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Pu X, Zhang J, He J, Ai Z, He X, Zhou X, Tong S, Dai X, Wu Q, Hu J, He J, Wang H, Wang W, Liao J, Zhang L. Discovery of a novel flavonol O-methyltransferase possessing sequential 4'- and 7-O-methyltransferase activity from Camptotheca acuminata Decne. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 266:131381. [PMID: 38580009 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2024] [Revised: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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The biosynthetic route for flavonol in Camptotheca acuminata has been recently elucidated from a chemical point of view. However, the genes involved in flavonol methylation remain unclear. It is a critical step for fully uncovering the flavonol metabolism in this ancient plant. In this study, the multi-omics resource of this plant was utilized to perform flavonol O-methyltransferase-oriented mining and screening. Two genes, CaFOMT1 and CaFOMT2 are identified, and their recombinant CaFOMT proteins are purified to homogeneity. CaFOMT1 exhibits strict substrate and catalytic position specificity for quercetin, and selectively methylates only the 4'-OH group. CaFOMT2 possesses sequential O-methyltransferase activity for the 4'-OH and 7-OH of quercetin. These CaFOMT genes are enriched in the leaf and root tissues. The catalytic dyad and critical substrate-binding sites of the CaFOMTs are determined by molecular docking and further verified through site-mutation experiments. PHE181 and MET185 are designated as the critical sites for flavonol substrate selectivity. Genomic environment analysis indicates that CaFOMTs evolved independently and that their ancestral genes are different from that of the known Ca10OMT. This study provides molecular insights into the substrate-binding pockets of two new CaFOMTs responsible for flavonol metabolism in C. acuminata.
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- Xiang Pu
- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625104, China; Featured Medicinal Plants Sharing and Service Platform of Sichuan Province, Ya'an 625104, China.
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625104, China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625104, China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625104, China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625104, China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625104, China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625104, China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625104, China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625104, China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625104, China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625104, China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625104, China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625104, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625104, China; Featured Medicinal Plants Sharing and Service Platform of Sichuan Province, Ya'an 625104, China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625104, China; Featured Medicinal Plants Sharing and Service Platform of Sichuan Province, Ya'an 625104, China.
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Zhang Y, Li D, She L, Guo F, Jia F, Zhang L, Ai Z, Liu X. Ball-milled zero-valent iron with formic acid for effectively removing Cu(II)-EDTA accomplished by EDTA ligands oxidative degradation and Cu(II) removal. J Hazard Mater 2024; 465:133009. [PMID: 38029587 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.133009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Heavy metal complexes in industrial wastewater are challenging to be removed by conventional methods arising from their stable chelating structure. In this study, zero-valent iron (ZVI) was ball-milled with tiny formic acid (FA), and the as-prepared sample (FA-ZVIbm) was attempted to eliminate a model heavy metal complex of Cu(II)-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (Cu(II)-EDTA). The addition of FA to ball-milling could dramatically enhance the performance of ball-milled ZVI (ZVIbm) towards Cu(II)-EDTA removal and increase the removal rate constant by 80 times. This conspicuous improvement of Cu(II)-EDTA elimination was attributed to the ferrous formate (Fe(HCOO)2) shell formed on the surface of FA-ZVIbm. Results revealed that the Fe(HCOO)2 shell facilitated the activation of O2 to reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the leaching of Fe3+. Cu(II)-EDTA was decomplexed through both oxidative destruction and Fe3+ replacement, and the released Cu2+ was reduced by FA-ZVIbm and immobilized synchronously. Meanwhile, the ligands underwent oxidative degradation by ROS, thus avoiding the re-chelation ecological risk. Impressively, FA-ZVIbm could achieve cyclic treatment of actual copper complex wastewater and possessed promising advantage in treatment cost. This study would offer a promising approach for eliminating Cu(II)-EDTA through EDTA ligands degradation and synchronous Cu(II) removal, moreover to shed light on the decomplexation mechanism.
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- Yuhang Zhang
- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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Guo F, Mao C, Liang C, Xing P, Yu L, Shi Y, Cao S, Wang F, Liu X, Ai Z, Zhang L. Triangle Cl-Ag 1 -Cl Sites for Superior Photocatalytic Molecular Oxygen Activation and NO Oxidation of BiOCl. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023:e202314243. [PMID: 37874325 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202314243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Revised: 10/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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BiOCl photocatalysis shows great promise for molecular oxygen activation and NO oxidation, but its selective transformation of NO to immobilized nitrate without toxic NO2 emission is still a great challenge, because of uncontrollable reaction intermediates and pathways. In this study, we demonstrate that the introduction of triangle Cl-Ag1 -Cl sites on a Cl-terminated, (001) facet-exposed BiOCl can selectively promote one-electron activation of reactant molecular oxygen to intermediate superoxide radicals (⋅O2 - ), and also shift the adsorption configuration of product NO3 - from the weak monodentate binding mode to a strong bidentate mode to avoid unfavorable photolysis. By simultaneously tuning intermediates and products, the Cl-Ag1 -Cl-landen BiOCl achieved >90 % NO conversion to favorable NO3 - of high selectivity (>97 %) in 10 min under visible light, with the undesired NO2 concentration below 20 ppb. Both the activity and the selectivity of Cl-Ag1 -Cl sites surpass those of BiOCl surface sites (38 % NO conversion, 67 % NO3 - selectivity) or control O-Ag1 -O sites on a benchmark photocatalyst P25 (67 % NO conversion and 87 % NO3 - selectivity). This study develops new single-atom sites for the performance enhancement of semiconductor photocatalysts, and also provides a facile pathway to manipulate the reactive oxygen species production for efficient pollutant removal.
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- Furong Guo
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Departments of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Department School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
- Department School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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Gu H, Lan J, Hu H, Jia F, Ai Z, Zhang L, Liu X. Surface oxygen vacancy-dependent molecular oxygen activation for propane combustion over α-MnO 2. J Hazard Mater 2023; 460:132499. [PMID: 37683342 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2023] [Revised: 08/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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Oxygen vacancies (OV), as the sites of molecular oxygen adsorption and activation, play an important role in the catalytic combustion process of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Revealing the relationship between OV concentration and molecular oxygen activation behavior is of significance to construct the efficient catalysts. Herein, α-MnO2 with different OV concentrations was prepared to investigate the molecular oxygen activation for C3H8 combustion. It is disclosed that the enhanced OV concentration in α-MnO2 induced the reconfiguration of surface metal atoms, resulting in the transformation of oxygen activation configuration from end-on mode to side-on mode. Oxygen molecules in side-on mode possessed more localized electron density and weaker coordination bond strength with surrounding Mn atoms, which were more favorable to adsorb C3H8 molecules and activate C-H bond for the improved combustion performance. This work provides a new understanding to reveal that the increased OV concentration contributes to more efficient VOCs combustion.
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- Huayu Gu
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
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Li M, Li H, Ling C, Shang H, Wang H, Zhao S, Liang C, Mao C, Guo F, Zhou B, Ai Z, Zhang L. Highly selective synthesis of surface Fe IV=O with nanoscale zero-valent iron and chlorite for efficient oxygen transfer reactions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2304562120. [PMID: 37695890 PMCID: PMC10515137 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2304562120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023] Open
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High-valent iron-oxo species (FeIV=O) has been a long-sought-after oxygen transfer reagent in biological and catalytic chemistry but suffers from a giant challenge in its gentle and selective synthesis. Herein, we propose a new strategy to synthesize surface FeIV=O (≡FeIV=O) on nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) using chlorite (ClO2-) as the oxidant, which possesses an impressive ≡FeIV=O selectivity of 99%. ≡FeIV=O can be energetically formed from the ferrous (FeII) sites on nZVI through heterolytic Cl-O bond dissociation of ClO2- via a synergistic effect between electron-donating surface ≡FeII and proximal electron-withdrawing H2O, where H2O serves as a hydrogen-bond donor to the terminal O atom of the adsorbed ClO2- thereby prompting the polarization and cleavage of Cl-O bond for the oxidation of ≡FeII toward the final formation of ≡FeIV=O. With methyl phenyl sulfoxide (PMS16O) as the probe molecule, the isotopic labeling experiment manifests an exclusive 18O transfer from Cl18O2- to PMS16O18O mediated by ≡FeIV=18O. We then showcase the versatility of ≡FeIV=O as the oxygen transfer reagent in activating the C-H bond of methane for methanol production and facilitating selective triphenylphosphine oxide synthesis with triphenylphosphine. We believe that this new ≡FeIV=O synthesis strategy possesses great potential to drive oxygen transfer for efficient high-value-added chemical synthesis.
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- Meiqi Li
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan430079, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan430079, China
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, China
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Chen Z, Li H, Shang H, Liu X, Guo F, Liu X, Yu L, Zhou B, Liu X, Shi Y, Zhang L, Ai Z. Oxalate-Promoted SO 2 Uptake and Oxidation on Iron Minerals: Implications for Secondary Sulfate Aerosol Formation. Environ Sci Technol 2023; 57:13559-13568. [PMID: 37647604 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Mineral dust serves as a significant source of sulfate aerosols by mediating heterogeneous sulfur dioxide (SO2) oxidation in the atmosphere. Given that a considerable proportion of small organic acids are deposited onto mineral dust via long-range transportation, understanding their impact on atmospheric SO2 transformation and sulfate formation is of great importance. This study investigates the effect of oxalate on heterogeneous SO2 uptake and oxidation phenomenon by in situ FTIR, theoretical calculation, and continuous stream experiments, exploiting hematite (Fe2O3) as an environmental indicator. The results highlight the critical role of naturally deposited oxalate in mononuclear monodentate coordinating surface Fe atoms of Fe2O3 that enhances the activation of O2 for oxidizing SO2 into sulfate. Meanwhile, oxalate increases the hygroscopicity of Fe2O3, facilitating H2O dissociation into reactive hydroxyl groups and further augmenting the SO2 uptake capacity of Fe2O3. More importantly, other conventional iron minerals, such as goethite and magnetite, as well as authentic iron-containing mineral dust, exhibit similar oxalate-promoted sulfate accumulation behaviors. Our findings suggest that oxalate-assisted SO2 oxidation on iron minerals is one of the important contributors to secondary sulfate aerosols, especially during the nighttime with high relative humidity.
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- Ziyue Chen
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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Pu X, Chen M, Lei M, Lin X, Zhang J, Ai Z, He J, Liu Y, Yang S, Wang H, Liao J, Zhang L, Huang Q. Discovery of unique CYP716C oxidase involved in pentacyclic triterpene biosynthesis from Camptotheca acuminata. Plant Physiol Biochem 2023; 202:107929. [PMID: 37542826 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 07/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/07/2023]
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Dozens of triterpenes have been isolated from Camptotheca acuminata, however, triterpene metabolism in this plant remains poorly understood. The common C28 carboxy located in the oleanane-type and ursane-type triterpenes indicates the existence of a functionally active triterpene, C28 oxidase, in this plant. Thorough mining and screening of the CYP716 genes were initiated using the multi-omics database for C. acuminata. Two CYP716A (CYP716A394 and CYP716A395) and three CYP716C (CYP716C80-CYP716C82) were identified based on conserved domain analyses and hierarchical cluster analyses. CYP716 microsomal proteins were prepared and their enzymatic activities were evaluated in vitro. The CYP716 classified into the CYP716C subfamily displays β-amyrin oxidation activity, and CYP716A displays α-amyrin and lupeol oxidation activity, based on gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses. The oxidation products were determined based on their mass and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrums. The optimum reaction conditions and kinetic parameters for CYP716C were determined, and functions were verified in Nicotiana benthaminana. Relative quantitative analyses revealed that these CYP716C genes were enriched in the leaves of C. acuminata plantlets after 60 d. These results indicate that CYP716C plays a dominant role in oleanane-type triterpene metabolism in the leaves of C. acuminata via a substrate-specific manner, and CYP716A is responsible for ursane- and lupane-type triterpene metabolism in fruit. This study provides valuable insights into the unique CYP716C-mediated oxidation step of pentacyclic triterpene biosynthesis in C. acuminata.
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- Xiang Pu
- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625104, PR China.
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625104, PR China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625104, PR China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625104, PR China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625104, PR China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625104, PR China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625104, PR China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625104, PR China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625104, PR China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625104, PR China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625104, PR China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625104, PR China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625104, PR China.
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Zhang X, Sun H, Shi Y, Ling C, Li M, Liang C, Jia F, Liu X, Zhang L, Ai Z. Oxalated zero valent iron enables highly efficient heterogeneous Fenton reaction by self-adapting pH and accelerating proton cycle. Water Res 2023; 235:119828. [PMID: 36905733 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Revised: 02/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Heterogeneous Fenton reactions of zero-valent iron (ZVI) requires the sufficient release of Fe(II) to catalyze the H2O2 decomposition. However, the rate-limiting step of proton transfer through the passivation layer of ZVI restricted the Fe(II) release via Fe0 core corrosion. Herein we modified the shell of ZVI with highly proton-conductive FeC2O4·2H2O by ball-milling (OA-ZVIbm), and demonstrated its high heterogeneous Fenton performance of thiamphenicol (TAP) removal, with 500 times enhancement of the rate constant. More importantly, the OA-ZVIbm/H2O2 showed little attenuation of the Fenton activity during 13 successive cycles, and was applicable across a wide pH range of 3.5-9.5. Interestingly, the OA-ZVIbm/H2O2 reaction showed pH self-adapting ability, which initially reduced and then sustained the solution pH in the range of 3.5-5.2. The abundant intrinsic surface Fe(II) of OA-ZVIbm (45.54% vs. 27.52% in ZVIbm, according to Fe 2p XPS profiles) was oxidized by H2O2 and hydrolyzed to generate protons, and the FeC2O4·2H2O shell favored the fast transfer of protons to inner Fe0, therefore, the consumption-regeneration cycle of protons were accelerated to drove the production of Fe(II) for Fenton reactions, demonstrated by the more prominent H2 evolution and nearly 100% H2O2 decomposition by OA-ZVIbm. Furthermore, the FeC2O4·2H2O shell was stable and slightly decreased from 1.9% to 1.7% after the Fenton reaction. This study clarified the significance of proton transfer on the reactivity of ZVI, and provided an efficient strategy to achieve the highly efficient and robust heterogeneous Fenton reaction of ZVI for pollution control.
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- Xu Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
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Quan F, Wu B, Guo Y, Zhang X, Shen W, Jia F, Liu X, Ai Z, Zhang L. Electrochemical removal of gaseous benzene using a flow-through reactor with efficient and ultra-stable titanium suboxide/titanium-foam anode at ambient temperature. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 645:533-541. [PMID: 37163799 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.04.160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Catalytic oxidation technology is currently considered as a feasible approach to degrade and mineralize volatile organic compounds (VOCs). However, it is still challenging to realize efficient removal of VOCs through catalytic oxidation at room temperature. In our study, a novel flow-through electrocatalytic reactor was designed, composed of porous solid-electrolyte, gas-permeable titanium sub-oxides/titanium-foam (TiSO/Ti-foam) as anode and platinum coated titanium foam (Pt/Ti-foam) as cathode. This device could oxidize nearly 100% of benzene (10 ppm) to carbon dioxide at a current density of 1.2 mA/cm2 under room temperature. More importantly, the device maintained excellent stability over 1000 h. Mechanism of benzene mineralization was discussed. Hydroxyl radicals generated on the TiSO/Ti-foam anode played a crucial role in the oxidation of benzene. This study provides a promising prototype of the electrochemical air purifier, and may find its application in domestic and industrial air pollution control.
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- Fengjiao Quan
- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China; College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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Liang C, Sun H, Ling C, Liu X, Li M, Zhang X, Guo F, Zhang X, Shi Y, Cao S, He H, Ai Z, Zhang L. Pyrolysis temperature-switchable Fe-N sites in pharmaceutical sludge biochar toward peroxymonosulfate activation for efficient pollutants degradation. Water Res 2023; 228:119328. [PMID: 36413832 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Pyrolysis of pharmaceutical sludge (PS) is a promising way of safe disposal and to recover energy and resources from waste. The resulting PS biochar (PSBC) is often used as adsorbent, but has seldom been explored as catalyst. Herein we demonstrate that PSBC (0.4 g/L) could efficiently activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) to 100% degrade 4-chlorophenol (4-CP) with rate constants of 0.42-1.70 min-1, outperforming other reported catalysts. Interestingly, the PMS activation pathway highly depended on PSBC pyrolysis temperature, which produced dominantly high-valent iron species (e.g., FeIVO2+) at low temperature but more sulfate radical (SO4·-) and hydroxyl radical (·OH) at higher temperature, e.g., 0.17, 0.23, 0.12 mmol/L of FeIVO2+ and 0.009, 0.038, 0.102 mmol/L of SO4·-/·OH were produced within 10 min by PSBC-600/PMS, PSBC-800/PMS, and PSBC-1000/PMS, respectively. Characterization, density functional theory (DFT) simulation and Pearson correlation analysis revealed that along with the increase of pyrolysis temperatures, the active sites of PSBC gradually shifted from atomically dispersed N-coordinated Fe moieties (FeNx) to iron nitrides (FexN), which activated PMS to produce FeIVO2+ and SO4·-/·OH, respectively. This study clarifies the structure-activity relationships of PSBC for PMS activation, and opens a new avenue for the treatment and utilization of PS as high value-added resources.
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- Chuan Liang
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Pollutant Analysis and Reuse Technology, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Hebei North China Pharmaceutical Huaheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shijiazhuang 051530, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Yuan Y, Feng L, He X, Wu M, Ai Z, Zhang L, Gong J. Nitrate promoted defluorination of perfluorooctanoic acid in UV/sulfite system: Coupling hydrated electron/reactive nitrogen species-mediated reduction and oxidation. Environ Pollut 2022; 313:120172. [PMID: 36115490 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Revised: 08/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A significantly accelerated defluorination of recalcitrant perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) was explored with the co-present nitrate (20 mg L-1) by UV/sulfite treatment (UV/sulfite-nitrate). The deep defluorination of PFOA and complete denitrification of nitrate were simultaneously achieved in UV/sulfite-nitrate system. At the initial 30 min, PFOA defluorination exhibited an induction period, exactly corresponding to the removal of the co-existed nitrate. Upon the induction period passed, an accelerated removal of PFOA (5 mg L-1) occurred, nearly 100% defluorination ratio reached within 2 h. Compared with those in UV/sulfite, the kinetics of PFOA decay, defluorination, and transformation product formations were greatly enhanced in UV/sulfite-nitrate system. Reactive nitrogen species (RNS) generated from eaq--induced reduction of nitrate were found to play significant roles on the promoted defluorination apart from eaq--mediated reductive defluorination. The investigations on solution pH (7.0-11.0) confirmed that the reductive defluorination of PFOA was more efficient under alkaline conditions, however, the presence of nitrate can promote the defluorination even under neutral pH. Theoretical calculations of Fukui function demonstrated that RNS could easily launch electrophilic attack toward H-rich moieties of fluorotelomer carboxylates (FTCAs, CnF2n+1-(CH2)m-COO-), more persistent intermediates (formed via H/F exchange), and convert FTCAs into shorter-chain perfluorinated carboxylic acids, thus facilitating the deep defluorination. Along with the analysis on the denitrification products, the liberation of fluoride ions and generated intermediates, possible decomposition pathways were proposed. This work highlights the indispensable synergy from eaq-/RNS with integrated reduction and oxidation on PFOA defluorination and will advance remediation technologies of perfluorinated compound contaminated water.
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- Yijin Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, PR China.
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Shi Y, Yang Z, Shi L, Li H, Liu X, Zhang X, Cheng J, Liang C, Cao S, Guo F, Liu X, Ai Z, Zhang L. Surface Boronizing Can Weaken the Excitonic Effects of BiOBr Nanosheets for Efficient O 2 Activation and Selective NO Oxidation under Visible Light Irradiation. Environ Sci Technol 2022; 56:14478-14486. [PMID: 36173086 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c03769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The photocatalytic O2 activation for pollutant removal highly depends on the controlled generation of desired reactive oxygen species (ROS). Herein, we demonstrate that the robust excitonic effect of BiOBr nanosheets, which is prototypical for singlet oxygen (1O2) production to partially oxidize NO into a more toxic intermediate NO2, can be weakened by surface boronizing via inducing a staggered band alignment from the surface to the bulk and simultaneously generating more surface oxygen vacancy (VO). The staggered band alignment destabilizes excitons and facilitates their dissociation into charge carriers, while surface VO traps electrons and efficiently activates O2 into a superoxide radical (•O2-) via a one-electron-transfer pathway. Different from 1O2, •O2- enables the complete oxidation of NO into nitrate with high selectivity that is more desirable for safe indoor NO remediation under visible light irradiation. This study provides a facile excitonic effect manipulating method for layered two-dimensional photocatalysts and sheds light on the importance of managing ROS production for efficient pollutant removal.
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- Yanbiao Shi
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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Wu Z, Jiao Y, Liu F, Ai Z, Zhang Q. Reducing temperature sensitivity of gas measurement using chirped-modulated photoacoustic spectroscopy. Rev Sci Instrum 2022; 93:094902. [PMID: 36182511 DOI: 10.1063/5.0106669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Resonance frequency drift caused by a change in temperature greatly limits the application of high-Q resonators with high temperature sensitivity in photoacoustic (PA) gas detection systems. In this work, a chirp-wavelength combined modulation method was designed by incorporating a real-time frequency scanning in wavelength-modulated PA spectroscopy to reduce the influence of temperature changes on measurement. Theoretical analysis shows that the chirp rate depends on the precision requirements and the cutoff frequency of the cascaded low-pass filter. Trace acetylene measurement experiment at varying temperature verified that the proposed method can significantly reduce the temperature sensitivity within a preset temperature range. Thus, this method can effectively reduce the temperature sensitivity of a high-Q resonator for improving the measurement accuracy and detection limit in trace gas detection.
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- Z Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Electric Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electric Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electric Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electric Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electric Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, People's Republic of China
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Gu H, Lan J, Liu Y, Ling C, Wei K, Zhan G, Guo F, Jia F, Ai Z, Zhang L, Liu X. Water Enables Lattice Oxygen Activation of Transition Metal Oxides for Volatile Organic Compound Oxidation. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Huayu Gu
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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Li M, Chen N, Shang H, Ling C, Wei K, Zhao S, Zhou B, Jia F, Ai Z, Zhang L. An Electrochemical Strategy for Simultaneous Heavy Metal Complexes Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery. Environ Sci Technol 2022; 56:10945-10953. [PMID: 35830297 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c02363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Heavy metals chelated with coexisting organic ligands in wastewater impose severe risks to public health and the ambient ecosystem but are also valuable metal resources. For sustainable development goals, the treatment of heavy metal complexes wastewater requires simultaneous metal-organic bond destruction and metal resource recovery. In this study, we demonstrated that a neutral pH electro-Fenton (EF) system, which was composed of an iron anode, carbon cloth cathode, and sodium tetrapolyphosphate electrolyte (Na6TPP), could induce a successive single-electron activation pathway of molecular oxygen due to the formation of Fe(II)-TPP complexes. The boosted •OH generation in the Na6TPP-EF process could decomplex 99.9% of copper ethylene diamine tetraacetate within 8 h; meanwhile, the released Cu ions were in situ deposited on the carbon cloth cathode in the form of Cu nanoparticles with a high energy efficiency of 2.45 g kWh-1. Impressively, the recovered Cu nanoparticles were of purity over 95.0%. More importantly, this neutral EF strategy could realize the simultaneous removal of Cu, Ni, and Cr complexes from real electroplating effluents. This study provides a promising neutral EF system for simultaneous heavy metal complexes wastewater treatment and resource recovery and sheds light on the importance of molecular oxygen activation in the field of pollutant control.
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- Meiqi Li
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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Wei K, Wan Y, Liao M, Cao S, Zhang H, Peng X, Gu H, Ling C, Li M, Shi Y, Ai Z, Gong J, Zhang L. A controllable reduction-oxidation coupling process for chloronitrobenzenes remediation: From lab to field trial. Water Res 2022; 218:118453. [PMID: 35489147 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Chloronitrobenzenes (CNBs) are typical refractory aromatic pollutants. The reduction products of CNBs often possess higher toxicity, and the electron-withdrawing substituent groups are detrimental to the ring-opening during the oxidation treatment, leading to ineffective removal of CNBs by either reduction or oxidation technology. Herein we demonstrate a controllable reduction-oxidation coupling (ROC) process composed of zero-valent iron (ZVI) and H2O2 for the effective removal of CNBs from both water and soil. In water, ZVI first reduced p-CNB into 4-chloronitrosobenzene and 4-chloroaniline intermediates, which were then suffered from the subsequent oxidative ring-opening by ·OH generated from the reaction between Fe(II) and H2O2. By controlling the addition time of H2O2, the final mineralization rate of p-CNB reached 6.6 × 10-1 h-1, about 74 times that of oxidation alone (9.0 × 10-3 h-1). More importantly, this controllable ROC process was also applicable for the site remediation of CNBs contaminated soil by either ex-situ treatment or in-situ injection, and, respectively decreased the concentrations of p-CNB, m-CNB, and o-CNB from 1105, 980, and 94 mg/kg to 3, 1, and < 1mg/kg, meeting the remediation goals (p-CNB: < 32.35 mg/kg, o-CNB and m-CNB: < 1.98 mg/kg). These laboratory and field trial results reveal that this controllable ROC strategy is very promising for the treatment of electron-withdrawing groups substituted aromatic contaminates.
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- Kai Wei
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China.
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Yuan Y, Feng L, He X, Liu X, Xie N, Ai Z, Zhang L, Gong J. Efficient removal of PFOA with an In 2O 3/persulfate system under solar light via the combined process of surface radicals and photogenerated holes. J Hazard Mater 2022; 423:127176. [PMID: 34555762 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Revised: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The environmental persistence, high toxicity and wide spread presence of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in aquatic environment urgently necessitate the development of advanced technologies to eliminate PFOA. Here, the simultaneous application of a heterogeneous In2O3 photocatalyst and homogeneous persulfate oxidation (In2O3/PS) was demonstrated for PFOA degradation under solar light irradiation. The synergistic effect of direct hole oxidation and in-situ generated radicals, especially surface radicals, was found to contribute significantly to PFOA defluorination. Fourier infrared transform (FTIR) spectroscopy, Raman, electrochemical scanning microscope (SECM) tests and density functional theory (DFT) calculation showed that the pre-adsorption of PFOA and PS onto In2O3 surface were dramatically critical steps, which could efficiently facilitate the direct hole oxidation of PFOA, and boost PS activation to yield high surface-confined radicals, thus prompting PFOA degradation. Response surface methodology (RSM) was applied to regulate the operation parameters for PFOA defluorination. Outstanding PFOA decomposition (98.6%) and near-stoichiometric equivalents of fluorides release were achieved within illumination 10 h. An underlying mechanism for PFOA destruction was proposed via a stepwise losing CF2 unit. The In2O3/PS remediation system under solar light provides an economical, sustainable and environmentally friendly approach for complete mineralization of PFOA, displaying a promising potential for treatment of PFOA-containing water.
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- Yijin Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
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Yang K, Ren S, Mei M, Jin Y, Xiang W, Shi Z, Ai Z, Yi L, Xie B. Removal of antibiotic thiamphenicol by bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila HS01. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 38:37. [PMID: 35018528 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-021-03223-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Thiamphenicol (TAP) is an amphenicol antibiotic, which has a broad-spectrum inhibitory effect on both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Since it is widely used in animals and aquaculture, its residues in environment may bring potential risk for human health and ecosystems. While TAP can be removed through conventional physical or chemical methods, its bioremediation using microorganisms is less studied. Here, we report the removal of TAP by a bacterial strain, Aeromonas hydrophila HS01, which can remove more than 90.0% of TAP in a living cell-dependent manner. Our results indicated that its removal efficiency can be greatly affected by the growth condition. Proteomics studies revealed a number of differentially expressed proteins of HS01 in the presence of TAP, which may play critical roles in the transportation and degradation of TAP. All these results indicate bacterial strain A. hydrophila HS01 is a new microbial resource for efficiently removing TAP, and may shed new insights in developing bioremediation approaches for TAP pollution.
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- Kai Yang
- School of Life Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guizhou, 550025, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China.
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Huang NY, Liu YY, Yu JW, Xu YW, Zheng XH, Zhang DH, Ai Z, Wu HS, Diao XW, Ye XQ, Yi CY, Mao HP, Yang X, Yu XQ, Chen W. [Current status of hyperkalemia in dialysis patients in China]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 101:3466-3471. [PMID: 34775703 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20210802-01710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the prevalence and associated factors of hyperkalemia in dialysis patients. Methods: Patients underwent hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) from multi-center databases were recruited from January 2017 to December 2019, and those aged ≥18 years and with dialysis duration ≥3 months were included to analyze the prevalence and related factors of hyperkalemia. Results: A total of 12 364 patients were enrolled in the study, and 6 836 cases were men. The average age of the patients was (51±15) years. Among these patients, 4 230 cases underwent HD while 8 134 received PD. Hyperkalemia was detected in 20.7% (2 554/12 364) of the patients while hypokalemia was found in 17.0%(2 102/12 364) of the patients. Multivariate logistic regression showed that HD (OR=2.25, 95%CI: 1.54-3.30), diabetes mellitus (DM) (OR=1.65, 95%CI: 1.17-2.32), high body mass index (BMI) (OR=1.06, 95%CI: 1.03-1.09), high levels of serum albumin (OR=1.04, 95%CI: 1.01-1.07) and phosphorus (OR=3.12, 95%CI: 2.44-4.00), low levels of serum bicarbonate (OR=0.89, 95%CI: 0.87-0.92), triglycerides (OR=0.76, 95%CI: 0.68-0.85) and creatinine (OR=0.95, 95%CI: 0.90-0.99), usage of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor/Angiotensin Ⅱ receptor antagonist (ACEI/ARB, OR=1.38, 95%CI: 1.11-1.72) and beta-blocker (OR=1.32, 95%CI: 1.07-1.64) were associated with hyperkalemia. Conclusions: Hyperkalemia occurred in 20.7% of the dialysis patients. HD, DM, high BMI, high levels of serum albumin and phosphorus, low levels of serum bicarbonate, triglycerides and creatinine, use of ACEI/ARB were associated with hyperkalemia.
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University/Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University/Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University/Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University/Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University/Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University/Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University/Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University/Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University/Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University/Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University/Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University/Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University/Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University/Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University/Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou 510080, China
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Wei K, Liu X, Cao S, Cui H, Zhang Y, Ai Z. Fe2O3@FeB composites facilitate heterogeneous Fenton process by efficient Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycle and in-situ H2O2 generation. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceja.2021.100165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Chen N, Cao S, Zhang L, Peng X, Wang X, Ai Z, Zhang L. Structural dependent Cr(VI) adsorption and reduction of biochar: hydrochar versus pyrochar. Sci Total Environ 2021; 783:147084. [PMID: 34088126 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Hydrochar and pyrochar are two typical biochars, and possess different intrinsic structures and chemical properties as well as pollutant removal abilities. However, their structural dependent pollutant removal performances and the related mechanisms are far less studied. In this study, we systematically compared the Cr(VI) removal processes of hydrochar and pyrochar in dark and under simulated sunlight at pH 5.7 ± 0.1, aiming to clarify the structural dependent Cr(VI) removal of biochar. In dark, hydrochar could remove 19.0% of Cr(VI) only via adsorption within 8 h, less than that (23.5%) of pyrochar via both adsorption and indirect solution •O2- reduction pathway. Although simulated sunlight irradiation could significantly promote the Cr(VI) reduction performances of both hydrochar and pyrochar, the Cr(VI) reduction percentage (88.1%) of hydrochar via both direct surface electron reduction and indirect solution •O2- reduction pathways, was much higher than that (30.2%) of pyrochar only via indirect solution •O2- reduction pathway. This different Cr(VI) reduction pathway of hydrochar and pyrochar was arisen from their structural dependent Cr(VI) adsorption models, as revealed by ATR-FTIR characterization and DFT calculation. More phenolic -OH group on hydrochar surface provided abundant sites for Cr(VI) chemical adsorption to form a strong inner-sphere complex, favoring the interfacial electron transfer for the direct surface Cr(VI) reduction. In contrast, more micropores in pyrochar were responsible for the Cr(VI) physical adsorption via intra-particle and boundary layer diffusion, which hampered the surface Cr(VI) direct reduction because of the weak interfacial interaction between Cr(VI) and pyrochar. This study clarifies the influence of surface structure on the Cr(VI) adsorption and reduction pathways of biochar, and also provides an efficient Cr(VI) removal strategy with sunlight and hydrochar.
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- Na Chen
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China.
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Li M, Shang H, Li H, Hong Y, Ling C, Wei K, Zhou B, Mao C, Ai Z, Zhang L. Kirkendall Effect Boosts Phosphorylated nZVI for Efficient Heavy Metal Wastewater Treatment. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202104586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Meiqi Li
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry College of Chemistry Central China Normal University Wuhan 430079 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry College of Chemistry Central China Normal University Wuhan 430079 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry College of Chemistry Central China Normal University Wuhan 430079 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry College of Chemistry Central China Normal University Wuhan 430079 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry College of Chemistry Central China Normal University Wuhan 430079 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry College of Chemistry Central China Normal University Wuhan 430079 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry College of Chemistry Central China Normal University Wuhan 430079 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry College of Chemistry Central China Normal University Wuhan 430079 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry College of Chemistry Central China Normal University Wuhan 430079 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry College of Chemistry Central China Normal University Wuhan 430079 P. R. China
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Li M, Shang H, Li H, Hong Y, Ling C, Wei K, Zhou B, Mao C, Ai Z, Zhang L. Kirkendall Effect Boosts Phosphorylated nZVI for Efficient Heavy Metal Wastewater Treatment. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:17115-17122. [PMID: 33991384 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Removal of non-biodegradable heavy metals has been the top priority in wastewater treatment and the development of green technologies remains a significant challenge. We demonstrate that phosphorylated nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) is promising for removal of heavy metals (NiII , CuII , CrVI , HgII ) via a boosted Kirkendall effect. Phosphorylation confines tensile hoop stress on the nZVI particles and "breaks" the structurally dense spherical nZVI to produce numerous radial nanocracks. Exemplified by NiII removal, the radial nanocracks favor the facile inward diffusion of NiII and the rapid outward transport of electrons and ferrous ions through the oxide shell for surface (NiII /electron) and boundary (NiII /Fe0 ) galvanic exchange. Accompanied by a pronounced hollowing phenomenon, phosphorylated nZVI can instantly reduce and immobilize NiII throughout the oxide shell with a high capacity (258 mg Ni g-1 Fe). For real electroplating factory wastewater treatment, this novel nZVI performs simultaneous NiII and CuII removal, producing effluent of stable quality that meets local discharge regulations.
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- Meiqi Li
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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Li H, Ai Z, Zhang L. Surface structure-dependent photocatalytic O 2 activation for pollutant removal with bismuth oxyhalides. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:15282-15296. [PMID: 33165493 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc05449f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The purification of water and air by semiconductor photocatalysis is a rapidly growing area for academic research and industrial innovation, featured with ambient removal of organic or inorganic pollutants by using solar light as the energy source and atmospheric O2 as the green oxidant. Both charge transfer and energy transfer from excited photocatalysts can overcome the spin-forbidden nature of O2. Layered bismuth oxyhalides are a new group of two-dimensional photocatalysts with an appealing geometric and surface structure that allows the dynamic and selective tuning of O2 activation at the surface molecular level. In this Feature Article, we specifically summarize our recent progress in selective O2 activation by engineering surface structures of bismuth oxyhalides. Then, we demonstrate selective photocatalytic O2 activation of bismuth oxyhalides for environmental control, including water decontamination, volatile organic compound oxidation and nitrogen oxide removal, as well as selective catalytic oxidations. Challenges and opportunities regarding the design of photocatalysts with satisfactory performance for potential environmental control applications are also presented.
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- Hao Li
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.
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Li H, Chen S, Shang H, Wang X, Yang Z, Ai Z, Zhang L. Surface hydrogen bond network spatially confined BiOCl oxygen vacancy for photocatalysis. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2020; 65:1916-1923. [PMID: 36738057 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Revised: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Rational engineering of oxygen vacancy (VO) at atomic precision is the key to comprehensively understanding the oxygen chemistry of oxide materials for catalytic oxidations. Here, we demonstrate that VO can be spatially confined on the surface through a sophisticated surface hydrogen bond (HB) network. The HB network is constructed between a hydroxyl-rich BiOCl surface and polyprotic phosphoric acid, which remarkably decreases the formation energy of surface VO by selectively weakening the metal-oxygen bonds in a short range. Thus, surface-confined VO enables us to unambiguously distinguish the intrafacial and suprafacial oxygen species associated with NO oxidation in two classical catalytic systems. Unlike randomly distributed bulk VO that benefits the thermocatalytic NO oxidation and lattice O diffusion by the dominant intrafacial mechanism, surface VO is demonstrated to favor the photocatalytic NO oxidation through a suprafacial scheme by energetically activating surface O2, which should be attributed to the spatial confinement nature of surface VO.
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- Hao Li
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.
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Mao C, Wang J, Zou Y, Qi G, Yang Loh JY, Zhang T, Xia M, Xu J, Deng F, Ghoussoub M, Kherani NP, Wang L, Shang H, Li M, Li J, Liu X, Ai Z, Ozin GA, Zhao J, Zhang L. Hydrogen Spillover to Oxygen Vacancy of TiO2–xHy/Fe: Breaking the Scaling Relationship of Ammonia Synthesis. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:17403-17412. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Chengliang Mao
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
- Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Departments of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 184 College Street, Suite 140, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E4, Canada
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- National Engineering Research Center of Chemical Fertilizer Catalyst (NERC−CFC), School of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
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- Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Departments of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
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- Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Departments of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 184 College Street, Suite 140, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E4, Canada
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- Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Departments of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Departments of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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Wang S, Ai Z, Song M, Yan P, Li J, Wang S. The association between vitamin D receptor FokI gene polymorphism and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: a meta-analysis. Climacteric 2020; 24:74-79. [PMID: 32551997 DOI: 10.1080/13697137.2020.1775806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to quantitatively summarize the evidence for vitamin D receptor (VDR) FokI gene polymorphism and osteoporosis risk in Caucasian and Asian postmenopausal women. MATERIALS AND METHODS The PubMed, EMBASE, Weipu, CNKI, and Wanfang databases were searched for eligible studies. Case-control studies containing available genotype frequencies for F/f were chosen, and the odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) was used to assess the strength of this association. RESULTS In total, 3349 osteoporosis cases and 3202 controls were identified in our meta-analysis. In the stratified analysis, a significant association was observed between VDR FokI gene polymorphism and postmenopausal osteoporosis susceptibility in Asian subjects (additive model: OR = 1.529, 95% CI 1.053-2.219, p = 0.026; dominant model: OR 2.711, 95% CI 1.693-4.342 p < 0.001; co-dominant model: ff vs. FF, OR 2.796, 95% CI 1.439-5.433 p = 0.002), and we failed to find any significant relationship in Caucasian populations. CONCLUSION The present meta-analysis suggests that the VDR FokI genotype is associated with increased risk of osteoporosis in Asian women but not in Caucasian women. To draw comprehensive and true conclusions, further prospective studies with larger numbers of participants worldwide are needed to examine associations between VDR FokI polymorphism and osteoporosis.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Genetics, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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Li J, Chen S, Quan F, Zhan G, Jia F, Ai Z, Zhang L. Accelerated Dinitrogen Electroreduction to Ammonia via Interfacial Polarization Triggered by Single-Atom Protrusions. Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2020.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Hu Y, Peng X, Ai Z, Jia F, Zhang L. Liquid Nitrogen Activation of Zero-Valent Iron and Its Enhanced Cr(VI) Removal Performance. Environ Sci Technol 2019; 53:8333-8341. [PMID: 31241331 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In this study, we report that liquid nitrogen treatment is a promising zero-valent iron activation method that does not remove the iron oxide shell; this can improve the apparent Cr(VI) removal rate constant of zero-valent iron by about 4-120 times, depending on the particle sizes and the suppliers of zero-valent iron. It was found that liquid nitrogen, with its low temperature of 77 K, could crack the iron oxide shell of zero-valent iron to produce abundant fractures because of the different thermal expansion coefficients of iron oxide and iron. These fractures provided suitable mass transfer channels for the inward transfer of water/oxygen molecules to the iron core and the subsequent in situ generation of Fe(II) for the reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III). More importantly, systematic characterizations confirmed the generation of an Fe(III)/Cr(III)/Cr(VI) composite on the surface of zero-valent iron during the removal, suggesting its environmental benignancy. This study provides a novel physical zero-valent iron activation method, sheds light on the importance of the iron oxide shell of zero-valent iron on Cr(VI) removal, and clarifies the intrinsic Cr(VI) removal mechanism of zero-valent iron.
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- Yue Hu
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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Li H, Shang H, Li Y, Cao X, Yang Z, Ai Z, Zhang L. Interfacial Charging-Decharging Strategy for Efficient and Selective Aerobic NO Oxidation on Oxygen Vacancy. Environ Sci Technol 2019; 53:6964-6971. [PMID: 31084027 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Intelligent defect engineering to harness surface molecular processes is at the core of selective oxidation catalysis. Here, we demonstrate that the two-electron-trapped oxygen vacancy (VO) of BiOCl, a prototypical F center (VŐ''), is a superb site to confine O2 toward efficient and selective NO oxidation to nitrate. Stimulated by solar light, VŐ'' accomplishes NO oxidation through a two-electron charging (VŐ'' + O2 → VŐ''-O22-) and subsequent one-electron decharging process (VŐ''-O22- + NO → VO-NO3- + e-). The back-donated electron is retrapped by VO to produce a new single-electron-trapped VO (VO'), simultaneously triggering a second round of NO oxidation (VO'-O2 + NO → VO-NO3-). This unprecedented interfacial charging-decharging scheme alters the peroxide-associated NO oxidation selectivity from NO2 to NO3- with a high efficiency and thus hold great promise for the treatment of risky NO x species in indoor air.
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- Hao Li
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , P. R. China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Catalysis and New Environmental Materials, Engineering Research Center for Waste Oil Recovery Technology and Equipment, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Resources , Chongqing Technology and Business University , Chongqing 400067 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , P. R. China
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Shang H, Li M, Li H, Huang S, Mao C, Ai Z, Zhang L. Oxygen Vacancies Promoted the Selective Photocatalytic Removal of NO with Blue TiO 2 via Simultaneous Molecular Oxygen Activation and Photogenerated Hole Annihilation. Environ Sci Technol 2019; 53:6444-6453. [PMID: 31050293 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b07322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Semiconductor photocatalytic technology has great potential for the removal of dilute gaseous NO in indoor and outdoor atmospheres but suffers from unsatisfactory NO-removal selectivity due to undesirable NO2 byproduct generation. In this study, we demonstrate that the 99% selectivity of photocatalytic NO oxidation toward nitrate can be achieved over blue TiO2 bearing oxygen vacancies (OVs) under visible-light irradiation. First-principles density functional theory calculation and experimental results suggested that the OVs of blue TiO2 with localized electrons could facilitate the molecular oxygen activation through single-electron pathways to generate ·O2- and simultaneously promote the photogenerated hole annihilation. The generated ·O2- directly converted NO to nitrate, while the hole annihilation inhibited the side-reaction between holes and NO to avoid toxic NO2 byproduct formation, resulting in the highly selective removal of NO. This study reveals the dual functions of OVs in defective photocatalysts and also provides fundamental guidance for the selective purification of NO with photocatalytic technology.
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- Huan Shang
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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Yang H, Dai X, Ai Z, Ren R, Gao C, Han J, Ma Y. MicroRNA-16 Regulates Myeloblastosis Oncogene Expression to Affect Differentiation of Acute Leukemia Cells. Clin Lab 2019; 65. [PMID: 31232026 DOI: 10.7754/clin.lab.2018.181008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study was designed to evaluate the effects of micro-RNA-16 (miR-16)-regulated expression of myeloblastosis oncogene (MYB) on the differentiation of acute leukemia cells, the expressions of miR-16 and MYB mRNA, and protein in differently differentiated leukemia cells were detected by real-time PCR and western blot. METHODS 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25 D3) induced monocytic differentiation of HL60 cells, and the resulting changes in miR-16 and MYB expressions were detected. Morphology of the cells induced by 1,25 D3, after being transfection with miR-16 mimics, was observed by Wright-Giemsa staining. The expression of mononuclear cell surface marker CD14 was detected by flow cytometry. RESULTS Minimum miR-16 was expressed in early-differentiation KG-1a cells, while late-differentiation U937 and THP-1 cells had higher expressions (p < 0.01). The expressions of MYB changed oppositely. During the monocytic differentiation of HL60 cells, miR-16 expression showed a time-dependent increase, but MYB expression gradually decreased. Overexpression of miR-16 in HL60 cells promoted 1,25 D3-induced morphological changes and CD14 expression (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS MR-16 facilitated the monocytic differentiation of leukemia HL60 cells by negatively regulating MYB expression.
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Mu Y, Zhan G, Huang C, Wang X, Ai Z, Zou J, Luo S, Zhang L. Dechlorination-Hydroxylation of Atrazine to Hydroxyatrazine with Thiosulfate: A Detoxification Strategy in Seconds. Environ Sci Technol 2019; 53:3208-3216. [PMID: 30793590 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b06351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Hydroxylation of atrazine to nontoxic hydroxyatrazine is generally considered an efficient detoxification method to remediate atrazine-contaminated soil and water. However, previous studies suggested that hydroxylation was not the dominant pathway for atrazine degradation in the hydroxyl radical-generating systems such as Fenton reaction, ozonation and UV/H2O2. Herein we report that the addition of sodium thiosulfate can realize rapid hydroxylation of atrazine to hydroxyatrazine at pH ≤ 4 under room temperature. High resolution mass spectra and isotope experiments results revealed that the hydroxylation of atrazine was involved with nucleophilic substitution and subsequent hydrolysis reaction as follows. HS2O3-, as a species of thiosulfate only at pH ≤ 4, first attacked C atom connecting to chlorine of atrazine to dechlorinate atrazine and produce C8H14N5S2O3-. Subsequently, the S-S bond of C8H14N5S2O3- was cleaved easily to form SO3 and C8H14N5S-. Next, C8H14N5S- was hydrolyzed to generate hydroxyatrazine and H2S. Finally, the comproportionation of SO3 and H2S in situ produced S0 during hydroxylation of atrazine with thiosulfate. This study clarifies the importance of degradation pathway on the removal of pollutants, and also provides a nonoxidative strategy for atrazine detoxification in seconds.
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- Yi Mu
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control and Resources Recycle , Nanchang Hangkong University , Nanchang 330063 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control and Resources Recycle , Nanchang Hangkong University , Nanchang 330063 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control and Resources Recycle , Nanchang Hangkong University , Nanchang 330063 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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Chen N, Shang H, Tao S, Wang X, Zhan G, Li H, Ai Z, Yang J, Zhang L. Visible Light Driven Organic Pollutants Degradation with Hydrothermally Carbonized Sewage Sludge and Oxalate Via Molecular Oxygen Activation. Environ Sci Technol 2018; 52:12656-12666. [PMID: 30299924 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b03882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Converting sewage sludge into functional environmental materials has become an attractive sewage sludge disposal route. In this study, we synthesize a sewage sludge-based material via a facile one-pot hydrothermal carbonization method and construct a visible light molecular oxygen activation system with hydrothermally carbonized sewage sludge (HTC-S) and oxalate to degrade various organic pollutants. It was found that iron species of HTC-S could chelate with oxalate to generate H2O2 via molecular oxygen activation under visible light, and also promote the H2O2 decomposition to produce •OH for the fast organic pollutants degradation. Taking sulfadimidine as the example, the apparent degradation rate of HTC-S/oxalate system was almost 5-20 times that of iron oxides/oxalate system. This outstanding degradation performance was attributed to the presence of iron-containing clay minerals in HTC-S, as confirmed by X-ray diffraction measurements and Mössbauer spectrometry. In the oxalate solution, these iron-containing clay minerals could be excited more easily than common iron oxides under visible light, because the silicon species strongly interacted with iron species in HTC-S to form Fe-O-Si bond, which lowered the excitation energy of Fe-oxalate complex. This work provides an alternative sewage sludge conversion pathway and also sheds light on the environmental remediation applications of sewage sludge-based materials.
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- Na Chen
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430074 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430074 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry , Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , People's Republic of China
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Shen W, Kang H, Ai Z. Comparison of aerobic atrazine degradation with zero valent aluminum and zero valent iron. J Hazard Mater 2018; 357:408-414. [PMID: 29913373 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2017] [Revised: 06/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This study systematically compared the degradation of atrazine (ATR) with aerobic zero-valent aluminum (ZVAl/Air) and zero-valent iron (ZVI/Air) systems. By comparing the ATR degradation curves and rate in the ZVAl/Air and the ZVI/Air systems, a significant induction period was observed in the ZVAl/Air system, and the pseudo-first-order rate constant of ATR degradation in the second stage by ZVAl was 6.4 times faster than that by ZVI. The differences in ATR degradation patterns of the two systems stemmed from the different redox nature and electrical conductivity of aluminum (oxide) and iron (oxide). Reactive oxygen species measurement and electron spin spectra analysis indicated that more hydroxyl radical was generated through molecular oxygen activation in the ZVAl/Air system, leading to enhanced ATR degradation in the ZVAl/Air process. By analyzing the intermediates of atrazine degradation, we found that ATR underwent an oxidative dealkylation and hydroxyl-dechlorination degradation pathway, and the low toxicity cyanuric acid was the final product in both systems. However, aluminum ions released in the ZVAl/Air system exceeded the regulated standard value, which might cause environmental pollution. Finally, the pros and cons of potential environmental remediation of the ZVAl/Air and ZVI/Air processes were evaluated.
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- Wenjuan Shen
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
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Li H, Mao C, Shang H, Yang Z, Ai Z, Zhang L. New opportunities for efficient N 2 fixation by nanosheet photocatalysts. Nanoscale 2018; 10:15429-15435. [PMID: 30094446 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr04277b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Catalytic ammonia synthesis from dinitrogen (N2) under mild conditions has been considered to be the "holy grail" of N2 fixation, which is one of the most important chemical processes in the agriculture, biological and industrial fields. Given that current artificial N2 fixation is still dominated by the energy-intensive Haber-Bosch process, solar N2 fixation represents an encouraging and fascinating route for carbon-free and energy-saving N2 fixation. However, its practical application is seriously hampered by surface sluggish reaction kinetics. In this minireview, we share our perspectives on the use of two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets for the manipulation of photocatalytic N2 fixation. Nanosheet photocatalysts serve as the perfect platform for the engineering of surface active sites, including defects and iron, all of which can not only bolster photon-exciton interaction toward robust charge carriers generation upon light absorption, but also mimic the function schemes of MoFe-cofactor in nitrogenase toward sufficient N2 binding and activation. These merits endowed by nanosheets photocatalysts provide instructive information on exploring the rich nitrogen photochemistry on solid surfaces and offer new opportunities for the design of novel photocatalysts towards efficient N2 fixation.
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- Hao Li
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China.
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Li H, Shang H, Cao X, Yang Z, Ai Z, Zhang L. Oxygen Vacancies Mediated Complete Visible Light NO Oxidation via Side-On Bridging Superoxide Radicals. Environ Sci Technol 2018; 52:8659-8665. [PMID: 29962202 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b01849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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It is of a great challenge to seek for semiconductor photocatalysts with prominent reactivity to remove kinetically inert dilute NO without NO2 emission. In this study, complete visible light NO oxidation mediated by O2 is achieved over a defect-engineered BiOCl with selectivity exceeding 99%. Well-designed oxygen vacancies on the prototypical (001) surface of BiOCl favored the possible formation of geometric-favorable superoxide radicals (•O2-) in a side-on bridging mode under ambient condition, which thermodynamically suppressed the terminal end-on •O2- associated NO2 emission in case of higher temperatures, and thus selectively oxidized NO to nitrate. These findings can help us to understand the intriguing surface chemistry of photocatalytic NO oxidation and design highly efficient NO x removal systems.
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- Hao Li
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry , College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry , College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry , College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry , College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry , College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry , College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079 , P. R. China
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Mu Y, Jiang X, Ai Z, Jia F, Zhang L. Mn 2+ promoted Cr(VI) reduction with oxalic acid: The indispensable role of In-situ generated Mn 3. J Hazard Mater 2018; 343:356-363. [PMID: 29017119 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Revised: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In this study, we demonstrate that Mn2+ can greatly promote the Cr(VI) reduction by oxalic acid at pH<5 via an induction period and a subsequent auto-acceleration process. The Cr(VI) reduction rate constant during the late auto-acceleration process was about 10 times that of the initial induction period. Characterization results revealed that this interesting two-step Cr(VI) reduction phenomenon was attributed to the in-situ generated Mn3+ by the oxidation of Mn2+ with Cr(VI) in the presence of oxalic acid during the induction period. The in-situ generated Mn3+ might complex with oxalate and Cr(VI) to produce a ternary complex, thus facilitating the electron transfer from oxalate to Cr(VI) to automatically accelerate the Cr(VI) reduction process. These findings shed insight into the possible roles of widely existed Mn ions (Mn2+ and Mn3+) and oxalic acid in the transformation of Cr(VI) in natural aquatic environment, and also provided an efficient way to remediate Cr(VI)-containing acid wastewater.
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- Yi Mu
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, PR China.
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An efficient catalysis system for light-driven CO2 hydrogenation was designed and the function mechanism of light was investigated.
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- Fengjiao Quan
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education
- Institute of Environmental Chemistry
- College of Chemistry
- Central China Normal University
- Wuhan 430079
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education
- Institute of Environmental Chemistry
- College of Chemistry
- Central China Normal University
- Wuhan 430079
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education
- Institute of Environmental Chemistry
- College of Chemistry
- Central China Normal University
- Wuhan 430079
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education
- Institute of Environmental Chemistry
- College of Chemistry
- Central China Normal University
- Wuhan 430079
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education
- Institute of Environmental Chemistry
- College of Chemistry
- Central China Normal University
- Wuhan 430079
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education
- Institute of Environmental Chemistry
- College of Chemistry
- Central China Normal University
- Wuhan 430079
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan 430074
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan 430074
- P. R. China
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Li H, Shang J, Ai Z, Zhang L. Correction to “Efficient Visible Light Nitrogen Fixation with BiOBr Nanosheets of Oxygen Vacancies on the Exposed {001} Facets”. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 140:526. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b12850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Li H, Li J, Ai Z, Jia F, Zhang L. Durch Sauerstoff-Leerstellen vermittelte Photokatalyse mit BiOCl: Reaktivität, Selektivität und Ausblick. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201705628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Hao Li
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry; Central China Normal University; Wuhan 430079 Volksrepublik China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry; Central China Normal University; Wuhan 430079 Volksrepublik China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry; Central China Normal University; Wuhan 430079 Volksrepublik China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry; Central China Normal University; Wuhan 430079 Volksrepublik China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry; Central China Normal University; Wuhan 430079 Volksrepublik China
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- Hao Li
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry; Central China Normal University; Wuhan 430079 P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry; Central China Normal University; Wuhan 430079 P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry; Central China Normal University; Wuhan 430079 P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry; Central China Normal University; Wuhan 430079 P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry; Central China Normal University; Wuhan 430079 P.R. China
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Chen N, Huang Y, Hou X, Ai Z, Zhang L. Photochemistry of Hydrochar: Reactive Oxygen Species Generation and Sulfadimidine Degradation. Environ Sci Technol 2017; 51:11278-11287. [PMID: 28891638 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b02740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Biochar, mainly including pyrochar produced via pyrolysis of biomass at moderate temperatures of 350-700 °C and hydrochar formed by hydrothermal carbonization in a range of 150-350 °C, has received increasing attention because of its significant environmental impacts. It is known that pyrochar can generate reactive oxygen species even in the dark owing to the presence of persistent free radicals, but hydrochar is far less studied. In this study, we systematically investigate the photochemistry of hydrochar and check its effects on the sulfadimidine degradation. Different from pyrochar derived from the same biomass, hydrochar could generate much more H2O2 and •OH under daylight irradiation, which could enhance the sulfadimidine degradation rate six times more than that found in the dark. Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, electron paramagnetic resonance, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were employed to elucidate this interesting phenomenon. Characterization results revealed that the higher reactive oxygen species generation ability of hydrochar under solar light irradiation was attributed to its abundant photoactive surface oxygenated functional groups. This study clarifies the differences of pyrochar and hydrochar on organic pollutant degradation, and also sheds light on environmental effects of hydrochar.
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- Na Chen
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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Li H, Shang J, Yang Z, Shen W, Ai Z, Zhang L. Oxygen Vacancy Associated Surface Fenton Chemistry: Surface Structure Dependent Hydroxyl Radicals Generation and Substrate Dependent Reactivity. Environ Sci Technol 2017; 51:5685-5694. [PMID: 28418239 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Understanding the chemistry of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) decomposition and hydroxyl radical (•OH) transformation on the surface molecular level is a great challenge for the application of heterogeneous Fenton system in the fields of chemistry, environmental, and life science. We report in this study a conceptual oxygen vacancy associated surface Fenton system without any metal ions leaching, exhibiting unprecedented surface chemistry based on the oxygen vacancy of electron-donor nature for heterolytic H2O2 dissociation. By controlling the delicate surface structure of catalyst, this novel Fenton system allows the facile tuning of •OH existing form for targeted catalytic reactions with controlled reactivity and selectivity. On the model catalyst of BiOCl, the generated •OH tend to diffuse away from the (001) surface for the selective oxidation of dissolved pollutants in solution, but prefer to stay on the (010) surface, reacting with strongly adsorbed pollutants with high priority. These findings will extend the scope of Fenton catalysts via surface engineering and consolidate the fundamental theories of Fenton reactions for wide environmental applications.
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- Hao Li
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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Hou X, Huang X, Jia F, Ai Z, Zhao J, Zhang L. Hydroxylamine Promoted Goethite Surface Fenton Degradation of Organic Pollutants. Environ Sci Technol 2017; 51:5118-5126. [PMID: 28358480 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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In this study, we construct a surface Fenton system with hydroxylamine (NH2OH), goethite (α-FeOOH), and H2O2 (α-FeOOH-HA/H2O2) to degrade various organic pollutants including dyes (methyl orange, methylene blue, and rhodamine B), pesticides (pentachlorophenol, alachlor, and atrazine), and antibiotics (tetracycline, chloramphenicol, and lincomycin) at pH 5.0. In this surface Fenton system, the presence of NH2OH could greatly promote the H2O2 decomposition on the α-FeOOH surface to produce ·OH without releasing any detectable iron ions during the alachlor degradation, which was different from some previously reported heterogeneous Fenton counterparts. Moreover, the ·OH generation rate constant of this surface Fenton system was 102-104 times those of previous heterogeneous Fenton processes. The interaction between α-FeOOH and NH2OH was investigated with using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. The effective degradation of organic pollutants in this surface Fenton system was ascribed to the efficient Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycle on the α-FeOOH surface promoted by NH2OH, which was confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis. The degradation intermediates and mineralization of alachlor in this surface Fenton system were then systematically investigated using total organic carbon and ion chromatography, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. This study offers a new strategy to degrade organic pollutants and also sheds light on the environmental effects of goethite.
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- Xiaojing Hou
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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Hou X, Huang X, Ai Z, Zhao J, Zhang L. Ascorbic acid induced atrazine degradation. J Hazard Mater 2017; 327:71-78. [PMID: 28043044 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.12.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Revised: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 12/24/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In this study, we systematically investigated the degradation efficiency and the degradation mechanism of atrazine in the presence of ascorbic acid at different pH values. Although atrazine could be degraded by ascorbic acid in a wide pH range from 4 to 12, its degradation under either acidic (pH≤4) or alkaline (pH≥12) condition was more efficient than under neutral condition (pH=7). This pH dependent atrazine degradation was related to the reactive characteristic of atrazine and the reductive activity of ascorbic acid. The ascorbic acid induced atrazine degradation pathways at different pH were investigated by comparing the atrazine degradation intermediates with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, high performance liquid chromatography and ion chromatography. It was found that more products were detected in presence of ascorbic acid at alkaline condition. The appearance of chloride ions confirmed the dechlorination of atrazine by ascorbic acid in the absence of molecular oxygen, while its dechlorination efficiency reached highest at pH 12. These results can shed light on the application of AA for the organic pollutant remediation.
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- Xiaojing Hou
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
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Mu Y, Jia F, Ai Z, Zhang L. Molecular Oxygen Activation with Nano Zero-valent Iron for Aerobic Degradation of Organic Contaminants and the Performance Enhancement. Acta Chim Sinica 2017. [DOI: 10.6023/a17020047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Hao Li
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People’s Republic of China
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Hou X, Huang X, Ai Z, Zhao J, Zhang L. Ascorbic acid/Fe@Fe2O3: A highly efficient combined Fenton reagent to remove organic contaminants. J Hazard Mater 2016; 310:170-178. [PMID: 26921510 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2015] [Revised: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 01/09/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this study, we demonstrate that the combination of ascorbic acid and Fe@Fe2O3 core-shell nanowires (AA/Fe@Fe2O3) offers a highly efficient Fenton reagent. This combined Fenton reagent exhibited extremely high activity on the decomposition of H2O2 to produce OH for the degradation of various organic contaminants, including rhodamine B, methylene blue, alachlor, atrazine, siduron, lincomycin, and chloroamphenicol. The contaminant degradation constants in the AA/Fe@Fe2O3/H2O2 Fenton systems were 38-53 times higher than those in the conventional homogeneous Fenton system (Fe(II)/H2O2) at pH 3.8. Moreover, the OH generation rate constant in the AA/Fe@Fe2O3/H2O2 Fenton system was 1-3 orders of magnitudes greater than those of heterogeneous Fenton systems developed with other iron-containing materials (α-FeOOH, α-Fe2O3, FeOCl, and so on). The high activity of AA/Fe@Fe2O3 was attributed to the effective Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycle and the iron-ascorbate complex formation to stabilize ferrous ions with desirable and steady concentrations. During the AA/Fe@Fe2O3/H2O2 Fenton process, ascorbic acid served as a reducing and complexing reagent, enabling the reuse of Fe@Fe2O3 nanowires. We systematically investigated the alachlor and ascorbic acid degradation and found that they could be effectively degraded in the AA/Fe@Fe2O3/H2O2 system, accompanying with 100% of dechlorination and 92% of denitrification. This study sheds light on the importance of Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycle for the design of high efficient Fenton system and provides an alternative pathway for the organic contaminants removal.
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- Xiaojing Hou
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
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Hou X, Shen W, Huang X, Ai Z, Zhang L. Ascorbic acid enhanced activation of oxygen by ferrous iron: A case of aerobic degradation of rhodamine B. J Hazard Mater 2016; 308:67-74. [PMID: 26808244 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.01.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Revised: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Molecular oxygen activation by ferrous ions (Fe(II)) in aqueous solution could generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) with high oxidation potential via reaction between Fe(II) and oxygen molecules (Fe(II)/air), however, ROS yielded in the Fe(II)/air process is insufficient for removal of organic pollutants due to the irreversible ferric ions (Fe(III)) accumulation. In this study, we demonstrate that ascorbic acid (AA) could enhance ROS generation via oxygen activation by ferrous irons (AA/Fe(II)/air) and thus improve the degradation of rhodamine (RhB) significantly. It was found that the first-order aerobic degradation rate of RhB in the AA/Fe(II)/air process in the presence of ascorbic acid is more than 4 times that of the Fe(II)/Air system without adding ascorbic acid. The presence of ascorbic acid could relieve the accumulation of Fe(III) by reductive accelerating the Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycles, as well as lower the redox potential of Fe(III)/Fe(II) through chelating effect, leading to enhanced ROS generation for promoting RhB degradation. This study not only sheds light on the effect of ascorbic acid on aerobic Fe(II) oxidation, but also provides a green method for effective remediation of organic pollutants.
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- Xiaojing Hou
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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