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Pang Z, Chen Z, Li J, Liu D, Zhang G, Liu C, Du C, Zhou W. Advances in Inorganic Foam Materials Fabricated Via Blowing Strategy: A Comprehensive Review. ACS NANO 2024. [PMID: 39105765 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c05321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/07/2024]
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Two-dimensional (2D) materials with excellent properties and widespread applications have been explosively investigated. However, their conventional synthetic methods exhibit concerns of limited scalability, complex purification process, and incompetence of prohibiting their restacking. The blowing strategy, characterized by gas-template, low-cost, and high-efficiency, presents a valuable avenue for the synthesis of 2D-based foam materials and thereby addresses these constraints. Whereas, its comprehensive introduction has been rarely outlined so far. This review commences with a synopsis of the blowing strategy, elucidating its development history, the statics and kinetics of the blowing process, and the choice of precursor and foaming agents. Thereafter, we dwell at length on across-the-board foams enabled by the blowing route, like BxCyNz foams, carbon foams, and diverse composite foams consisting of carbon and metal compounds. Following that, a wide-ranging evaluation of the functionality of the foam products in fields such as energy storage, electrocatalysis, adsorption, etc. is discussed, revealing their distinctive strength originated from the foam structure. Finally, after concluding the current progress, we provide some personal discussions on the existing challenges and future research priorities in this rapidly developing method.
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- Zimo Pang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai 264209, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai 264209, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai 264209, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai 264209, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai 264209, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai 264209, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai 264209, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai 264209, P. R. China
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Wang J, Wang R. Treatment and Resource Utilization of Gaseous Pollutants in Functionalized Ionic Liquids. Molecules 2024; 29:3279. [PMID: 39064858 PMCID: PMC11279358 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29143279] [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: 05/30/2024] [Revised: 07/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
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With the rapid development of science, technology, and the economy of human society, the emission problem of gas pollutants is becoming more and more serious, which brings great pressure to the global ecological environment. At the same time, the natural resources that can be exploited and utilized on Earth are also showing a trend of exhaustion. As an innovative and environmentally friendly material, functionalized ionic liquids (FILs) have shown great application potential in the capture, separation, and resource utilization of gaseous pollutants. In this paper, the synthesis and characterization methods of FILs are introduced, and the application of FILs in the treatment and recycling of gaseous pollutants is discussed. The future development of FILs in this field is also anticipated, which will provide new ideas and methods for the treatment and recycling of gaseous pollutants and promote the process of environmental protection and sustainable development.
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- Jiayu Wang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Shandong University, Shenzhen 518057, China
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Gopalan J, Buthiyappan A, Rashidi NA, Sufian S, Abdul Raman AA. A sustainable and economical solution for CO 2 capture with biobased carbon materials derived from palm kernel shells. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:45887-45912. [PMID: 38980479 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-34173-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/10/2024]
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This study investigates the synthesize of activated carbon for carbon dioxide adsorption using palm kernel shell (PKS), a by-product of oil palm industry. The adsorbent synthesis involved a simple two-step carbonization method. Firstly, PKS was activated with potassium oxide (KOH), followed by functionalization with magnesium oxide (MgO). Surface analysis revealed that KOH activated PKS has resulted in a high specific surface area of 1086 m2/g compared to untreated PKS (435 m2/g). However, impregnation of MgO resulted in the reduction of surface area due to blockage of pores by MgO. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) demonstrated that PKS-based adsorbents exhibited minimal weight loss of less than 30% up to 500 °C, indicating their suitability for high-temperature applications. CO2 adsorption experiments revealed that PKS-AC-MgO has achieved a higher adsorption capacity of 155.35 mg/g compared to PKS-AC (149.63 mg/g) at 25 °C and 5 bars. The adsorption behaviour of PKS-AC-MgO was well fitted by both the Sips and Langmuir isotherms, suggesting a combination of both heterogeneous and homogeneous adsorption and indicating a chemical reaction between MgO and CO2. Thermodynamic analysis indicated a spontaneous and thermodynamically favourable process for CO2 capture by PKS-AC-MgO, with negative change in enthalpy (- 0.21 kJ/mol), positive change in entropy (2.44 kJ/mol), and negative change in Gibbs free energy (- 729.61 J/mol, - 790.79 J/mol, and - 851.98 J/mol) across tested temperature. Economic assessment revealed that the cost of PKS-AC-MgO is 21% lower than the current market price of commercial activated carbon, indicating its potential for industrial application. Environmental assessment shows a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (381.9 tCO2) through the utilization of PKS-AC-MgO, underscoring its environmental benefits. In summary, the use of activated carbon produced from PKS and functionalised with MgO shows great potential for absorbing CO2. This aligns with the ideas of a circular economy and sustainable development.
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- Jayaprina Gopalan
- Sustainable Process Engineering Centre (SPEC), Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,, Universiti Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Science and Technology Studies, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Biomass Processing Lab, Center of Biofuel and Biochemical, Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 31750, Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia
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- Biomass Processing Lab, Center of Biofuel and Biochemical, Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 31750, Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia
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- Sustainable Process Engineering Centre (SPEC), Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,, Universiti Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Zakaria DS, Rozi SKM, Halim HNA, Mohamad S, Zheng GK. New porous amine-functionalized biochar-based desiccated coconut waste as efficient CO 2 adsorbents. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:16309-16327. [PMID: 38315341 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-32285-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Climate change caused by the greenhouse gases CO2 remains a topic of global concern. To mitigate the excessive levels of anthrophonic CO2 in the atmosphere, CO2 capture methods have been developed and among these, adsorption is an especially promising method. This paper presents a series of amine functionalized biochar obtained from desiccated coconut waste (amine-biochar@DCW) for use as CO2 adsorbent. They are ethylenediamine-functionalized biochar@DCW (EDA-biochar@DCW), diethylenetriamine-functionalized biochar@DCW (DETA-biochar@DCW), triethylenetetramine-functionalized biochar@DCW (TETA-biochar@DCW), tetraethylenepentamine-functionalized biochar@DCW (TEPA-biochar@DCW), and pentaethylenehexamine-functionalized biochar@DCW (PEHA-biochar@DCW). The adsorbents were obtained through amine functionalization of biochar and they are characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The CO2 adsorption study was conducted isothermally and using a thermogravimetric analyzer. From the results of the characterization analyses, a series of amine-biochar@DCW adsorbents had larger specific surface area in the range of 16.2 m2/g-37.1 m2/g as compare to surface area of pristine DCW (1.34 m2/g). Furthermore, the results showed an increase in C and N contents as well as the appearance of NH stretching, NH bending, CN stretching, and CN bending, suggesting the presence of amine on the surface of biochar@DCW. The CO2 adsorption experiment shows that among the amine modified biochar adsorbents, TETA-biochar@DCW has the highest CO2 adsorption capacity (61.78 mg/g) when using a mass ratio (m:m) of biochar@DCW:TETA (1:2). The adsorption kinetics on the TETA-biochar@DCW was best fitted by the pseudo-second model (R2 = 0.9998), suggesting the adsorption process occurs through chemisorption. Additionally, TETA-biochar@DCW was found to have high selectivity toward CO2 gas and good reusability even after five CO2 adsorption-desorption cycles. The results demonstrate the potential of novel CO2 adsorbents based on amine functionalized on desiccated coconut waste biochar.
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- Dina Sofiea Zakaria
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Kompleks Pusat Pengajian Jejawi, Arau, 02600, Perlis, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Kompleks Pusat Pengajian Jejawi, Arau, 02600, Perlis, Malaysia.
- Centre of Excellence for Biomass Utilization, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Perlis, Malaysia.
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Kompleks Pusat Pengajian Jejawi, Arau, 02600, Perlis, Malaysia
- Centre of Excellence for Biomass Utilization, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Perlis, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Kompleks Pusat Pengajian Jejawi, Arau, 02600, Perlis, Malaysia
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Wu X, Quan W, Chen Q, Gong W, Wang A. Efficient Adsorption of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Wastewater by Biochar. Molecules 2024; 29:1005. [PMID: 38474517 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29051005] [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: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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Nitrogen and phosphorus play essential roles in ecosystems and organisms. However, with the development of industry and agriculture in recent years, excessive N and P have flowed into water bodies, leading to eutrophication, algal proliferation, and red tides, which are harmful to aquatic organisms. Biochar has a high specific surface area, abundant functional groups, and porous structure, which can effectively adsorb nitrogen and phosphorus in water, thus reducing environmental pollution, achieving the reusability of elements. This article provides an overview of the preparation of biochar, modification methods of biochar, advancements in the adsorption of nitrogen and phosphorus by biochar, factors influencing the adsorption of nitrogen and phosphorus in water by biochar, as well as reusability and adsorption mechanisms. Furthermore, the difficulties encountered and future research directions regarding the adsorption of nitrogen and phosphorus by biochar were proposed, providing references for the future application of biochar in nitrogen and phosphorus adsorption.
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- Xichang Wu
- Key Laboratory for Information System of Mountainous Area and Protection of Ecological Environment of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory for Information System of Mountainous Area and Protection of Ecological Environment of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- School of Materials and Architectural Engineering, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- School of Materials and Architectural Engineering, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory for Information System of Mountainous Area and Protection of Ecological Environment of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China
- School of Materials and Architectural Engineering, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China
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Khosrowshahi MS, Mashhadimoslem H, Shayesteh H, Singh G, Khakpour E, Guan X, Rahimi M, Maleki F, Kumar P, Vinu A. Natural Products Derived Porous Carbons for CO 2 Capture. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2304289. [PMID: 37908147 PMCID: PMC10754147 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202304289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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As it is now established that global warming and climate change are a reality, international investments are pouring in and rightfully so for climate change mitigation. Carbon capture and separation (CCS) is therefore gaining paramount importance as it is considered one of the powerful solutions for global warming. Sorption on porous materials is a promising alternative to traditional carbon dioxide (CO2 ) capture technologies. Owing to their sustainable availability, economic viability, and important recyclability, natural products-derived porous carbons have emerged as favorable and competitive materials for CO2 sorption. Furthermore, the fabrication of high-quality value-added functional porous carbon-based materials using renewable precursors and waste materials is an environmentally friendly approach. This review provides crucial insights and analyses to enhance the understanding of the application of porous carbons in CO2 capture. Various methods for the synthesis of porous carbon, their structural characterization, and parameters that influence their sorption properties are discussed. The review also delves into the utilization of molecular dynamics (MD), Monte Carlo (MC), density functional theory (DFT), and machine learning techniques for simulating adsorption and validating experimental results. Lastly, the review provides future outlook and research directions for progressing the use of natural products-derived porous carbons for CO2 capture.
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- Mobin Safarzadeh Khosrowshahi
- Nanotechnology DepartmentSchool of Advanced TechnologiesIran University of Science and Technology (IUST)NarmakTehran16846Iran
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- Faculty of Chemical EngineeringIran University of Science and Technology (IUST)NarmakTehran16846Iran
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- Faculty of Chemical EngineeringIran University of Science and Technology (IUST)NarmakTehran16846Iran
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- Global Innovative Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials (GICAN)College of EngineeringScience and Environment (CESE)The University of NewcastleUniversity DriveCallaghanNew South Wales2308Australia
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- Nanotechnology DepartmentSchool of Advanced TechnologiesIran University of Science and Technology (IUST)NarmakTehran16846Iran
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- Global Innovative Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials (GICAN)College of EngineeringScience and Environment (CESE)The University of NewcastleUniversity DriveCallaghanNew South Wales2308Australia
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- Department of Biosystems EngineeringFaculty of AgricultureFerdowsi University of MashhadMashhad9177948974Iran
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- Department of Polymer Engineering and Color TechnologyAmirkabir University of TechnologyNo. 424, Hafez StTehran15875‐4413Iran
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- Global Innovative Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials (GICAN)College of EngineeringScience and Environment (CESE)The University of NewcastleUniversity DriveCallaghanNew South Wales2308Australia
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- Global Innovative Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials (GICAN)College of EngineeringScience and Environment (CESE)The University of NewcastleUniversity DriveCallaghanNew South Wales2308Australia
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Suresh R, Gnanasekaran L, Rajendran S, Jalil AA, Soto-Moscoso M, Khoo KS, Ma Z, Halimatul Munawaroh HS, Show PL. Biomass waste as an alternative source of carbon and silicon-based absorbents for CO 2 capturing application. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 343:140173. [PMID: 37714490 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023]
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The production of low-cost solid adsorbents for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture has gained massive consideration. Biomass wastes are preferred as precursors for synthesis of CO2 solid adsorbents, due to their high CO2 adsorption efficiency, and ease of scalable low-cost production. This review particularly focuses on waste biomass-derived adsorbents with their CO2 adsorption performances. Specifically, studies related to carbon (biochar and activated carbon) and silicon (silicates and geopolymers)-based adsorbents were summarized. The impact of experimental parameters including nature of biomass, synthesis route, carbonization temperature and type of activation methods on the CO2 adsorption capacities of biomass-derived pure carbon and silicon-based adsorbents were evaluated. The development of various enhancement strategies on biomass-derived adsorbents for CO2 capture and their responsible factors that impact adsorbent's CO2 capture proficiency were also reviewed. The possible CO2 adsorption mechanisms on the adsorbent's surface were highlighted. The challenges and research gaps identified in this research area have also been emphasized, which will help as further research prospects.
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- R Suresh
- Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Tarapacá, Avda. General Velásquez 1775, Arica, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Tarapacá, Avda. General Velásquez 1775, Arica, Chile; University Centre for Research & Development, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, 140413, India
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Tarapacá, Avda. General Velásquez 1775, Arica, Chile; Department of Chemical Engineering, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon.
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- Centre of Hydrogen Energy, Institute of Future Energy, 81310, UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia; Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Centre for Herbal Pharmacology and Environmental Sustainability, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kelambakkam, 603103, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Subtropical Water Environment and Marine Biological Resources Protection, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Study Program of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Science Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jalan Dr. Setiabudhi 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Subtropical Water Environment and Marine Biological Resources Protection, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China; Department of Chemical Engineering, Khalifa University, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Jalan Broga, Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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Lu T, Xu T, Zhu S, Li J, Wang J, Jin H, Wang X, Lv JJ, Wang ZJ, Wang S. Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction to Ethylene: From Advanced Catalyst Design to Industrial Applications. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2310433. [PMID: 37931017 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202310433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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The value-added chemicals, monoxide, methane, ethylene, ethanol, ethane, and so on, can be efficiently generated through the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2 RR) when equipped with suitable catalysts. Among them, ethylene is particularly important as a chemical feedstock for petrochemical manufacture. However, despite its high Faradaic efficiency achievable at relatively low current densities, the substantial enhancement of ethylene selectivity and stability at industrial current densities poses a formidable challenge. To facilitate the industrial implementation of eCO2 RR for ethylene production, it is imperative to identify key strategies and potential solutions through comprehending the recent advancements, remaining challenges, and future directions. Herein, the latest and innovative catalyst design strategies of eCO2 RR to ethylene are summarized and discussed, starting with the properties of catalysts such as morphology, crystalline, oxidation state, defect, composition, and surface engineering. The review subsequently outlines the related important state-of-the-art technologies that are essential in driving forward eCO2 RR to ethylene into practical applications, such as CO2 capture, product separation, and downstream reactions. Finally, a greenhouse model that integrates CO2 capture, conversion, storage, and utilization is proposed to present an ideal perspective direction of eCO2 RR to ethylene.
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- Tianrui Lu
- Wenzhou Key Lab of Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion, Zhejiang Province Key Lab of Leather Engineering, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Wenzhou Key Lab of Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion, Zhejiang Province Key Lab of Leather Engineering, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Wenzhou Key Lab of Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion, Zhejiang Province Key Lab of Leather Engineering, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Wenzhou Key Lab of Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion, Zhejiang Province Key Lab of Leather Engineering, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, M4Y1M7, Canada
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- Wenzhou Key Lab of Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion, Zhejiang Province Key Lab of Leather Engineering, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
- Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for Electrochemical Energy Materials and Devices, Institute of New Materials and Industrial Technologies, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Wenzhou Key Lab of Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion, Zhejiang Province Key Lab of Leather Engineering, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Wenzhou Key Lab of Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion, Zhejiang Province Key Lab of Leather Engineering, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Wenzhou Key Lab of Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion, Zhejiang Province Key Lab of Leather Engineering, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
- Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for Electrochemical Energy Materials and Devices, Institute of New Materials and Industrial Technologies, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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Glenna DM, Jana A, Xu Q, Wang Y, Meng Y, Yang Y, Neupane M, Wang L, Zhao H, Qian J, Snyder SW. Carbon Capture: Theoretical Guidelines for Activated Carbon-Based CO 2 Adsorption Material Evaluation. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:10693-10699. [PMID: 37988698 PMCID: PMC10694831 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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Activated carbon (AC)-based materials have shown promising performance in carbon capture, offering low cost and sustainable sourcing from abundant natural resources. Despite ACs growing as a new class of materials, theoretical guidelines for evaluating their viability in carbon capture are a crucial research gap. We address this gap by developing a hierarchical guideline, based on fundamental gas-solid interaction strength, that underpins the success and scalability of AC-based materials. The most critical performance indicator is the CO2 adsorption energy, where an optimal range (-0.41 eV) ensures efficiency between adsorption and desorption. Additionally, we consider thermal stability and defect sensitivity to ensure consistent performance under varying conditions. Further, selectivity and capacity play significant roles due to external variables such as partial pressure of CO2 and other ambient air gases (N2, H2O, O2), bridging the gap between theory and reality. We provide actionable examples by narrowing our options to methylamine- and pyridine-grafted graphene.
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- Drew M. Glenna
- Department
of Nuclear Engineering & Industrial Management, University of Idaho, Idaho
Falls, Idaho 83402, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Advanced
Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Energy
& Environmental Science and Technology, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, United States
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- Energy
& Environmental Science and Technology, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of
Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of
Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, United States
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- Energy
& Environmental Science and Technology, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, United States
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- Department
of Nuclear Engineering & Industrial Management, University of Idaho, Idaho
Falls, Idaho 83402, United States
- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Idaho, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Energy
& Environmental Science and Technology, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, United States
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Zhang X, Bhattacharya T, Wang C, Kumar A, Nidheesh PV. Straw-derived biochar for the removal of antibiotics from water: Adsorption and degradation mechanisms, recent advancements and challenges. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 237:116998. [PMID: 37634688 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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Antibiotics, a kind of containments with the properties of widely distributed and difficult to degrade, has aroused extensive attention in the world. As a prevalent agricultural waste, straws can be utilized to prepare biochar (straw-derived biochar, SBC) to remove antibiotics from aquatic environment. To date, although a number of review papers have summarized and discussed research on biochar application in wastewater treatment and soil remediation, there are few reviews on SBC for antibiotic removal. Due to the limitations of poor adsorption and degradation performance of the pristine SBC, it is necessary to modify SBC to improve its applications for antibiotics removal. The maximum antibiotic removal capacity of modified SBC could reach 1346.55 mg/g. Moreover, the adsorption mechanisms between modified SBC and antibiotics mainly involve π-π interactions, electrostatic interactions, hydrophobic interactions, and charge dipole interactions. In addition, the modified SBC could completely degrade antibiotics within 6 min by activating oxidants, such as PS, PDS, H2O2, and O3. The mechanisms of antibiotic degradation by SBC activated oxidants mainly include free radicals (including SO4•-, •OH, and O2•-) and non-free radical pathway (such as, 1O2, electrons transfer, and surface-confined reaction). Although SBC and modified SBC have demonstrated excellent performance in removing antibiotics, they still face some challenges in practical applications, such as poor stability, high cost, and difficulties in recycling. Therefore, the further research directions and trends for the development of SBC and biochar-based materials should be taken into consideration.
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- Xiuxiu Zhang
- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, 835215, India
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, 835215, India
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- Environmental Impact and Sustainability Division, CSIR - National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
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Zhang C, Ji Y, Li C, Zhang Y, Sun S, Xu Y, Jiang L, Wu C. The Application of Biochar for CO 2 Capture: Influence of Biochar Preparation and CO 2 Capture Reactors. Ind Eng Chem Res 2023; 62:17168-17181. [PMID: 37900302 PMCID: PMC10603783 DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.3c00445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023]
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This work investigates three types of biochar (bamboo charcoal, wood pellet, and coconut shell) for postcombustion carbon capture. Each biochar is structurally modified through physical (H2O, CO2) and chemical (ZnCl2, KOH, H3PO4) activation to improve carbon capture performance. Three methods (CO2 adsorption isotherms, CO2 fixed-bed adsorption, and thermogravimetric analysis) are used to determine the CO2 adsorption capacity. The results show that a more than 2.35 mmol·g-1 (1 bar, 298 K) CO2 capture capacity was achieved using the activated biochar samples. It is also demonstrated that the CO2 capture performance by biochar depends on multiple surface and textural properties. A high surface area and pore volume of biochar resulted in an enhanced CO2 capture capacity. Furthermore, the O*/C ratio and pore width show a negative correlation with the CO2 capture capacity of biochars.
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- Chen Zhang
- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queens
University Belfast, Belfast, U.K. BT7 1NN
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- Institute
of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Zhejiang
University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queens
University Belfast, Belfast, U.K. BT7 1NN
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queens
University Belfast, Belfast, U.K. BT7 1NN
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queens
University Belfast, Belfast, U.K. BT7 1NN
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queens
University Belfast, Belfast, U.K. BT7 1NN
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- Institute
of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Zhejiang
University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queens
University Belfast, Belfast, U.K. BT7 1NN
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Hanif A, Aziz MA, Helal A, Abdelnaby MM, Khan A, Theravalappil R, Khan MY. CO 2 Adsorption on Biomass-Derived Carbons from Albizia procera Leaves: Effects of Synthesis Strategies. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:36228-36236. [PMID: 37810635 PMCID: PMC10552137 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c04693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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CO2 capture is a useful strategy for controlling the risks associated with global warming. The design of an adsorbent is essential for clean and potentially energy-efficient adsorption-based carbon capture processes. This study reports a facile and moderately temperature single-stage combined pyrolysis and activation strategy for the synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbons for high-performance CO2 capture. Using nitrogen-rich Albizia procera leaves as the precursor and carrying out single-stage pyrolysis and activation at temperatures of 500, 600, and 700 °C in the presence NaHCO3 as an activating agent, carbons with different surface characteristics and ultrahigh weight percentage (22-25%) of nitrogen were obtained. The subtle differences in surface characteristics and nitrogen content had a bearing on the CO2 adsorption performance of the resultant adsorbents. Outstanding results were achieved, with a CO2 adsorption capacity of up to 2.5 mmol/g and a CO2 over N2 selectivities reaching 54. The isotherm results were utilized to determine the performance indicators for a practical vacuum swing adsorption process. This study provides a practical strategy for the efficient synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbons for various adsorption applications.
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- Aamir Hanif
- Interdisciplinary
Research Center for Hydrogen and Energy Storage (IRC-HES), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Interdisciplinary
Research Center for Hydrogen and Energy Storage (IRC-HES), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Interdisciplinary
Research Center for Hydrogen and Energy Storage (IRC-HES), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Interdisciplinary
Research Center for Hydrogen and Energy Storage (IRC-HES), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Interdisciplinary
Research Center for Hydrogen and Energy Storage (IRC-HES), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Center
for Refining and Advanced Chemicals, King
Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Interdisciplinary
Research Center for Hydrogen and Energy Storage (IRC-HES), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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Chen C, Wang K, Cai P, Dai Z. Biochar application to reduce CO 2 emissions from farmland and increase crop yields: a 22-year study based on big data analysis and ideal scenario modeling. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:83319-83329. [PMID: 37338680 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28256-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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How to reduce the emission of greenhouse gas CO2 from farmland and to improve crop yield is one of the most concerned agricultural ecological environment issues for scientists at present. As an excellent soil conditioner, biochar has a very broad research value and application path in the field. Taking farmland in northern China as the research object, this paper studied the impact of biochar application on soil CO2 emission potential and crop yield in farmland in northern China through big data analysis and modeling methods. The results show that the ideal scenario for increasing crop production and reducing CO2 emissions should be that the raw materials for the preparation of biochar are wheat straw and rice straw; the preparation temperature is 400-500 ℃, the C/N ratio of biochar is 80-90, the pH of biochar is 8-9, the soil texture is sandy soil or loam soil, soil bulk density is 1.2-1.4 g cm-3, the soil pH is less than 6, the soil organic matter content is 10-20 g kg-1, and the soil C/N is less than 10; the application amount of biochar is 20-40 t ha-1; and the use time of biochar is 1 year. In view of this, this study selected the data of microbial biomass (X1), soil respiration rate (X2), soil organic matter (X3), soil moisture content (X4), average soil temperature (X5), and CO2 emissions (Y) for correlation analysis and path analysis, and finally obtained the multiple stepwise regression equation between CO2 emissions and various impact factors as follows: Y = - 27.981 + 0.6249 X1 + 0.5143 X2 + 0.4257X3 + 0.3165X4 + 0.2014X5 (R2 = 0.867, P < 0.01, n = 137). Microbial biomass and soil respiration rate directly affect CO2 emissions, reaching a highly significant level (P < 0.01); the second is soil organic matter, soil moisture content, and average soil temperature. The indirect relationship between CO2 emissions and soil average temperature, microbial biomass, and soil respiration rate is the strongest, followed by soil organic matter and soil moisture content.
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- Can Chen
- College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, The People's Republic of China.
- College of Atmosphere and Remote Sensing, Wuxi University, Wuxi, 214105, The People's Republic of China.
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- College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, The People's Republic of China
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- College of Atmosphere and Remote Sensing, Wuxi University, Wuxi, 214105, The People's Republic of China
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- College of Atmosphere and Remote Sensing, Wuxi University, Wuxi, 214105, The People's Republic of China
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Rodriguez Y, Guerra R, Vizuete K, Debut A, Streitwieser DA, Mora JR, Ponce S. Kinetic study of the catalytic cracking of waste motor oil using biomass-derived heterogeneous catalysts. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 167:46-54. [PMID: 37245395 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Herein, biochar from biomass residues is demonstrated as active materials for the catalytic cracking of waste motor oil into diesel-like fuels. Above all, alkali-treated rice husk biochar showed great activity with a 250% increase in the kinetic constant compared to the thermal cracking. It also showed better activity than synthetic materials, as previously reported. Moreover, much lower activation energy (185.77to293.48kJmol) for the cracking process was also obtained. According to materials characterization, the catalytic activity was more related to the nature of the biochar's surface than its specific surface area. Finally, liquid products complied with all the physical properties defined by international standards for diesel-like fuels, with the presence of hydrocarbons chains between C10-C27 similar to the ones obtained in commercial diesel.
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- Yuliana Rodriguez
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Department of Chemical Engineering, Diego de Robles s/n y Av. Interoceánica, Quito EC 170157, Ecuador
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- Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Department of Chemical Engineering, Diego de Robles s/n y Av. Interoceánica, Quito EC 170157, Ecuador
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- Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Centro de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología, Sangolquí, P.O, Box 171-5-231B, Ecuador
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- Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Centro de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología, Sangolquí, P.O, Box 171-5-231B, Ecuador
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- Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Department of Chemical Engineering, Diego de Robles s/n y Av. Interoceánica, Quito EC 170157, Ecuador; Reutlingen University, Faculty for Applied Chemistry, 72762 Reutlingen, Germany
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- Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Department of Chemical Engineering, Diego de Robles s/n y Av. Interoceánica, Quito EC 170157, Ecuador
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- Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Department of Chemical Engineering, Diego de Robles s/n y Av. Interoceánica, Quito EC 170157, Ecuador.
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Wang F, Zeng Y, Hou Y, Cai Q, Liu Q, Shen B, Ma X. CO 2 Adsorption on N-Doped Porous Biocarbon Synthesized from Biomass Corncobs in Simulated Flue Gas. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023. [PMID: 37078889 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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This study was to develop a low-cost N-doped porous biocarbon adsorbent that can directly adsorb CO2 in high-temperature flue gas from fossil fuel combustion. The porous biocarbon was prepared by nitrogen doping and nitrogen-oxygen codoping through K2CO3 activation. Results showed that these samples exhibited a high specific surface area of 1209-2307 m2/g with a pore volume of 0.492-0.868 cm3/g and a nitrogen content of 0.41-3.3 wt %. The optimized sample CNNK-1 exhibited a high adsorption capacity of 1.30 and 0.27 mmol/g in the simulated flue gas (14.4 vol % CO2 + 85.6 vol % N2) and a high CO2/N2 selectivity of 80 and 20 at 25 and 100 °C and 1 bar, respectively. Studies revealed that too many microporous pores could hinder CO2 diffusion and adsorption due to the decrease of CO2 partial pressure and thermodynamic driving force in the simulated flue gas. The CO2 adsorption of the samples was mainly chemical adsorption at 100 °C, which depended on the surface nitrogen functional groups. Nitrogen functional groups (pyridinic-N and primary and secondary amines) reacted chemically with CO2 to produce graphitic-N, pyrrolic-like structures, and carboxyl functional groups (-N-COOH). Nitrogen and oxygen codoping increased the amount of nitrogen doping content in the sample, but acidic oxygen functional groups (carboxyl groups, lactones, and phenols) were introduced, which weakened the acid-base interactions between the sample and CO2 molecules. It was demonstrated that SO2 and water vapor had inhibition effects on CO2 adsorption, while NO nearly has no effect on the complex flue gas. Cyclic regenerative adsorption showed that CNNK-1 possessed excellent regeneration and stabilization ability in complex flue gases, indicating that corncob-derived biocarbon had excellent CO2 adsorption in high-temperature flue gas.
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- Fumei Wang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Clean Energy and Pollution Control, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, P.R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Clean Energy and Pollution Control, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, P.R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Clean Energy and Pollution Control, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, P.R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Clean Energy and Pollution Control, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, P.R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Clean Energy and Pollution Control, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, P.R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Clean Energy and Pollution Control, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, P.R. China
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Liu ZJ, Zhang WH, Yin MJ, Ren YH, An QF. Ion-crosslinking induced dynamic assembly of porous 3D graphene oxide framework for CO2 capture. Sep Purif Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Wu L, Jin T, Chen H, Shen Z, Zhou Y. Conductive materials as fantastic toolkits to stimulate direct interspecies electron transfer in anaerobic digestion: new insights into methanogenesis contribution, characterization technology, and downstream treatment. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 326:116732. [PMID: 36402020 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2022] [Revised: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) stimulated by conductive materials (CMs) enables intercellular metabolic coupling that can address the unfavorable thermodynamical dilemma inherent in anaerobic digestion (AD). Although the DIET mechanism and stimulation have been extensively summarized, the methanogenesis contribution, characterization techniques, and downstream processes of CMs-led DIET in AD are surprisingly under-reviewed. Therefore, this review aimed to address these gaps. First, the contribution of CMs-led DIET to methanogenesis was re-evaluated by comparing the effect of various factors, including volatile fatty acids, free ammonia, and functional enzymes. It was revealed that AD systems are usually intricate and cannot allow the methanogenesis stimulation to be singularly attributed to the establishment of DIET. Additionally, considerable attention has been attached to the characterization of DIET occurrence, involving species identification, gene expression, electrical properties, cellular features, and syntrophic metabolism, suggesting the significance of accurate characterization methods for identifying the syntrophic metabolism interactions. Moreover, the type of CMs has a significant impact on AD downstream processes involving biogas purity, sludge dewaterability, and biosolids management. Finally, the central bottleneck consists in building a mathematical model of DIET to explain the mechanism of DIET in a deeper level from kinetics and thermodynamics.
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- Linjun Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environment Sciences, Beijing 100012, PR China; Research Center of Environmental Pollution Control Engineering Technology, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, PR China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- China Construction Eco-environmental Group CO.,LTD, Beijing 100037, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Dongting Lake Aquatic Eco-Environmental Control and Restoration of Hunan Province, School of Hydraulic Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, 410114, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environment Sciences, Beijing 100012, PR China; Research Center of Environmental Pollution Control Engineering Technology, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environment Sciences, Beijing 100012, PR China; Research Center of Environmental Pollution Control Engineering Technology, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, PR China.
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Xiang W, Zhang X, Luo J, Li Y, Guo T, Gao B. Performance of lignin impregnated biochar on tetracycline hydrochloride adsorption: Governing factors and mechanisms. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 215:114339. [PMID: 36115417 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/10/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Corn stalk-based and wheat straw-based biochar were modified by lignin impregnation and applied to adsorb tetracycline hydrochloride (TCH) in wastewater. Porous properties of lignin impregnated biochar were improved and showed better adsorption performance for TCH. Lignin impregnated wheat straw biochar (WS-L) had the maximum adsorption capacity of 31.48 mg/g, which was 1.89 times compared to corresponding pristine biochar, because excellent pore structure developed via the lignin impregnation and carbonization. The adsorption behavior of TCH molecules on biochar could be interpreted well by two-step process, and it postulated to be a physical adsorption process based on pore filling, hydrogen bonding, π-π interaction, and electrostatic interactions. And cations including Na+, K+, Mg2+ and Al3+ could compete with TCH for adsorption, while Ca2+ could promote TCH adsorption by forming tetracycline-Ca2+ complexes. Maximum TCH adsorption occurred at pH of 7. The best performing lignin impregnated biochar was WS-L that demonstrated the biochar modulated by lignin had the potential to remove antibiotics from aqueous solutions.
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- Wei Xiang
- College of Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Industrial Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou, 221018, China
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- College of Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Industrial Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou, 221018, China.
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- College of Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Industrial Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou, 221018, China
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- College of Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Industrial Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou, 221018, China
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- College of Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Industrial Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou, 221018, China
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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Nunes IDS, Schnorr C, Perondi D, Godinho M, Diel JC, Machado LMM, Dalla Nora FB, Silva LFO, Dotto GL. Valorization of Different Fractions from Butiá Pomace by Pyrolysis: H 2 Generation and Use of the Biochars for CO 2 Capture. Molecules 2022; 27:7515. [PMID: 36364342 PMCID: PMC9658530 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27217515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
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This work valorizes butiá pomace (Butia capitata) using pyrolysis to prepare CO2 adsorbents. Different fractions of the pomace, like fibers, endocarps, almonds, and deoiled almonds, were characterized and later pyrolyzed at 700 °C. Gas, bio-oil, and biochar fractions were collected and characterized. The results revealed that biochar, bio-oil, and gas yields depended on the type of pomace fraction (fibers, endocarps, almonds, and deoiled almonds). The higher biochar yield was obtained by endocarps (31.9%wt.). Furthermore, the gas fraction generated at 700 °C presented an H2 content higher than 80%vol regardless of the butiá fraction used as raw material. The biochars presented specific surface areas reaching 220.4 m2 g-1. Additionally, the endocarp-derived biochar presented a CO2 adsorption capacity of 66.43 mg g-1 at 25 °C and 1 bar, showing that this material could be an effective adsorbent to capture this greenhouse gas. Moreover, this capacity was maintained for 5 cycles. Biochars produced from butiá precursors without activation resulted in a higher surface area and better performance than some activated carbons reported in the literature. The results highlighted that pyrolysis could provide a green solution for butiá agro-industrial wastes, generating H2 and an adsorbent for CO2.
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- Isaac dos S. Nunes
- Research Group on Adsorptive and Catalytic Process Engineering (ENGEPAC), Federal University of Santa Maria, Roraima Avenue, 1000-7, Santa Maria 97105–900, Brazil
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- Department of Natural and Exact Sciences, Universidad de la Costa, CUC, Calle 58 # 55–66, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia
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- Postgraduate Program in Engineering Processes and Technology, University of Caxias do Sul—UCS, Caxias do Sul 95070-560, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Engineering Processes and Technology, University of Caxias do Sul—UCS, Caxias do Sul 95070-560, Brazil
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- Research Group on Adsorptive and Catalytic Process Engineering (ENGEPAC), Federal University of Santa Maria, Roraima Avenue, 1000-7, Santa Maria 97105–900, Brazil
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- Research Group on Adsorptive and Catalytic Process Engineering (ENGEPAC), Federal University of Santa Maria, Roraima Avenue, 1000-7, Santa Maria 97105–900, Brazil
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- Research Group on Adsorptive and Catalytic Process Engineering (ENGEPAC), Federal University of Santa Maria, Roraima Avenue, 1000-7, Santa Maria 97105–900, Brazil
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- Department of Natural and Exact Sciences, Universidad de la Costa, CUC, Calle 58 # 55–66, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia
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- Research Group on Adsorptive and Catalytic Process Engineering (ENGEPAC), Federal University of Santa Maria, Roraima Avenue, 1000-7, Santa Maria 97105–900, Brazil
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Kumar A, Singh E, Mishra R, Lo SL, Kumar S. A green approach towards sorption of CO 2 on waste derived biochar. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 214:113954. [PMID: 35917975 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Carbon capture technologies have advanced in recent years to meet the ever-increasing quest to minimize excessive anthropogenic CO2 emissions. The most promising option for CO2 control has been identified as carbon capture and storage. Among the numerous sorbents, char generated from biomass thermal conversion has shown to be an efficient CO2 adsorbent. This study examines various characteristics that can be used to increase the yield of biochar suited for carbon sequestration. This review gives recent research progress in the area, stressing the variations and consequences of various preparation processes on textural features such as surface area, pore size and sorption performance with respect to CO2's sorption capacity. The adjoining gaps discovered in this field have also been highlighted herewith, which will serve as future work possibility. It aims to analyse and describe the possibilities and potential of employing pristine and modified biochar as a medium of CO2 capture. It also examines the parameters that influence biochar's CO2 adsorption ability and pertinent challenges regarding the production of biochar-based CO2 sorbent materials.
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- Aman Kumar
- CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, 440 020, Maharashtra, India; Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, 71 Chuo-Shan Rd., Taipei, 10673, Taiwan
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- CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, 440 020, Maharashtra, India; Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, 71 Chuo-Shan Rd., Taipei, 10673, Taiwan
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- CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, 440 020, Maharashtra, India
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- Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, 71 Chuo-Shan Rd., Taipei, 10673, Taiwan; Water Innovation, Low Carbon and Environmental Sustainability Research Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, 440 020, Maharashtra, India.
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Zhang X, Cao L, Xiang W, Xu Y, Gao B. Preparation and evaluation of fine-tuned micropore biochar by lignin impregnation for CO2 and VOCs adsorption. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Tian J, Ding X, Wang Q, Yang Y, Ma S, Hou Y, Huang Z, Liu L. Spontaneous Formation of Nitrogen - Doped Hierarchical Porous Microcrystalline Nanosheets with Improved CO2 Capture at Low and Medium Pressures. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Xiang W, Zhang X, Cao C, Quan G, Wang M, Zimmerman AR, Gao B. Microwave-assisted pyrolysis derived biochar for volatile organic compounds treatment: Characteristics and adsorption performance. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 355:127274. [PMID: 35533889 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Revised: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Biochar derived from corn stalk doping with activated carbon was produced by microwave-assisted pyrolysis and applied to sorb volatile organic compounds (VOCs: benzene and o-xylene). Specific surface area (SSA), total pore volume (TPV) and micropore volume (MV) of microwave biochar increased with increasing microwave power with the maximum values 325.2 m2·g-1, 0.181 mL·g-1 and 0.1420 mL·g-1, respectively. Adsorption capacities of benzene and o-xylene on microwave biochar ranged 6.82-54.75 mg·g-1 and 7.43-48.73 mg·g-1, which were separate positively related with SSA, TPV, and MV. Benzene adsorption was mainly dominated by surface interaction and partition mechanisms, while o-xylene adsorption was governed by pore filling. The adsorption capacities of microwave biochar for benzene and o-xylene decreased by only 0.30% and 0.99% on the 5th cycle that illustrated the reasonably good reusability of microwave biochar. The results of this research demonstrate that microwave biochar is a promising adsorbent for VOCs removal.
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- Wei Xiang
- School of Environmental Engineering, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou 221018, China
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- School of Environmental Engineering, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou 221018, China.
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- School of Environmental Engineering, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou 221018, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng 224051, China
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- Xuzhou Environmental Monitoring Center of Jiangsu Province, Xuzhou 221018, China
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- Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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Chen L, Jiang X, Chen W, Dai Z, Wu J, Ma S, Jiang W. H2O2-assisted self-template synthesis of N-doped biochar with interconnected mesopore for efficient H2S removal. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Improved Method for Preparing Nanospheres from Pomelo Peel to Achieve High Graphitization at a Low Temperature. CRYSTALS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst12030403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Biomass waste is a valuable resource that can be recovered, reused, and is renewable. However, converting biomass waste to a high degree of order is a bigger challenge, and graphitization at low temperatures is even more difficult. This paper proposes an improved method (Ni element catalysis) for highly graphitizing pomelo peel at low temperatures (750 –900 °C). In this paper, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) were used to study the method and the effect of temperature on structural changes during graphitization. Under the improved method, pomelo peel was transformed into nano-spherical graphitized material. The degree of graphitization reached 80.23% at 900 °C, which was 31.39% higher than that of the traditional method. Furthermore, through HRTEM, the lattice fringe spacing was observed to be 0.337 nm, which is between pure graphite (0.3354 nm) and amorphous graphite (0.3440 nm). In this paper, the improved method can obtain highly graphitized nanospheres at low temperatures, thus reducing energy consumption, reducing environmental pollution, and promoting sustainable development.
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