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Yu J, Ma B, Wang C, Chen Y. One-step recovery of cobalt from ammonia-ammonium carbonate system via pressurized ammonia distillation. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 162:92-101. [PMID: 36963119 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Revised: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Ammonia leaching of Co-bearing resources has attracted attention due to its selectivity to cobalt and mild leaching conditions. However, in ammonia leach liquor, cobalt and ammonia are complexed stably, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of preparing cobalt products from the solution. In this study, ammonia distillation process was proposed and studied to recover cobalt from NH3-(NH4)2CO3 system. First, the E-pH diagram of Co-NH3-CO32--H2O system was drawn, and the possibility of preparing cobalt products from the solution was discussed. Then, by comparing atmospheric and pressurized ammonia distillation processes, it was found that the microspherical Co3O4 product can be obtained directly through pressurized ammonia distillation. Furtherly, the effects of parameters on this process and the formation mechanism of Co3O4 were investigated systematically. Over 99% of cobalt could be recovered in one step under optimal conditions. Finally, CoCO3 products with different morphologies were also obtained directly by adding the reducing agent during pressurized ammonia distillation, and the cobalt recovery rate was hardly affected. The evaporated ammonia and residual solution can be recycled. This work realizes the one-step preparation of cobalt products and provides a new perspective on cobalt recovery from ammoniacal solution.
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- Jiancheng Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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Gyanprakash D M, Sharma GP, Gupta PK. Isovalent anion-induced electrochemical activity of doped Co 3V 2O 8 for oxygen evolution reaction application. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:15312-15321. [PMID: 36043387 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt01857h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The activity of an OER electrocatalyst is a strong function of the reaction kinetics at the active sites, which can be influenced by catalytic engineering (e.g., heterostructure, doping, and the addition of cocatalysts). Herein, we report the improved reaction kinetics of cobalt oxide for the OER via the addition of high valence vanadium and thereafter doping with sulphur (S-Co3V2O8). The addition of vanadium increases the oxygen vacancy while the doping of sulphur increases the electronic conductivity of the electrocatalyst. The synergic effect of the oxygen vacancy and electronic conductivity increases the activity of S-Co3V2O8. Furthermore, S-Co3V2O8 showed the least Tafel slope, which showed the activity enhancement towards the oxygen evolution reaction. Moreover, the underlying reaction mechanism is explored by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, which reveals that the ratio of polarisation resistance to double-layer capacitance is minimum for S-Co3V2O8, indicating the highest activity.
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- Maurya Gyanprakash D
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, India. .,Centre for Advanced Studies, Lucknow-226031, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, India. .,Kanopy Techno Solutions Pvt Ltd, Techno Park, Kanpur-208016, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, India. .,Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur-342037, India
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Dual metal ligand strategy tailoring bifunctional oxygen electrocatalytic performance. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.139974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Malavekar DB, Lokhande VC, Patil DJ, Kale SB, Patil UM, Ji T, Lokhande CD. Amorphous nickel tungstate films prepared by SILAR method for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 609:734-745. [PMID: 34839910 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.11.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Development of electrocatalyst using facile way from non-noble metal compounds with high efficiency for effective water electrolysis is highly demanding for production of hydrogen energy. Nickel based electrocatalysts were currently developed for electrochemical water oxidation in alkaline pH. Herein, amorphous nickel tungstate (NiWO4) was synthesized using the facile successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction method. The films were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transfer infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy techniques. The electrochemical analysis showed 315 mV of overpotential at 100 mA cm-2 with lowest Tafel slope of 32 mV dec-1 for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) making films of NiWO4 compatible towards electrocatalysis of water in alkaline media. The chronopotentiometry measurements at 100 mA cm-2 over 24 h showed 97% retention of OER activity. The electrochemical active surface area (ECSA) of NW120 film was 25.5 cm-2.
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- D B Malavekar
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, D. Y. Patil Education Society, Kolhapur 416 006, India
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- Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, South Korea
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- Department of General Engineering, D. Y. Patil Technical Campus, Talsande 416 112, India
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, D. Y. Patil Education Society, Kolhapur 416 006, India
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, D. Y. Patil Education Society, Kolhapur 416 006, India
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- Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, South Korea
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, D. Y. Patil Education Society, Kolhapur 416 006, India.
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Saha S, Gayen P, Wang Z, Dixit RJ, Sharma K, Basu S, Ramani VK. Development of Bimetallic PdNi Electrocatalysts toward Mitigation of Catalyst Poisoning in Direct Borohydride Fuel Cells. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Sulay Saha
- Center for Solar Energy and Energy Storage and Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Brauer Hall, 1 Brookings Dr., CB 1180, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Center for Solar Energy and Energy Storage and Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Brauer Hall, 1 Brookings Dr., CB 1180, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Center for Solar Energy and Energy Storage and Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Brauer Hall, 1 Brookings Dr., CB 1180, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Center for Solar Energy and Energy Storage and Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Brauer Hall, 1 Brookings Dr., CB 1180, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Center for Solar Energy and Energy Storage and Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Brauer Hall, 1 Brookings Dr., CB 1180, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
- CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751013, India
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- Center for Solar Energy and Energy Storage and Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Brauer Hall, 1 Brookings Dr., CB 1180, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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Surface-enhanced OER activity in Co3V2O8 using cyclic charge-discharge to balance electrocatalytic active site generation and degradation. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.137538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Saha S, Kishor K, Pala RGS. Climbing with support: scaling the volcano relationship through support–electrocatalyst interactions in electrodeposited RuO 2 for the oxygen evolution reaction. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy00375e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The interfacial charge transfer and support-induced electrocatalyst faceting in thin catalysts enable ‘climbing up’ the volcano map for OER electrocatalysts. The conductivity of the support determines the OER activity of thick catalysts.
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- Sulay Saha
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology
- Kanpur
- India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology
- Kanpur
- India
- S. N. Patel Institute of Technology & Research Centre
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology
- Kanpur
- India
- Materials Science Programme
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De DS, Behara DK, Saha S, Kumar A, Subramaniam A, Sivakumar S, Pala RGS. Design of iso-material heterostructures of TiO 2via seed mediated growth and arrested phase transitions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:25366-25379. [PMID: 33140780 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp01300e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Stabilization of different morphologies of iso-material native/non-native heterostructures is important for electron-hole separation in the context of photo-electrochemical and opto-electronic devices. In this regard, we explore the stabilities of different morphologies of rutile ("native", ground state phase) and anatase ("non-native" phase) TiO2 heterostructures through (1) seed-mediated growth and (2) a thermally induced arrested phase transition synthesis protocol. Furthermore, the experimental results are analyzed through a combination of Density Functional Tight Binding (DFTB) and Finite Element Model (FEM) methods. During the seed-mediated growth, anatase is grown over a polydispersed and polycrystalline rutile core through thermal treatment yielding core-shell, Janus and yolk-shell iso-material heterostructures as observed from HRTEM. The arrested phase transition of anatase to rutile at different annealing temperatures yields rutile crystals in the subsurface region of the anatase and rutile/core-thin anatase/shell heterostructures but does not yield a Janus structure. Small particles that can be modeled via DFTB computations suggest that: (1) a heterostructure of the rutile/core-anatase/shell is energetically more stable than the anatase/core-rutile/shell or any other Janus configuration, (2) the off-centered rutile/core-anatase shell is more favorable to the mid-centered rutile/core-anatase shell and (3) Janus heterostructures can be stabilized when the mass ratio of the rutile seed to anatase overgrowth is high. FEM simulations, performed to evaluate the importance of stress relaxation in bicrystalline materials without defects, suggest that Janus structures can be stabilized in larger particles. The present studies add to the heuristics available for synthesizing iso-material heterostructures.
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- Deb Sankar De
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, UP-208016, India.
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Sahu A, Mondal K, Pala RG. Activated Porous Highly Enriched Platinum and Palladium Electrocatalysts from Dealloyed Noncrystalline Alloys for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution. ChemElectroChem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202001230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Arti Sahu
- Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 208016 India
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 208016 India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 208016 India
- Materials Science Programme Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 208016 India
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Highly efficient and robust sulfur-doped nickel-cobalt oxide towards oxygen evolution reaction. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2020.111175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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