A process capable of simultaneously oxidizing NO, SO2, and Hg^0 was proposed, using a nigh-voltage and short-duration positive pulsed corona discharge. By focusing on NO, SO2, and Hg^0 oxidation efficiencies, the infl...A process capable of simultaneously oxidizing NO, SO2, and Hg^0 was proposed, using a nigh-voltage and short-duration positive pulsed corona discharge. By focusing on NO, SO2, and Hg^0 oxidation efficiencies, the influences of pulse peak voltage, pulse frequency, initial concentration, electrode number, residence time and water vapor addition were investigated. The results indicate that NO, SO2 and Hg^0 oxidation efficiencies depend primarily on the radicals （OH, HO2, O） and the active species （O3, H2O2, etc.） produced by the pulsed corona discharge. The NO, SO2 and Hg^0 oxidation efficiencies could be improved as pulse peak voltage, pulse frequency, electrode number and residence time increased, but they were reduced with increasing initial concentrations. By adding water vapor, the SO2 oxidation efficiency was improved remarkably, while the NO oxidation efficiency decreased slightly. In our experiments, the simultaneous NO, SO2, and Hg^0 oxidation efficiencies reached to 40%, 98%, and 55% with the initial concentrations 479 mg/m^3, 1040 mg/m^3, and 15.0 μg/m^3, respectively.展开更多
Based on the new process named "Combination Method" for metallurgy and separation of Baotou mixed rare earth concentrate(BMREC),the aim of this paper is to clearly elucidate the phase change behavior of BMRE...Based on the new process named "Combination Method" for metallurgy and separation of Baotou mixed rare earth concentrate(BMREC),the aim of this paper is to clearly elucidate the phase change behavior of BMREC without additives during oxidative roasting at 450-800℃.The results indicate that the bastnaesite in BMREC is decomposed at 450-550℃,the weight loss is about 10.3 wt%,and the activation energy(E) is 144 kJ/mol.The bastnaesite in BMREC is decomposed into rare earth fluoride,rare earth oxides(La_(2)O_(3),Ce_(7)O_(12),Pr_(6)O_(11) and Nd_(2)O_(3)),and CO_(2),particularly,with the increase of roasting temperature,bastnaesite in BMREC is more completely decomposed into LaF_(3),which causes a decrease in leaching rate of La during the HCI leaching process.Additionally,the maximum cerium oxidation efficiency reaches about 60 wt% when the roasting temperature is equal to or above 500℃,and the oxidation reaction rate of cerium increases with the increasing roasting temperature.展开更多
Niobium oxide nanowire-deposited carbon fiber（CF） samples were prepared using a hydrothermal method with amorphous Nb2O5·nH2O as precursor. The physical properties of the samples were characterized by means of ...Niobium oxide nanowire-deposited carbon fiber（CF） samples were prepared using a hydrothermal method with amorphous Nb2O5·nH2O as precursor. The physical properties of the samples were characterized by means of numerous techniques, including X-ray diffraction（XRD）, energy-dispersive spectroscopy（EDS）, scanning electron microscopy（SEM）, transmission electron microscopy（TEM）, selected-area electron diffraction（SAED）, UV–visible spectroscopy（UV–vis）, N2 adsorption–desorption, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy（FT-IR）, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The efficiency for the removal of Cr（VI） was determined.Parameters such as pH value and initial Cr（VI） concentration could influence the Cr（VI） removal efficiency or adsorption capacity of the Nb2O5/carbon fiber sample obtained after hydrothermal treatment at 160°C for 14 hr. The maximal Cr（VI） adsorption capacity of the Nb2O5 nanowire/CF sample was 115 mg/g. This Nb2O5/CF sample also showed excellent photocatalytic activity and stability for the reduction of Cr（Ⅵ） under UV-light irradiation： the Cr（VI） removal efficiency reached 99.9% after UV-light irradiation for 1 hr and there was no significant decrease in photocatalytic performance after the use of the sample for 10 repeated cycles. Such excellent Cr（VI） adsorption capacity and photocatalytic performance was related to its high surface area,abundant surface hydroxyl groups, and good UV-light absorption ability.展开更多
Oxidation of S（IV） to S（VI） in the effluent of a flue gas desulfurization（FGD） sys- tem is very critical for industrial applications of seawater FGD. This paper reports a pulsed corona discharge oxidation proces...Oxidation of S（IV） to S（VI） in the effluent of a flue gas desulfurization（FGD） sys- tem is very critical for industrial applications of seawater FGD. This paper reports a pulsed corona discharge oxidation process combined with a TiO2 photocatalyst to convert S（IV） to S（VI） in artificial seawater. Experimental results show that the oxidation of S（IV） in artificial seawater is enhanced in the pulsed discharge plasma process through the application of TiO2 coating electrodes. The oxidation rate of S（IV） using Ti metal as a ground electrode is about 2.0x10-4 mol. L 1. min-1, the oxidation rate using TiO2/Ti electrode prepared by annealing at 500 ~C in air is 4.5x 10-4 tool. L-a ~ min-1, an increase with a factor 2.25. The annealing temper- ature for preparing TiO2/Ti electrode has a strong effect on the oxidation of S（IV） in artificial seawater. The results of in-situ emission spectroscopic analysis show that chemically active species （i.e. hydroxyl radicals and oxygen radicals） are produced in the pulsed discharge plasma process. Compared with the traditional air oxidation process and the sole plasma-induced oxidation process, the combined application of TiO2 photocatalysts and a pulsed high-voltage electrical discharge process is useful in enhancing the energy and conversion efficiency of S（IV） for the seawater FGD system.展开更多
We report a photoelectrochemical investigation of BiVO4 photoanodes prepared by successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction(SILAR),a facile method that yields uniform nanoporous films.After characterization of the ...We report a photoelectrochemical investigation of BiVO4 photoanodes prepared by successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction(SILAR),a facile method that yields uniform nanoporous films.After characterization of the phase,morphology,composition,and optical properties of the prepared films,the efficiencies of charge separation(ηsep)and water oxidation(ηox)in solar water splitting cells employing these photoanodes were estimated following a previously reported procedure.Unexpected wavelength and illumination direction dependencies were discovered in the derived efficiencies,casting doubt on the validity of the analysis.An alternative approach using a diffusion–reaction model that explicitly considers the efficiency of electron collection resolved the discrepancies and explained the illumination direction dependence of the photocurrent.Electron diffusion lengths(Ln)of 0.45μm and 0.55μm were derived for pristine and cobalt phosphate(Co-Pi)modified BiVO4,respectively,which are much shorter than the film thickness of^2.1μm.The Co-Pi treatment also increasedηoxfrom 0.86 to^1,which is the main reason for the overall performance enhancement caused by adding Co-Pi.These findings suggest that there is little scope for improving the performance of SILAR-deposited BiVO4 photoanodes by further catalyzing water oxidation,but enhanced performance is achievable if electron transport can be improved.展开更多
Due to continuing mining activities,Cd(II)and As(III)contamination in acid mine drainage(AMD)has become a major environmental challenge.Currently,there is increasing focus on the use of biochar to mitigate AMD polluti...Due to continuing mining activities,Cd(II)and As(III)contamination in acid mine drainage(AMD)has become a major environmental challenge.Currently,there is increasing focus on the use of biochar to mitigate AMD pollution.However,the impact of biochar on the process of Fe(II)oxidation by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans(A.ferrooxidans)in AMD systems has not been determined.In this study,we investigated the effects of introducing biochar and biochar-leachate on Fe(II)biooxidation by A.ferrooxidans and on the removal of Cd(II)and As(III)from an AMD system.The results showed that the biochar-leachate had a promoting effect on Fe(II)biooxidation by A.ferrooxidans.Conversely,biochar inhibited this process,and the inhibition increased with increasing biochar dose.Under both conditions(c(A.ferrooxidans)=1.4×107 copies mL-1,m(FeSO4·7H2O):m(biochar)=20:1;c(A.ferrooxidans)=7.0×107 copies mL-1,m(F eSO4·7H2O):m(biochar)=5:1),the biooxidation capacity of A.ferrooxidans was severely inhibited,with Fe(II)oxidation efficiency reaching a value of only~20%after 84 h.The results confirmed that this inhibition might have occurred because a large fraction of the A.ferrooxidans present in the system adsorbed to the biochar,which weakened bacterial activity.In addition,mineral characterization analysis showed that the introduction of biochar changed the A.ferrooxidans biooxidation products from schwertmannite to jarosite,and the specific surface area increased after the minerals combined with biochar.Coprecipitation experiments of As(III)and Cd(II)showed that Cd(II)was adsorbed by the biochar over the first 12 h of reaction,with a removal efficiency of~26%.As(III)was adsorbed by the generated schwertmannite over 24 h,with a removal efficiency of~100%.These findings have positive implications for the removal of As(III)and Cd(II)from AMD.展开更多
Subject Code:A04With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the State Key Program for Basic Research of China,the research team led by Prof.Zhu Jia(朱嘉)at the National Laboratory of Solid...Subject Code:A04With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the State Key Program for Basic Research of China,the research team led by Prof.Zhu Jia(朱嘉)at the National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures,College of Engineering and Applied Sciences,Nanjing University,improved the efficiency of solar desalination using graphene oxide film through suppressing the conduction loss。展开更多
We report a simple solution-processed method for the fabrication of low-cost,flexible optical limiting materials based on graphene oxide(GO) impregnated polyvinyl alcohol(PVA) sheets.Such GO–PVA composite sheets disp...We report a simple solution-processed method for the fabrication of low-cost,flexible optical limiting materials based on graphene oxide(GO) impregnated polyvinyl alcohol(PVA) sheets.Such GO–PVA composite sheets display highly efficient broadband optical limiting activities for femtosecond laser pulses at 400,800,and 1400 nm with very low limiting thresholds.Femtosecond pump–probe measurement results revealed that nonlinear absorption played an important role for the observed optical limiting activities.High flexibility and efficient optical limiting activities of these materials allow these composite sheets to be attached to nonplanar optical sensors in order to protect them from light-induced damage.展开更多
基金supported by the Science and Technology Research of Department of Education of China (No. 0305,03087)
文摘A process capable of simultaneously oxidizing NO, SO2, and Hg^0 was proposed, using a nigh-voltage and short-duration positive pulsed corona discharge. By focusing on NO, SO2, and Hg^0 oxidation efficiencies, the influences of pulse peak voltage, pulse frequency, initial concentration, electrode number, residence time and water vapor addition were investigated. The results indicate that NO, SO2 and Hg^0 oxidation efficiencies depend primarily on the radicals （OH, HO2, O） and the active species （O3, H2O2, etc.） produced by the pulsed corona discharge. The NO, SO2 and Hg^0 oxidation efficiencies could be improved as pulse peak voltage, pulse frequency, electrode number and residence time increased, but they were reduced with increasing initial concentrations. By adding water vapor, the SO2 oxidation efficiency was improved remarkably, while the NO oxidation efficiency decreased slightly. In our experiments, the simultaneous NO, SO2, and Hg^0 oxidation efficiencies reached to 40%, 98%, and 55% with the initial concentrations 479 mg/m^3, 1040 mg/m^3, and 15.0 μg/m^3, respectively.
基金Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFC1909104)Science and Technology Major Project of Guangxi(GuikeAA18242022)Hebei Province Key Research and Development Plan Project(20374104D)。
文摘Based on the new process named "Combination Method" for metallurgy and separation of Baotou mixed rare earth concentrate(BMREC),the aim of this paper is to clearly elucidate the phase change behavior of BMREC without additives during oxidative roasting at 450-800℃.The results indicate that the bastnaesite in BMREC is decomposed at 450-550℃,the weight loss is about 10.3 wt%,and the activation energy(E) is 144 kJ/mol.The bastnaesite in BMREC is decomposed into rare earth fluoride,rare earth oxides(La_(2)O_(3),Ce_(7)O_(12),Pr_(6)O_(11) and Nd_(2)O_(3)),and CO_(2),particularly,with the increase of roasting temperature,bastnaesite in BMREC is more completely decomposed into LaF_(3),which causes a decrease in leaching rate of La during the HCI leaching process.Additionally,the maximum cerium oxidation efficiency reaches about 60 wt% when the roasting temperature is equal to or above 500℃,and the oxidation reaction rate of cerium increases with the increasing roasting temperature.
基金financially supported by the major Project of the national science and technology of China (No. SQ2017YFGX010248)the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 2172011)
文摘Niobium oxide nanowire-deposited carbon fiber（CF） samples were prepared using a hydrothermal method with amorphous Nb2O5·nH2O as precursor. The physical properties of the samples were characterized by means of numerous techniques, including X-ray diffraction（XRD）, energy-dispersive spectroscopy（EDS）, scanning electron microscopy（SEM）, transmission electron microscopy（TEM）, selected-area electron diffraction（SAED）, UV–visible spectroscopy（UV–vis）, N2 adsorption–desorption, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy（FT-IR）, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The efficiency for the removal of Cr（VI） was determined.Parameters such as pH value and initial Cr（VI） concentration could influence the Cr（VI） removal efficiency or adsorption capacity of the Nb2O5/carbon fiber sample obtained after hydrothermal treatment at 160°C for 14 hr. The maximal Cr（VI） adsorption capacity of the Nb2O5 nanowire/CF sample was 115 mg/g. This Nb2O5/CF sample also showed excellent photocatalytic activity and stability for the reduction of Cr（Ⅵ） under UV-light irradiation： the Cr（VI） removal efficiency reached 99.9% after UV-light irradiation for 1 hr and there was no significant decrease in photocatalytic performance after the use of the sample for 10 repeated cycles. Such excellent Cr（VI） adsorption capacity and photocatalytic performance was related to its high surface area,abundant surface hydroxyl groups, and good UV-light absorption ability.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.20836008,21076188,20976158 and 21076189)the National Key Technology Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(No.2008BAC32B06)the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(No.LY12B07001)
文摘Oxidation of S（IV） to S（VI） in the effluent of a flue gas desulfurization（FGD） sys- tem is very critical for industrial applications of seawater FGD. This paper reports a pulsed corona discharge oxidation process combined with a TiO2 photocatalyst to convert S（IV） to S（VI） in artificial seawater. Experimental results show that the oxidation of S（IV） in artificial seawater is enhanced in the pulsed discharge plasma process through the application of TiO2 coating electrodes. The oxidation rate of S（IV） using Ti metal as a ground electrode is about 2.0x10-4 mol. L 1. min-1, the oxidation rate using TiO2/Ti electrode prepared by annealing at 500 ~C in air is 4.5x 10-4 tool. L-a ~ min-1, an increase with a factor 2.25. The annealing temper- ature for preparing TiO2/Ti electrode has a strong effect on the oxidation of S（IV） in artificial seawater. The results of in-situ emission spectroscopic analysis show that chemically active species （i.e. hydroxyl radicals and oxygen radicals） are produced in the pulsed discharge plasma process. Compared with the traditional air oxidation process and the sole plasma-induced oxidation process, the combined application of TiO2 photocatalysts and a pulsed high-voltage electrical discharge process is useful in enhancing the energy and conversion efficiency of S（IV） for the seawater FGD system.
基金Universiti Brunei Darussalam through grant numbers UBD/RSCH/1.4/FICBF(b)/2018/009 and UBD/PNC2/2/RG/1(313).
文摘We report a photoelectrochemical investigation of BiVO4 photoanodes prepared by successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction(SILAR),a facile method that yields uniform nanoporous films.After characterization of the phase,morphology,composition,and optical properties of the prepared films,the efficiencies of charge separation(ηsep)and water oxidation(ηox)in solar water splitting cells employing these photoanodes were estimated following a previously reported procedure.Unexpected wavelength and illumination direction dependencies were discovered in the derived efficiencies,casting doubt on the validity of the analysis.An alternative approach using a diffusion–reaction model that explicitly considers the efficiency of electron collection resolved the discrepancies and explained the illumination direction dependence of the photocurrent.Electron diffusion lengths(Ln)of 0.45μm and 0.55μm were derived for pristine and cobalt phosphate(Co-Pi)modified BiVO4,respectively,which are much shorter than the film thickness of^2.1μm.The Co-Pi treatment also increasedηoxfrom 0.86 to^1,which is the main reason for the overall performance enhancement caused by adding Co-Pi.These findings suggest that there is little scope for improving the performance of SILAR-deposited BiVO4 photoanodes by further catalyzing water oxidation,but enhanced performance is achievable if electron transport can be improved.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42377248,41977338)the Shanxi Province“1331 Project”funded project(20211331-15)the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province,China(No.202103021224139),and the Shanxi Agricultural University school-enterprise cooperation project(QT004).
文摘Due to continuing mining activities,Cd(II)and As(III)contamination in acid mine drainage(AMD)has become a major environmental challenge.Currently,there is increasing focus on the use of biochar to mitigate AMD pollution.However,the impact of biochar on the process of Fe(II)oxidation by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans(A.ferrooxidans)in AMD systems has not been determined.In this study,we investigated the effects of introducing biochar and biochar-leachate on Fe(II)biooxidation by A.ferrooxidans and on the removal of Cd(II)and As(III)from an AMD system.The results showed that the biochar-leachate had a promoting effect on Fe(II)biooxidation by A.ferrooxidans.Conversely,biochar inhibited this process,and the inhibition increased with increasing biochar dose.Under both conditions(c(A.ferrooxidans)=1.4×107 copies mL-1,m(FeSO4·7H2O):m(biochar)=20:1;c(A.ferrooxidans)=7.0×107 copies mL-1,m(F eSO4·7H2O):m(biochar)=5:1),the biooxidation capacity of A.ferrooxidans was severely inhibited,with Fe(II)oxidation efficiency reaching a value of only~20%after 84 h.The results confirmed that this inhibition might have occurred because a large fraction of the A.ferrooxidans present in the system adsorbed to the biochar,which weakened bacterial activity.In addition,mineral characterization analysis showed that the introduction of biochar changed the A.ferrooxidans biooxidation products from schwertmannite to jarosite,and the specific surface area increased after the minerals combined with biochar.Coprecipitation experiments of As(III)and Cd(II)showed that Cd(II)was adsorbed by the biochar over the first 12 h of reaction,with a removal efficiency of~26%.As(III)was adsorbed by the generated schwertmannite over 24 h,with a removal efficiency of~100%.These findings have positive implications for the removal of As(III)and Cd(II)from AMD.
文摘Subject Code:A04With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the State Key Program for Basic Research of China,the research team led by Prof.Zhu Jia(朱嘉)at the National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures,College of Engineering and Applied Sciences,Nanjing University,improved the efficiency of solar desalination using graphene oxide film through suppressing the conduction loss。
基金financial support from the Guangdong Innovative Research Team Program of China (201101C0105067115)DSTA Singapore (Project DSTA-NUS-DIRP/9010100347)National Research Foundation Singapore (R398-001-062-281)
文摘We report a simple solution-processed method for the fabrication of low-cost,flexible optical limiting materials based on graphene oxide(GO) impregnated polyvinyl alcohol(PVA) sheets.Such GO–PVA composite sheets display highly efficient broadband optical limiting activities for femtosecond laser pulses at 400,800,and 1400 nm with very low limiting thresholds.Femtosecond pump–probe measurement results revealed that nonlinear absorption played an important role for the observed optical limiting activities.High flexibility and efficient optical limiting activities of these materials allow these composite sheets to be attached to nonplanar optical sensors in order to protect them from light-induced damage.
