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Márquez V, Fereidooni M, Santos JS, Praserthdam S, Praserthdam P. Evaluation of the hydrogenation reaction on the electrocatalytic nitrobenzene degradation over (FeCoNiCuZn) xO y high entropy oxides (HEOs). CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 341:140130. [PMID: 37690554 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140130] [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: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Environmental pollution is one of the main challenges currently faced by mankind; especially industrial waste-waters treatment and remediation using energy-efficient methodologies. This research focused on the electrochemical degradation of the hazardous nitrobenzene (NB) in aqueous solutions, using novel high-entropy oxide (HEO) electrodes to elucidate the influence of the electrochemical reduction step on the degradation process. The effect of solution pH, dissolved oxygen concentration, anodic applied potential, and cell configurations on NB hydrogenation reaction were evaluated. A synergistic effect between the hydrogenation of nitrobenzene and the degradation was found to drastically enhance the conversion rates. The presence of dissolved oxygen promoted the oxidation reactions, reaching more than 90% nitrobenzene removal at 1.7 V and pH 14. The degradation of the organic by-products was attributed to the formation of the superoxide radical (O2*-) as the main oxidant species. A degradation mechanism was proposed based on the detected intermediates and the decoupling of electrochemical surface reactions observed by EIS at different solution pH.
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Affiliation(s)
- Victor Márquez
- Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand; High-Performance Computing Unit (CECC-HCU), Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering (CECC), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand; CAT-REAC Industrial Center, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
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Green synthesis of stable S-scheme C-ZnO nanosheet/Ag3PO4 heterostructure towards extremely efficient visible-light catalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Liang ZY, Chen F, Huang RK, Huang WJ, Wang Y, Liang RW, Yan GY. CdS Nanocubes Adorned by Graphitic C3N4 Nanoparticles for Hydrogenating Nitroaromatics: A Route of Visible-Light-Induced Heterogeneous Hollow Structural Photocatalysis. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27175438. [PMID: 36080206 PMCID: PMC9457817 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27175438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Modulating the transport route of photogenerated carriers on hollow cadmium sulfide without changing its intrinsic structure remains fascinating and challenging. In this work, a series of well-defined heterogeneous hollow structural materials consisting of CdS hollow nanocubes (CdS NCs) and graphitic C3N4 nanoparticles (CN NPs) were strategically designed and fabricated according to an electrostatic interaction approach. It was found that such CN NPs/CdS NCs still retained the hollow structure after CN NP adorning and demonstrated versatile and remarkably boosted photoreduction performance. Specifically, under visible light irradiation (λ ≥ 420 nm), the hydrogenation ratio over 2CN NPs/CdS NCs (the mass ratio of CN NPs to CdS NCs is controlled to be 2%) toward nitrobenzene, p-nitroaniline, p-nitrotoluene, p-nitrophenol, and p-nitrochlorobenzene can be increased to 100%, 99.9%, 83.2%, 93.6%, and 98.2%, respectively. In addition, based on the results of photoelectrochemical performances, the 2CN NPs/CdS NCs reach a 0.46% applied bias photo-to-current efficiency, indicating that the combination with CN NPs can indeed improve the migration and motion behavior of photogenerated carriers, besides ameliorating the photocorrosion and prolonging the lifetime of CdS NCs.
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- Zhi-Yu Liang
- Province University Key Laboratory of Green Energy and Environment Catalysis, Ningde Normal University, Ningde 352100, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Featured Materials in Biochemical Industry, Ningde Normal University, Ningde 352100, China
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- Province University Key Laboratory of Green Energy and Environment Catalysis, Ningde Normal University, Ningde 352100, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Featured Materials in Biochemical Industry, Ningde Normal University, Ningde 352100, China
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- Province University Key Laboratory of Green Energy and Environment Catalysis, Ningde Normal University, Ningde 352100, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Featured Materials in Biochemical Industry, Ningde Normal University, Ningde 352100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350117, China
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- Province University Key Laboratory of Green Energy and Environment Catalysis, Ningde Normal University, Ningde 352100, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Featured Materials in Biochemical Industry, Ningde Normal University, Ningde 352100, China
- Correspondence: (Y.W.); (R.-W.L.); (G.-Y.Y.); Tel.: +86-593-2965018 (Y.W.); +86-593-2954127 (R.-W.L.); +86-593-0593-2565503 (G.-Y.Y.)
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- Province University Key Laboratory of Green Energy and Environment Catalysis, Ningde Normal University, Ningde 352100, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Featured Materials in Biochemical Industry, Ningde Normal University, Ningde 352100, China
- Correspondence: (Y.W.); (R.-W.L.); (G.-Y.Y.); Tel.: +86-593-2965018 (Y.W.); +86-593-2954127 (R.-W.L.); +86-593-0593-2565503 (G.-Y.Y.)
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- Province University Key Laboratory of Green Energy and Environment Catalysis, Ningde Normal University, Ningde 352100, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Featured Materials in Biochemical Industry, Ningde Normal University, Ningde 352100, China
- Correspondence: (Y.W.); (R.-W.L.); (G.-Y.Y.); Tel.: +86-593-2965018 (Y.W.); +86-593-2954127 (R.-W.L.); +86-593-0593-2565503 (G.-Y.Y.)
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Afshari M, Varma RS, Saghanezhad SJ. Catalytic Applications of Heteropoly acid-Supported Nanomaterials in Synthetic Transformations and Environmental Remediation. COMMENT INORG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/02603594.2022.2109019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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- Mozhgan Afshari
- Department of Chemistry, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University in Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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