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Song X, Basheer C, Xia Y, Zare RN. Oxidation of Ammonia in Water Microdroplets Produces Nitrate and Molecular Hydrogen. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:16196-16203. [PMID: 39178340 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c04568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/25/2024]
Abstract
Water microdroplets containing dissolved ammonia (30-300 μM) are sprayed through a copper oxide mesh with a 200 μm average pore size, resulting in the formation of nitrate (NO3-) and the release of molecular hydrogen (H2). The products result from a redox process that takes place at the liquid-solid interface through contact electrification, where no external potential is applied. Oxidation is initiated by superoxide radical anions (O2-) that originate from the oxygen in the air surrounding the microdroplets and from the hydroxyl radicals (OH•) originating from the water-air interface. Two spin traps (TEMPO and DMPO) capture these radicals as well as NH2OH+•, HNO, NO•, NO2•, and NOOH, which are detected by mass spectrometry. We also directly observed N2O2-• by the same means. We found that the hydrogen atom from the ammonia molecule can be set free not only in the form of H• but also as H2, which is detected using a residue gas analyzer. The oxidation process can be significantly enhanced by a factor of 3 when the sprayed microdroplets are irradiated with ultraviolet light (265 nm, 5 W). 35% of 300 μM ammonia can be degraded within 20 μs, and the nitrate conversion rate is estimated to be 15 nmol·mg-1·h-1.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiaowei Song
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Chemistry Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Xiong P, Xu Z, Wu TS, Yang T, Lei Q, Li J, Li G, Yang M, Soo YL, Bennett RD, Lau SP, Tsang SCE, Zhu Y, Li MMJ. Synthesis of core@shell catalysts guided by Tammann temperature. Nat Commun 2024; 15:420. [PMID: 38200021 PMCID: PMC10782006 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44705-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Designing high-performance thermal catalysts with stable catalytic sites is an important challenge. Conventional wisdom holds that strong metal-support interactions can benefit the catalyst performance, but there is a knowledge gap in generalizing this effect across different metals. Here, we have successfully developed a generalizable strong metal-support interaction strategy guided by Tammann temperatures of materials, enabling functional oxide encapsulation of transition metal nanocatalysts. As an illustrative example, Co@BaAl2O4 core@shell is synthesized and tracked in real-time through in-situ microscopy and spectroscopy, revealing an unconventional strong metal-support interaction encapsulation mechanism. Notably, Co@BaAl2O4 exhibits exceptional activity relative to previously reported core@shell catalysts, displaying excellent long-term stability during high-temperature chemical reactions and overcoming the durability and reusability limitations of conventional supported catalysts. This pioneering design and widely applicable approach has been validated to guide the encapsulation of various transition metal nanoparticles for environmental tolerance functionalities, offering great potential to advance energy, catalysis, and environmental fields.
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- Pei Xiong
- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- Wolfson Catalysis Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK.
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
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Gao Z, Xiang M, He M, Zhou W, Chen J, Lu J, Wu Z, Su Y. Transformation of CO 2 with Glycerol to Glycerol Carbonate over ETS-10 Zeolite-Based Catalyst. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28052272. [PMID: 36903515 PMCID: PMC10004741 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28052272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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Catalytic conversion of CO2 with the surplus glycerol (GL) produced from biodiesel manufacturing has attracted much academic and industrial attention, which proves the urgent requirement for developing high-performance catalysts to afford significant environmental benefits. Herein, titanosilicate ETS-10 zeolite-based catalysts with active metal species introduced by impregnation were employed for coupling CO2 with GL to efficiently synthesize glycerol carbonate (GC). The catalytic GL conversion at 170 °C miraculously reached 35.0% and a 12.7% yield of GC was obtained on Co/ETS-10 with CH3CN as a dehydrating agent. For comparison, Zn/ETS- Cu/ETS-10, Ni/ETS-10, Zr/ETS-10, Ce/ETS-10, and Fe/ETS-10 were also prepared, which showed inferior coordination between GL conversion and GC selectivity. Comprehensive analysis revealed that the presence of moderate basic sites for CO2 adsorption-activation played a crucial role in regulating catalytic activity. Moreover, the appropriate interaction between cobalt species and ETS-10 zeolite was also of great significance for improving the glycerol activation capacity. A plausible mechanism was proposed for the synthesis of GC from GL and CO2 in the presence of CH3CN solvent over Co/ETS-10 catalyst. Moreover, the recyclability of Co/ETS-10 was also measured and it proved to be recycled at least eight times with less than 3% decline in GL conversion and GC yield after a simple regeneration process through calcination at 450 °C for 5 h in air.
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- Zhangxi Gao
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Research Center of Secondary Resources and Environment, School of Chemical Engineering and Materials, Changzhou Institute of Technology, Changzhou 213032, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Research Center of Secondary Resources and Environment, School of Chemical Engineering and Materials, Changzhou Institute of Technology, Changzhou 213032, China
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- Research Center of Secondary Resources and Environment, School of Chemical Engineering and Materials, Changzhou Institute of Technology, Changzhou 213032, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
- Research Center of Secondary Resources and Environment, School of Chemical Engineering and Materials, Changzhou Institute of Technology, Changzhou 213032, China
- Correspondence: (Z.W.); (Y.S.)
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- Xi’an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, School of Chemistry, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
- Correspondence: (Z.W.); (Y.S.)
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Adamou P, Bellomi S, Hafeez S, Harkou E, Al-Salem S, Villa A, Dimitratos N, Manos G, Constantinou A. Recent progress for hydrogen production from ammonia and hydrous hydrazine decomposition: A review on heterogeneous catalysts. Catal Today 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2023.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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