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Li YW, Li SZ, Zhao MB, Liu LY, Zhang ZF, Ma WL. Acid-induced tubular g-C 3N 4 for the selective generation of singlet oxygen by energy transfer: Implications for the photocatalytic degradation of parabens in real water environments. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 896:165316. [PMID: 37414160 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
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Parabens are widely present in aquatic environments and pose potential health risk. Although great progress has been made in the field of the photocatalytic degradation of parabens, the powerful Coulomb interactions between electrons and holes are the major limitations to photocatalytic performance. Hence, acid-induced tubular g-C3N4 (AcTCN) was prepared and applied for the removal of parabens from a real water environment. AcTCN not only increased the specific surface area and light absorption capacity, but also selectively generated 1O2 via an energy transfer-mediated oxygen activation pathway. The 1O2 yield of AcTCN was 11.8 times higher than that of g-C3N4. AcTCN exhibited remarkable removal efficiencies for parabens depending on the length of the alkyl group. Furthermore, the rate constants (k values) of parabens in ultrapure water were higher than those in tap and river water because of the presence of organic and inorganic species in real water environments. Two possible pathways for the photocatalytic degradation of parabens are proposed based on the identification of intermediates and theoretical calculations. In summary, this study offers theoretical support for the efficient enhancement of the photocatalytic performance of g-C3N4 for the removal of parabens in real water environments.
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- Yu-Wei Li
- International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China; Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Polar Environment and Ecosystem (HPKL-PEE), Harbin 150090, China
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- International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China; Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Polar Environment and Ecosystem (HPKL-PEE), Harbin 150090, China
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- International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China; Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Polar Environment and Ecosystem (HPKL-PEE), Harbin 150090, China
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- International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China; Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Polar Environment and Ecosystem (HPKL-PEE), Harbin 150090, China
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- International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China; Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Polar Environment and Ecosystem (HPKL-PEE), Harbin 150090, China
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- International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China; Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Polar Environment and Ecosystem (HPKL-PEE), Harbin 150090, China.
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Walker PJ. Toward Advanced, Predictive Mixing Rules in SAFT Equations of State. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c03464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Pierre J. Walker
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California91125, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, LondonSW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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van Westen T, Gross J. Double-Hard-Sphere perturbation theory: a perturbation theory that is less dependent on the value of the hard-sphere diameter. Mol Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2022.2059410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Thijs van Westen
- Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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van Westen T, Hammer M, Hafskjold B, Aasen A, Gross J, Wilhelmsen Ø. Perturbation theories for fluids with short-ranged attractive forces: A case study of the Lennard-Jones spline fluid. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:104504. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0082690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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It is generally not straightforward to apply molecular-thermodynamic theories to fluids with short-ranged attractive forces between their constituent molecules (or particles). This especially applies to perturbation theories, which, for short-ranged attractive fluids, typically must be extended to high order or may not converge at all. Here, we show that a recent first-order perturbation theory, the uv-theory, holds promise for describing such fluids. As a case study, we apply the uv-theory to a fluid with pair interactions defined by the Lennard-Jones spline potential, which is a short-ranged version of the LJ potential that is known to provide a challenge for equation-of-state development. The results of the uv-theory are compared to those of third-order Barker–Henderson and fourth-order Weeks–Chandler–Andersen perturbation theories, which are implemented using Monte Carlo simulation results for the respective perturbation terms. Theoretical predictions are compared to an extensive dataset of molecular simulation results from this (and previous) work, including vapor–liquid equilibria, first- and second-order derivative properties, the critical region, and metastable states. The uv-theory proves superior for all properties examined. An especially accurate description of metastable vapor and liquid states is obtained, which might prove valuable for future applications of the equation-of-state model to inhomogeneous phases or nucleation processes. Although the uv-theory is analytic, it accurately describes molecular simulation results for both the critical point and the binodal up to at least 99% of the critical temperature. This suggests that the difficulties typically encountered in describing the vapor–liquid critical region are only to a small extent caused by non-analyticity.
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- Thijs van Westen
- Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 9, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Gas Technology, SINTEF Energy Research, NO-7465 Trondheim, Norway
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- Porelab, Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Gas Technology, SINTEF Energy Research, NO-7465 Trondheim, Norway
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- Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 9, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Porelab, Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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van Westen T, Gross J. Accurate thermodynamics of simple fluids and chain fluids based on first-order perturbation theory and second virial coefficients: uv-theory. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:244501. [PMID: 34972377 DOI: 10.1063/5.0073572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We develop a simplification of our recently proposed uf-theory for describing the thermodynamics of simple fluids and fluids comprising short chain molecules. In its original form, the uf-theory interpolates the Helmholtz energy between a first-order f-expansion and first-order u-expansion as (effective) lower and upper bounds. We here replace the f-bound by a new, tighter (effective) lower bound. The resulting equation of state interpolates between a first-order u-expansion at high densities and another first-order u-expansion that is modified to recover the exact second virial coefficient at low densities. The theory merely requires the Helmholtz energy of the reference fluid, the first-order u-perturbation term, and the total perturbation contribution to the second virial coefficient as input. The revised theory-referred to as uv-theory-is thus simpler than the uf-theory but leads to similar accuracy, as we show for fluids with intermolecular pair interactions governed by a Mie potential. The uv-theory is thereby easier to extend to fluid mixtures and provides more flexibility in extending the model to non-spherical or chain-like molecules. The usefulness of the uv-theory for developing equation-of-state models of non-spherical molecules is here exemplified by developing an equation of state for Lennard-Jones dimers.
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- Thijs van Westen
- Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 9, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 9, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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van Westen T. Algebraic second virial coefficient of the Mie m - 6 intermolecular potential based on perturbation theory. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:234502. [PMID: 34241261 DOI: 10.1063/5.0050659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We propose several simple algebraic approximations for the second virial coefficient of fluids whose molecules interact by a generic Mie m - 6 intermolecular pair potential. In line with a perturbation theory, the parametric equations are formulated as the sum of a contribution due to a reference part of the intermolecular potential and a perturbation. Thereby, the equations provide a convenient (low-density) starting point for developing equation-of-state models of fluids or for developing similar approximations for the virial coefficient of (polymeric-)chain fluids. The choice of Barker and Henderson [J. Chem. Phys. 47, 4714 (1967)] and Weeks, Chandler, and Andersen [Phys. Rev. Lett. 25, 149 (1970); J. Chem. Phys. 54, 5237 (1971); and Phys. Rev. A 4, 1597 (1971)] for the reference part of the potential is considered. Our analytic approximations correctly recover the virial coefficient of the inverse-power potential of exponent m in the high-temperature limit and provide accurate estimates of the temperatures for which the virial coefficient equals zero or takes on its maximum value. Our description of the reference contribution to the second virial coefficient follows from an exact mapping onto the second virial coefficient of hard spheres; we propose a simple algebraic equation for the corresponding effective diameter of the hard spheres, which correctly recovers the low- and high-temperature scaling and limits of the reference fluid's second virial coefficient.
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- Thijs van Westen
- Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 9, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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