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Doan Trang T, Lee J, Oh WD, Kwon E, Wang H, Fai Tsang Y, Munagapati VS, Yang H, Chen WH, Andrew Lin KY. Hollow-Structured N-doped carbon-embedded CoFe NanoAlloy for boosting activation of Monopersulfate: Engineered interface and heteroatom Doping-Induced enhancements. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 652:1028-1042. [PMID: 37639925 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.08.091] [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: 06/21/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
Abstract
While transition metals are useful for activating monopersulfate (MPS) to degrade contaminants, bimetallic alloys exhibit stronger catalytic activities owing to several favorable effects. Therefore, even though Co is an efficient metal for MPS activation, CoFe alloys are even more promising heterogeneous catalysts for MPS activation. Immobilization/embedment of CoFe alloy nanoparticles (NPs) onto hetero-atom-doped carbon matrices appears as a practical strategy for evenly dispersing CoFe NPs and enhancing catalytic activities via interfacial synergies between CoFe and carbon. Herein, N-doped carbon-embedded CoFe alloy (NCCF) is fabricated here to exhibit a unique hollow-engineered nanostructure and the composition of CoFe alloy by using Co-ZIF as a precursor after the facile etching and Fe doping. The Fe dopant embeds CoFe alloy NPs into the hollow-structured N-doped carbon substrate, enabling NCCF to possess the higher mesoscale porosity, active N species as well as more superior electrochemical properties than its analogue without Fe dopants, carbon matrix-supported cobalt (NCCo). Thus, NCCF exhibits a considerably larger activity than NCCo and the benchmark catalyst, Co3O4 NP, for MPS activation to degrade an environmental hormone, dihydroxydiphenyl ketone (DHPK). Besides, NCCF + MPS shows an even lower activation energy for DHPK degradation than literatures, and retains its high efficiency for eliminating DHPK in different water media. DHPK degradation pathway and ecotoxicity assessment are unraveled based on the insights from the computational chemistry, demonstrating that DHPK degradation by NCCF + MPS did not result in the formation of toxic and highly toxic by-products. These features make NCCF a promising heterogeneous catalyst for MPS activation to degrade DHPK.
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- Tran Doan Trang
- Department of Environmental Engineering & Innovation and Development Center of Sustainable Agriculture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Global Smart City & School of Civil, Architectural Engineering, and Landscape Architecture, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
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- Department of earth resources and environmental engineering, Hanyang University, SeongDong-Gu, Seoul, Korea
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, New Territories 999077, Hong Kong
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- Research Centre for Soil & Water Resources and Natural Disaster Prevention (SWAN), National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou, Yunlin 64002, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
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- Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan; Research Center for Smart Sustainable Circular Economy, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan; Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 411, Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental Engineering & Innovation and Development Center of Sustainable Agriculture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; Institute of Analytical and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
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Feng C, Liu S, Tan X, Dai M, Chen Q, Huang X. Polydopamine-modified MOF-5-derived carbon as persulfate activator for aniline aerofloat degradation. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 345:140436. [PMID: 37838028 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140436] [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: 07/13/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/16/2023]
Abstract
Residual flotation chemicals in beneficiation wastewater seriously threaten local ecosystems, such as groundwater or soil, and must be treated effectively. Currently, the degradation of organic pollutants using nitrided MOFs-derived carbon to activate persulfate (PDS) has attracted considerable attention. Hence, we developed a new synthetic strategy to load dopamine hydrochloride (PDA) onto MOF-5-derived porous carbon (PC) to form NPC, and the degradation of a typical flotation Aniline aerofloat (AAF) at high salinity by a low dose of the NPC/PDS system was investigated. Several characterization analyses such as TEM, XRD, Raman, FT-IR and XPS demonstrated that the nitrogen-rich indolequinone unit in PDA provided nitrogen to PC during the pyrolysis process. This enabled the core-shell structure of NPC and the synergy among the multiple components to induce the AAF degradation by PDS over a wide pH scale in a short period of time. It was deduced that the degradation of AAF by the NPC-8/PDS system was a non-radical pathway dominated by 1O2, which relied mainly on the conversion of superoxide radicals (O2•-) and surface-bound radicals. Among them, the pyridine N in the sp2 hybrid carbon was considered as a possible active site. This non-radical pathway was resistant to pH changes and background substances in the water, and well overcame the inhibition of the reaction by natural organic substances and inorganic anions in natural water. In this study, A novel approach to the synthesis of homogeneous MOFs nuclear-derived porous carbon was proposed and the application of MOFs-derived porous carbon for AAF remediation of mineral processing wastewater was broadened.
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- Chenzhi Feng
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, PR China
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- School of Architecture and Art, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, PR China; Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University, Shenzhen 518055, PR China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, PR China
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Khiem TC, Huy NN, Trang TD, Wen JC, Kwon E, Chang HC, Hu C, Duan X, Lin KYA. Boosting elimination of sunscreen, Tetrahydroxybenzophenone (BP-2), from water using monopersulfate activated by thorny NanoBox of Co@C prepared via the engineered etching strategy: A comparative and mechanistic investigation. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 327:138469. [PMID: 36963579 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138469] [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: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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As sunscreens, benzophenones (BPs), are regarded as emerging contaminants, most of studies are focused on removal of 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone (BP-3), which, however, has been employed for protecting skin. Another major class of BPs, which is used to prevent UV-induce degradation in various products, is completely neglected. Thus, this present study aims to develop a useful advanced oxidation process (AOP) for the first time to eliminate such a class of BP sunscreens from contaminated water. Specifically, 2,2',4,4'-Tetrahydroxybenzophenone (BP-2) would be focused here as BP-2 is intensively used in perfumes, lipsticks, and plastics for preventing the UV-induced degradation. As monopersulfate (MPS)-based AOP is practical for degrading emerging contaminants, a facile nanostructured cobalt-based material is then developed for maximizing catalytic activities of MPS activation by immobilizing Co nanoparticles onto carbon substrates. In particular, ZIF-67 is employed as a template, followed by the etching and carbonization treatments to afford the thorny nanobox of Co@C (TNBCC) with the hollow-nanostructure. In comparison to the solid (non-hollow) nanocube of Co@C (NCCC) from the direct carbonization of ZIF-67, TNBCC possesses not only the excellent textural features, but also superior electrochemical properties and highly reactive surfaces, making TNBCC exhibit the significantly higher catalytic activity than NCCC as well as Co3O4 in activating MPS to degrade BP-2. Mechanisms of BP-2 degradation are also elucidated and ascribed to both radical and non-radical routes. These advantageous features make TNBCC a useful catalyst of activating MPS in BP-2 degradation.
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- Ta Cong Khiem
- Department of Environmental Engineering & Innovation and Development Center of Sustainable Agriculture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Viet Nam; Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Viet Nam
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- Department of Environmental Engineering & Innovation and Development Center of Sustainable Agriculture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu, Yunlin County, Taiwan
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, SeongDong-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Da'an Dist., Taipei City, 106, Taiwan.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Department of Environmental Engineering & Innovation and Development Center of Sustainable Agriculture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan.
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Jiang XY, Kwon E, Wen JC, Bedia J, Thanh BX, Ghotekar S, Lee J, Tsai YC, Ebrahimi A, Lin KYA. Direct growth of nano-worm-like Cu 2S on copper mesh as a hierarchical 3D catalyst for Fenton-like degradation of an imidazolium room-temperature ionic liquid in water. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 638:39-53. [PMID: 36731217 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.01.029] [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: 11/10/2022] [Revised: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
The increasing consumption of room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) inevitably releases RTILs into the water environment, posing serious threats to aquatic ecology due to the toxicities of RTILs. Thus, urgent needs are necessitated for developing useful processes for removing RTILs from water, and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (C4mimCl), the most common RTIL, would be the most representative RTIL for studying the removal of RTILs from water. As advanced oxidation processes with hydrogen peroxide (HP) are validated as useful approaches for eliminating emerging contaminants, developing advantageous heterogeneous catalysts for activating HP is the key to the successful degradation of C4mim. Herein, a hierarchical structure is fabricated by growing Cu2S on copper mesh (CSCM) utilizing CM as a Cu source. Compared to its precursor, CuO@CM, this CSCM exhibited tremendously higher catalytic activity for catalyzing HP to degrade C4mim efficiently because CSCM exhibits much more superior electrochemical properties and reactive sites, allowing CSCM to degrade C4mim rapidly. CSCM also exhibits a smaller Ea of C4mim elimination than all values in the literature. CSCM also shows a high capacity and stability for activating HP to degrade C4mim in the presence of NaCl and seawater. Besides, the mechanistic investigation of C4mim elimination by CSCM-activated HP has also been clarified and ascribed to OH and 1O2. The elimination route could also be examined and disclosed in detail through the quantum computational chemistry, confirming that CSCM is a useful catalyst for catalyzing HP to degrade RTILs.
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- Xin-Yu Jiang
- Department of Environmental Engineering & Innovation and Development Center of Sustainable Agriculture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, SeongDong-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu, Yunlin County, Taiwan
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Campus Cantoblanco, Madrid E-28049, Spain
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- Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Viet Nam
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- Department of Chemistry, Smt. Devkiba Mohansinhji Chauhan College of Commerce & Science, University of Mumbai, Silvassa 396 230, Dadra and Nagar Haveli (UT), India
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- Department of Global Smart City & School of Civil, Architectural Engineering, and Landscape Architecture, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering & Innovation and Development Center of Sustainable Agriculture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; Environment Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Engineering & Innovation and Development Center of Sustainable Agriculture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan.
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Metal-organic framework derived FeNi alloy nanoparticles embedded in N-doped porous carbon as high-performance bifunctional air-cathode catalysts for rechargeable zinc-air battery. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 641:265-276. [PMID: 36933472 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.03.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
Abstract
Developing efficient and durable bifunctional air-cathode catalysts for both oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is one of the key efforts promoting the practical rechargeable zinc-air batteries (ZABs). In this paper, high-performance bifunctional air-cathode catalysts by a two-step strategy: atomically dispersed Ni on N-doped carbon is first derived from MOF to form uniformly dispersed NiNC, which are pyrolyzed together with Fe source at different high-temperatures to form FeNi@NC-T (T = 800, 900, and 1000 °C) catalysts. The as-synthesized non-noble metal FeNi@NC-900 catalyst exhibits a considerably small potential gap (ΔE) of 0.72 V between ORR and OER, which is as the same as commercial noble metal Pt/C + Ir black mixed catalyst. The performance of the ZABs using FeNi@NC-900 as the air-cathode catalyst displays a power density of 119 mW·cm-2 and a specific capacity of 830.1 mAh·g-1, which is superior to that of Pt/C + Ir black mixed catalyst. This work provides a guideline for designing alloy electrocatalysts with uniform size and nanoparticle distribution for metal-air batteries with bifunctional air-cathodes.
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Mao PH, Kwon E, Chang HC, Bui HM, Phattarapattamawong S, Tsai YC, Lin KYA, Ebrahimi A, Yee YF, Yuan MH. Modulating Direct Growth of Copper Cobaltite Nanostructure on Copper Mesh as a Hierarchical Catalyst of Oxone Activation for Efficient Elimination of Azo Toxicant. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:4396. [PMID: 36558250 PMCID: PMC9853330 DOI: 10.3390/nano12244396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
As cobalt (Co) has been the most useful element for activating Oxone to generate SO4•-, this study aims to develop a hierarchical catalyst with nanoscale functionality and macroscale convenience by decorating nanoscale Co-based oxides on macroscale supports. Specifically, a facile protocol is proposed by utilizing Cu mesh itself as a Cu source for fabricating CuCo2O4 on Cu mesh. By changing the dosages of the Co precursor and carbamide, various nanostructures of CuCo2O4 grown on a Cu mesh can be afforded, including nanoscale needles, flowers, and sheets. Even though the Cu mesh itself can be also transformed to a Cu-Oxide mesh, the growth of CuCo2O4 on the Cu mesh significantly improves its physical, chemical, and electrochemical properties, making these CuCo2O4@Cu meshes much more superior catalysts for activating Oxone to degrade the Azo toxicant, Acid Red 27. More interestingly, the flower-like CuCo2O4@Cu mesh exhibits a higher specific surface area and more superior electrochemical performance, enabling the flower-like CuCo2O4@Cu mesh to show the highest catalytic activity for Oxone activation to degrade Acid Red 27. The flower-like CuCo2O4@Cu mesh also exhibits a much lower Ea of Acid Red 27 degradation than the reported catalysts. These results demonstrate that CuCo2O4@Cu meshes are advantageous heterogeneous catalysts for Oxone activation, and especially, the flower-like CuCo2O4@Cu mesh appears as the most effective CuCo2O4@Cu mesh to eliminate the toxic Acid Red 27.
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- Po-Hsin Mao
- Department of Environmental Engineering & Innovation and Development Center of Sustainable Agriculture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, SeongDong-Gu, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Saigon University, Ho Chi Minh 700000, Vietnam
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- Department of Environmental Engineering & Innovation and Development Center of Sustainable Agriculture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental Engineering & Innovation and Development Center of Sustainable Agriculture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Environment Research Center, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan, Isfahan 81746-73461, Iran
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- School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 14300, Malaysia
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- Department of Occupational Safety and Health, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan
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