabricated using CNQDs decorated onto the surface of WO 3 nanorod grown along the [110] orientation in hydrothermal environment to construct a Z-scheme heterostructure composite. By various characterization methods, the crystal structure, micro morphology, atomic valence state and surface functional groups of the catalyst were systematically revealed. The results indicated that Z-scheme heterojunctions between CNQDs and WO 3 were successfully constructed. Compared with pure WO 3 , CNQDs/WO 3 exhibited prominent photoreduction performance under visible light irradiation. The optimal 5% CNQDs/WO 3 could reduce almost 100% Cr (VI) under acidic condition with the best photocatalytic activity within 90 min. More than this, 5% CNQDs/WO 3 also displayed excellent stability and recyclability even after five cycles of photoreduction experiments. Based on the free radical quenching experiments, the possible photoreduction reaction mechanism had been proposed in detail. The Z-scheme heterostructure provided the possibility of the generation, rapidly transfer and efficient separation of photogenerated electrons, which were major active species in the Cr (VI) photoreduction process.
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材料化学
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纳米科技
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光催化
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环境污染治理
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半导体异质结
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2012
·Vol. 378
·期 1
·30-35
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Shangkun Li,Xiaofeng Lu,Xiang Li,Yanpeng Xue,Chengcheng Zhang,Junyu Lei,Ce Wang
A reactive-template vapor phase polymerization method for the preparation of bamboo-like polypyrrole (PPy) nanotubes has been successfully demonstrated in this paper. Herein, electrospun V 2 O 5 nanofibers were chosen as templates to deposit PPy, which served as the oxidants as well. This method can provide the fabrication of PPy nanostructures more easily than conventional routes due to its independence of removing template, which is usually a complex and tedious experimental process. The application of bamboo-like PPy nanotubes for Cr(VI) ions removal in aqueous solution has been explored. The resulting bamboo-like PPy nanotubes exhibited much higher adsorption performance than traditional PPy nanoparticles.
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高分子化学
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吸附技术
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2023
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Zishen Lin,Fobang Liu,Chunli Zheng,Aibin Zhu,Xiaowei Ma,Yuanzhe Peng,Chi He
Amorphous zero-valent iron (AZVI) has attracted wide attention due to its high-efficiency reduction ability. However, the effect of different EDA/Fe(II) molar ratios on the physicochemical properties of the synthesized AZVI requires further investigation. Herein, series of AZVI samples were prepared by changing the molar ratio of EDA/Fe(II) to 1/1 (AZVI@1), 2/1 (AZVI@2), 3/1 (AZVI@3), and 4/1 (AZVI@4). When the EDA/Fe(II) ratio increased from 0/1 to 3/1, the Fe0 proportion on the AZVI surface increased from 26.0 to 35.2% and the reducing ability was enhanced. As for AZVI@4, the surface was severely oxidized to form a large amount of Fe3O4, and the Fe0 content was only 74.0%. Moreover, the removal ability of Cr(VI) was in the order AZVI@3 > AZVI@2 > AZVI@1 > AZVI@4. The isothermal titration calorimetry results revealed that the increase of the molar ratio of EDA/Fe(II) would lead to the stronger complexation of EDA with Fe(II), which resulted in the gradual decrease of the yield of AZVI@1 to AZVI@4 and the gradual deterioration of water pollution after the synthesis. Therefore, based on the evaluation of all indicators, AZVI@2 was the optimal material, not only because its yield was as high as 88.7% and the secondary water pollution level was low, but most importantly, the removal efficiency of Cr(VI) by AZVI@2 was excellent. Furthermore, the actual Cr(VI) wastewater with the concentration of 14.80 mg/L was treated with AZVI@2, and the removal rate of 97.0% was achieved after only a 30 min reaction. This work clarified the effect of different ratios of EDA/Fe(II) on the physicochemical properties of AZVI, which provided insights for guiding the reasonable synthesis of AZVI and is also conducive to investigating the reaction mechanism of AZVI in Cr(VI) remediation.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2023
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Chao Liu,Wen Xiao,Guiyun Yu,Qiang Wang,Jiawei Hu,Chenghao Xu,Xinyi Du,Jianguang Xu,Qinfang Zhang,Zhigang Zou
Developing efficient heterojunction photocatalysts that have a high charge carrier separation rate and improved light-harvesting capacity is a crucial step in solving energy crisis and reducing environmental pollution. Herein, we synthesized few-layered Ti 3 C 2 MXene sheets (MXs) by a manual shaking process, and combined with CdIn 2 S 4 (CIS) to construct novel Ti 3 C 2 MXene/CdIn 2 S 4 (MXCIS) Schottky heterojunction through a solvothermal method. The strong interface between two-dimensional (2D) Ti 3 C 2 MXene and 2D CIS nanoplates led to enhanced light-harvesting capacity and promoted charge separation rate. Additionally, the presence of S vacancies on the MXCIS surface helped to trap free electrons. The optimal sample, 5-MXCIS (with 5 wt% MXs loading), exhibited outstanding performance for photocatalytic hydrogen (H 2 ) evolution and Cr(VI) reduction under visible light due to the synergistic effect of enhanced light-harvesting capacity and charge separation rate. The charge transfer kinetics was thoroughly studied using multiple techniques. The reactive species of • O 2 − , • OH and h + were generated in 5-MXCIS system, and e − and • O 2 − radicals were found to be the main contributors to Cr(VI) photoreduction. Based on the characterization results, a possible photocatalytic mechanism for H 2 evolution and Cr(VI) reduction was proposed. On the whole, this work provides new insights into the design of 2D/2D MXene-based Schottky heterojunction photocatalysts for boosting photocatalytic efficiency.
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2023
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Yukun Li,Yongfu Liu,Zhaohua Luo,Zehua Liu,Svenja Hanson,Chengheng Pang,Hui Lin,Haiming Qin,Jun Jiang
Ce/Mn/Cr: Y 3 Al 5 O 12 transparent ceramics with a pure garnet structure and a high color rendering index were prepared by a solid-state reaction method. Mn 2+ and Cr 3+ enhance the emission between 500 and 700 nm and expand the conventional Ce: YAG phosphors spectrum. The Ce 3+ can work both, as activators and sensitizers, and the intense energy transfer from Ce 3+ to Mn 2+ /Cr 3+ is realized through the non-radiative and radiative processes. In the sample with the optimized doping concentration the high color rendering index (CRI) value of 75.3 can be achieved under a 450 nm laser diode excitation. The chromaticity coordinates can be tuned from (0.3125, 0.3232) to (0.2917,0.2851) by varying the doping concentration. With the increasing Mn 2+ /Cr 3+ doping concentration, the lifetime of Ce 3+ , quantum efficiency and luminous efficiency are all gradually decreased. This work effectively offers a scheme for realizing the high color rendering performance of phosphor-converted transparent ceramics in white LEDs/LDs.
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
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2023
·Vol. 140
·期 25
·e53978
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IF 3
Xiaocan Zhang,Huixiao Ma,Tong Pei,Ruochen Zhang,Yiran Liu
Incorporating phosphotungstic acid (HPW) in proton exchange membranes (PEMs) is an effective way to improve proton conductivity, but its leakage remains a problem. It can be solved by immobilizing acid in membranes to enhance the stability of PEMs. Herein, we proposed a novel sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) composite membrane (SPEEK/HPW@MIL) that was prepared by blending amino-modified MIL-101(Cr) to anchor HPW. In this work, HPW was anchored through hydrogen bond to minimize its leakage and enhance the overall compatibility. The incorporation of MIL-101(Cr)-NH 2 also helped lower the swelling ratio and improve the dimensional stability. Compared with pristine SPEEK and SPEEK/MIL membrane, the proton conductivity of the SPEEK/HPW@MIL composite membrane increased by 26% and 14%, respectively. The superior performance recommended a promising conception for anchoring HPW in PEMs.
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