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Grifasi N, Ziantoni B, Fino D, Piumetti M. Fundamental properties and sustainable applications of the natural zeolite clinoptilolite. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024:10.1007/s11356-024-33656-5. [PMID: 38780851 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-33656-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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This review explores a set of sustainable applications of clinoptilolite, a natural zeolite abundant around the world in different localities. Thanks to its physico-chemical properties this material is extremely versatile for several applications, ranging from environmental catalysis and CO2 removal to industrial and agricultural wastewater purification, aquaculture, animal feeding, and food industry but also medical applications and energy storage systems. Due to the presence of cations in its framework, it is possible to tune the material's features making it suitable for adsorbing specific compounds. Thus, this review aims to provide insight into developing new technologies based on the use of this material that is sustainable, not harmful for humans and animals, naturally abundant, and above all cost-effective. Furthermore, it is intended to promote the use of natural materials in various areas with a view to sustainability and to reduce as far as possible the use of chemicals or other materials whose synthesis process can have a polluting effect on the environment.
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- Nadia Grifasi
- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129, Turin, Italy.
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Removal of chlorinated volatile organic compounds onto natural and Cu-modified zeolite: The role of chemical surface characteristics in the adsorption mechanism. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.118080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Lee SJ, Yu Y, Jung HJ, Naik SS, Yeon S, Choi MY. Efficient recovery of palladium nanoparticles from industrial wastewater and their catalytic activity toward reduction of 4-nitrophenol. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 262:128358. [PMID: 33182147 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2020] [Revised: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Discharge of heavy metals from various sources of industrial wastewater poses significant environmental and health concerns. Thus, efficient recovery of precious metals from wastewater employing sustainable, rapid, and cost-effective treatment methods is highly desirable. In this work, palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs) were successfully recovered from industrial wastewater using a pulsed laser process in the absence of additives or reducing agents. Notably, the developed approach is faster and more environmentally friendly than other conventional recovery methods. The recovered Pd NPs were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). Various pulsed laser parameters (i.e., laser wavelength, power, and irradiation time) were optimized to obtain ideal conditions for the pulsed laser ablation process. Effective recovery of the Pd metal from industrial wastewater was achieved at a laser wavelength of 355 nm, power of 40 mJ/pulse, and irradiation time of 30 min. The Pd NPs exhibited excellent catalytic activity toward the reduction of 4-nitrophenol. Thus, the recovered materials showed remarkable potential for application in degradation of toxic aromatic nitro compounds in the environment.
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- Seung Jun Lee
- Department of Chemistry (BK21 FOUR) and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry (BK21 FOUR) and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, South Korea
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- Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Center (Electronic Convergence Division), Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering & Technology, 101 Soho-ro, Jinju, 52851, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry (BK21 FOUR) and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry (BK21 FOUR) and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry (BK21 FOUR) and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, South Korea.
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Ebrahiminejad M, Karimzadeh R. Influence of phosphorus content on properties and performance of NiW nanocatalyst supported on activated red mud in atmospheric diesel hydrodesulfurization. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 384:121485. [PMID: 31699482 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2019] [Revised: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The influence of phosphorus promoter addition on structural properties and hydrodesulfurization activity of NiW nanocatalysts supported on activated red mud, called NiW/P-ARM, was studied at atmospheric pressure. Before red mud usage, it was treated by Pratt and Christoverson technique and then NiW/P-ARM nanocatalysts with different phosphorus loadings were prepared by impregnation technique. The prepared samples were characterized by XRF, XRD, FESEM, BET, FTIR and H2-TPR analyses. Base on the obtained results, XRF analysis indicated that activation process remarkably decreased Ca and Na content in the red mud. XRD results indicated the high dispersion of the tungstate, nickel and active phase (NiWO4) species on the surface of activated red mud support. FESEM analysis illustrated that all particles of NiW/P-ARM were less than 100 nm. TPR measurements revealed that phosphorus-promoted nanocatalysts had higher reduction potentials than nanocatalyst without promoter. The catalytic ability of synthesized nanocatalysts was investigated in a fixed bed reactor at atmospheric pressure and 380 °C using Iso diesel and light diesel as the reaction feeds. It was found that NiW/P-ARM with 1.5 wt.% prompter showed higher activity for hydrodesulfurization process and further addition of P promoter decreased the catalytic activity that may be due to the decrease in surface area or agglomeration particles.
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- Mitra Ebrahiminejad
- Chemical Engineering Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115-111, Tehran, Iran; Cracking and Catalysis Research Center, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115-111, Tehran, Iran
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- Chemical Engineering Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115-111, Tehran, Iran; Cracking and Catalysis Research Center, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115-111, Tehran, Iran.
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Ebrahiminejad M, Karimzadeh R. Hydrocracking and hydrodesulfurization of diesel over zeolite beta-containing NiMo supported on activated red mud. ADV POWDER TECHNOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2019.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Adsorption of toxic gases on molecularly imprinted polymer coated QCM: measurements and modeling for partial pressure in gas mixture. ADSORPTION 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10450-019-00074-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Plasma-Assisted Surface Interactions of Pt/CeO2 Catalyst for Enhanced Toluene Catalytic Oxidation. Catalysts 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/catal9010002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The performance of plasma-modified Pt/CeO2 for toluene catalytic oxidation was investigated. Pt/CeO2 nanorods were prepared by wet impregnation and were modified by thermal (PC-T), plasma (PC-P), and combined (PC-TP and PC-PT) treatments. The modified catalysts were characterized by TEM (transmission electron microscope), BET (Brunauer-Emmett-Teller), H2-TPR, O2-TPD, XPS, UV-Raman, and OSC tests. The significant variation of the surface morphologies and surface oxygen defects could have contributed to the modification of the Pt/CeO2 catalysts via the plasma treatment. It was found that plasma could promote the surface interaction between Pt and CeO2, resulting in the thermal stability of the catalyst. The Pt-Ce interaction was also conducive to an increase in the number of oxygen vacancies. Furthermore, PC-PT and PC-TP showed a significant difference in oxygen vacancy concentrations and catalytic activities, which illustrated that the treatment sequence (plasma and thermal treatment) affected the performance of Pt/CeO2. The PC-PT sample showed the highest catalytic activity with T100 at 205 °C. This work thus demonstrates that plasma in combined treatment sequences could assist surface interactions of catalysts for enhanced toluene catalytic oxidation.
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Moradiyan E, Halladj R, Askari S. Beneficial Use of Ultrasound in Rapid-Synthesis of SAPO34/ZSM-5 Nanocomposite and Its Catalytic Performances on MTO Reaction. Ind Eng Chem Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b03772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Eshagh Moradiyan
- Faculty
of Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran Polytechnic, P.O. Box 15875-4413, Hafez Ave., Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty
of Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran Polytechnic, P.O. Box 15875-4413, Hafez Ave., Tehran, Iran
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Rahmani F, Haghighi M, Mahboob S. CO2-enhanced dehydrogenation of ethane over sonochemically synthesized Cr/clinoptilolite-ZrO2 nanocatalyst: Effects of ultrasound irradiation and ZrO2 loading on catalytic activity and stability. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2016; 33:150-163. [PMID: 27245966 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2016.04.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Revised: 04/28/2016] [Accepted: 04/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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CO2-enhanced oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane was investigated over sonochemically synthesized Cr/clinoptilolite-ZrO2 nanocatalyst with the aim of assessing the effect of composite support and ultrasonic irradiation on the nanocatalyst reactivity and stability. To this aim, ZrO2 promoted clinoptilolite supports varying in zirconia content (0, 25, 50wt%) were synthesized by hydrothermally precipitation method and impregnated with chromium nitrate under ultrasound irradiation. The samples were characterized by XRD, FESEM, EDX, TEM, ICP, BET, FTIR, TPR-H2 and TPD-NH3 techniques. The characterization results indicated that ultrasound irradiation could not only reduce the formation of Cr2O3 and decrease submicron particle size of chromium oxide to nanometer scale, but also promote the distribution of metallic particles and strengthen the chromium-support interaction. As a result, utilizing ultrasound irradiation in the synthesis of Cr/Clinoptilolite helped to maintain a high and stable catalytic activity. These features were more prominent in the presence of zirconia. It was found that the metal oxide nanoparticles with about 4-8nm are dispersed uniformly on the surface of composite support containing 25wt% ZrO2 (CLT-Z25). Moreover, the addition of ZrO2 resulted in the formation of new strong acid sites and a significant modification in the reducibility of chromium species, which alongside homogenous and small Cr nanoparticles account for the superior catalytic performance of ZrO2 containing samples. However, excessive loading of ZrO2 (50wt%) severely covered the surface of clinoptilolite, afforded the aggregations of metallic particles and thereupon, weakened the contact between clinoptilolite and ZrO2, which together with more acid strength seriously resulted in the deactivation of catalyst. In spite of superior initial activity of ZrO2-rich sample among the catalysts tested, ultrasonic synthesized Cr/CLT-Z25 nanocatalyst showed the best catalytic performance after 5h-catalytic reaction.
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- Farhad Rahmani
- Chemical Engineering Faculty, Sahand University of Technology, P.O. Box 51335-1996, Sahand New Town, Tabriz, Iran; Reactor and Catalysis Research Center (RCRC), Sahand University of Technology, P.O. Box 51335-1996, Sahand New Town, Tabriz, Iran
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- Chemical Engineering Faculty, Sahand University of Technology, P.O. Box 51335-1996, Sahand New Town, Tabriz, Iran; Reactor and Catalysis Research Center (RCRC), Sahand University of Technology, P.O. Box 51335-1996, Sahand New Town, Tabriz, Iran.
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- Chemical Engineering Faculty, Sahand University of Technology, P.O. Box 51335-1996, Sahand New Town, Tabriz, Iran; Reactor and Catalysis Research Center (RCRC), Sahand University of Technology, P.O. Box 51335-1996, Sahand New Town, Tabriz, Iran
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Mohammadkhani B, Haghighi M, Sadeghpour P. Altering C2H4/C3H6 yield in methanol to light olefins over HZSM-5, SAPO-34 and SAPO-34/HZSM-5 nanostructured catalysts: influence of Si/Al ratio and composite formation. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra00432f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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HZSM-5 zeolites with various Si/Al ratios were synthesized by hydrothermal method and the sample with optimum Si/Al ratio combined with SAPO-34. In MTO reaction, SAPO-34/HZSM-5 composite shows high activity and selectivity toward light olefins.
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- Bahman Mohammadkhani
- Chemical Engineering Faculty
- Sahand University of Technology
- Tabriz
- Iran
- Reactor and Catalysis Research Center (RCRC)
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- Chemical Engineering Faculty
- Sahand University of Technology
- Tabriz
- Iran
- Reactor and Catalysis Research Center (RCRC)
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- Chemical Engineering Faculty
- Sahand University of Technology
- Tabriz
- Iran
- Reactor and Catalysis Research Center (RCRC)
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The beneficial utilization of natural zeolite in preparation of Cr/clinoptilolite nanocatalyst used in CO2-oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene. J IND ENG CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2015.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Liu X, Lu Q, Wei M, Wang C, Liu S. Facile Electrospinning of CeO2/Bi2WO6Heterostructured Nanofibers with Excellent Visible-light-driven Photocatalytic Performance. Chem Asian J 2015; 10:1710-6. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201500262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2015] [Revised: 04/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Xiaona Liu
- School of Material Science and Engineering; Qilu University of Technology; Jinan 250353 P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering; Qilu University of Technology; Jinan 250353 P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering; Qilu University of Technology; Jinan 250353 P. R. China
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- Lunan Research Institute of Coal Chemistry; Jining 272000 P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering; Qilu University of Technology; Jinan 250353 P. R. China
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Coupling Noble Metals and Carbon Supports in the Development of Combustion Catalysts for the Abatement of BTX Compounds in Air Streams. Catalysts 2015. [DOI: 10.3390/catal5020774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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