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Chemistry, Physical
Song Shi, Jun Xiang, Sroeurb Loy, Xiang-Sen Meng, Wen-Duo Yang, Rong-Da Zhao, Fu-Fa Wu, Dong-Mei Ma, Mei-Ting Li, Jia Li
Summary: This study improves the OER catalytic performance of CuCo2O4 by synthesizing catalysts with different micromorphologies and utilizing the synergistic effect of urea and ammonium fluoride. The CuCo2O4/NF catalyst exhibits good stability under the synergistic effect.
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Chemistry, Physical
Wei Luo, Yanli Yu, Yucheng Wu, Zemian Ma, Xueying Ma, Yimin Jiang, Wei Shen, Rongxing He, Wei Su, Ming Li
Summary: In this study, a heteroatom-doped heterogeneous interfacial catalyst (Fe-CoN/CoS2) was successfully synthesized for water electrolysis. The catalyst exhibited an ultralow overpotential for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and driving current density in both alkaline and acid conditions. Additionally, the electrolytic cell assembled with Fe-CoN/CoS2 showed a high voltage at moderate current density. The doping of iron further improved the catalytic activity by enhancing the interaction at the heterointerface and reducing the energy barriers for adsorption of reactant molecules.
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Jong-Gook Kim, Hye-Bin Kim, Dong-Hun Shin, Daniel S. Alessi, Eilhann Kwon, Kitae Baek
Summary: This study investigated a novel in-situ generation system combining electrochemical oxidation and pyrite oxidation to enhance oxidation efficiency. The results indicated that the combined system significantly increased the oxidation rate of organic pollutants, demonstrating a synergistic effect.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Chemistry, Physical
Hemjot Kaur, Neetu Goel
Summary: Oxygen reduction and evolution reactions are crucial for sustainable energy solutions. Developing low-cost and efficient electrocatalysts is important. The proposed catalyst shows excellent catalytic activity and selectivity for hydrogen production and fuel cell applications.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2023)
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Engineering, Environmental
Dongbao Song, Biting Qiao, Xin Wang, Leicheng Zhao, Xiao Li, Peng Zhang, Yiming Yao, Hao Chen, Lingyan Zhu, Hongwen Sun
Summary: This study provides new insight into the degradation of PFOA by an electrochemical system in the presence of reactive chlorine species (RCS) and distinguishes the roles played by reactive chlorine species and hydroxyl radical. By using electrochemical oxidation in the presence of NaCl, PFOA degradation rates of 89.4%-94.9% and defluorination rates of 38.7%-44.1% were achieved after 480 min. The study revealed that the degradation occurred via the synergistic effect of hydroxyl radical and reactive chlorine species rather than through direct anodic oxidation. The findings are promising for the development of electrochemical technology to remove perfluorinated alkyl substances from the environment.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
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Chemistry, Applied
Sofia Strekalova, Alexander Kononov, Vladimir Morozov, Olga Babaeva, Elena Gavrilova, Yulia Budnikova
Summary: This study describes the electrochemical amidation of C(sp2)-H and C(sp3)-H bonds of a wide range of arenes using nitriles as amide sources, achieved under mild conditions without the need for metal catalysts or external oxidizing agents. The method offers moderate to high yields, can be applied to arenes with diverse functional groups, and is suitable for gram scale synthesis. The key role of the hydroxyl radical as an inductor generated during the oxidation of water has been established through EPR experiments.
ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS
(2023)
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Chemistry, Physical
Dileep Maarisetty, Da-Ren Hang, Mitch M. C. Chou, Smrutiranjan Parida
Summary: In this study, a genre of trimetallic catalysts with Ni, Co, and Mo metals were synthesized, and it was found that the morphology, structure, and catalytic activity of the catalysts depend on the ratios of Ni/Co and Mo+4/Mo+5. The introduction of Mo as the third metal is only beneficial when the Ni/Co ratio is optimally maintained. Surface analysis and electrochemical tests revealed that Mo favors oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and metallic Ni on the surface promotes methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) activity. Furthermore, adsorbed water molecules were found to be crucial for enhancing the performance of the catalysts in both OER and MOR processes.
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
S. Swathi, R. Yuvakkumar, P. Senthil Kumar, G. Ravi, Dhayalan Velauthapillai
Summary: The study successfully synthesized Ti2O3-CeO2 nanocomposites and confirmed their structural characteristics through various characterization techniques. It was found that the 1:3 Ti/Ce molar ratio played a crucial role in enhancing the oxygen evolution reaction performance.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Zepeng Zhang, Yunyun Li, Longzhang Dong, Zhonglong Yin, Ziqi Tian, Weiben Yang, Zhen Yang
Summary: The hydroxyl radicals ('OH) generated on the anode play a crucial role in the electrochemical oxidation (EO) of organic pollutants for water treatment. Inspired by the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), a strategy of anode selection was proposed to stabilize deeply oxidized states ( *O and *OOH) which contribute to the generation of 'OH. Through the use of MIL-101(Cr)-coated-Ti/TiO2 anodes, fast and complete removal of aniline and phenol, as well as improved energy utilization, were achieved compared to undecorated anodes. Mechanistic investigations and density functional theory (DFT) computations further supported the hypothesis and provided insights for the development of anode materials in the EO process.
CHINESE CHEMICAL LETTERS
(2023)
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Engineering, Environmental
Meng Li, Yu-Ting Jin, Dan-Yang Cao, Ling-Ling Yang, Jian-Fang Yan, Zhao-Xin Zhang, Zhang Liu, Long-Wei Huang, Shao-Qi Zhou, Ji-Liang Cheng, Qinglan Zhao, Hai-Ming Zhao, Nai-Xian Feng, Ce-Hui Mo
Summary: The study demonstrates that efficient degradation of PFOS can be achieved through D-Ce/Sb2O3 anode, with electron transfer and generation of hydroxyl radicals playing crucial roles. The Ce-O active sites can reduce the electron and hydroxyl radical migration distance, enhancing catalytic activity.
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Chemistry, Physical
Hyo-Young Kim, Young -Wan Ju
Summary: This study prepared a NiFe2-xCoxO4 electrochemical catalyst by controlling the amount of Co dopant, and found that NiCo2O4 with the least number of oxygen vacancies exhibited excellent catalytic activity for OER/ORR due to the development of macropore, large surface areas, and lower bandgap.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2021)
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Electrochemistry
Pulkit Garg, Prateek Khare, Ravi Shankar, Ankit Tyagi
Summary: This study investigates the use of cerium-oxide nanoflakes (CeO2NF) coated on leadoxide battery electrode (LBE) as an anode material for the electrochemical oxidation process of methylene blue (MB) in the presence of sunlight. The CeO2NF/LBE electrode is synthesized through hydrothermal deposition and characterized using various techniques. The results show that the CeO2NF/LBE electrode has a high electrochemical surface area and demonstrated excellent performance in MB removal under sunlight-assisted electrochemical oxidation. The synthesized electrode also exhibits good stability and can be reused multiple times without significant loss in removal efficiency.
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Carlos H. M. Fernandes, Bianca F. Silva, Jose M. Aquino
Summary: This study investigated two different advanced oxidation processes (AOP) for treating water contaminated with emerging contaminants. The results showed that both electrochemical methods and solar-based methods were effective in oxidizing and mineralizing the contaminants.
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Engineering, Environmental
Xingyu Wu, Xingfu Song, Hang Chen, Jianguo Yu
Summary: The study investigates the impact of general operating conditions on the proportion of direct and indirect oxidation during p-nitrophenol degradation in DSA system, aiming to enhance the contribution of indirect oxidation. Low pH and adding NaClO can improve the contribution of indirect oxidation, but extra H(2)O(2 )significantly hindered the degradation. Furthermore, behaviors of free radical reactions were studied by quantum chemical calculation, providing insight into oxidation mechanisms of EOP.
JOURNAL OF WATER PROCESS ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Suprobhat Singha Roy, Arun Karmakar, Ragunath Madhu, Sreenivasan Nagappan, Hariharan Dhandapani, Subrata Kundu
Summary: In order to meet the increasing energy demand, water electrolysis is an effective method for producing clean H2 fuel. By doping rare-earth Sm ions in NiCu-LDH, the electronic structure of the catalyst is effectively modified, resulting in improved catalytic activity for OER and HER. This work provides a strategy for searching highly stable bifunctional electrocatalysts with good activity and stability for effective total water splitting application.
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lars odegaard Bentsen, Narada Dilp Warakagoda, Roy Stenbro, Paal Engelstad
Summary: This study investigates uncertainty modeling in wind power forecasting using different parametric and non-parametric methods. Johnson's SU distribution is found to outperform Gaussian distributions in predicting wind power. This research contributes to the literature by introducing Johnson's SU distribution as a candidate for probabilistic wind forecasting.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xing Liu, Qiuchen Wang, Yunhao Wen, Long Li, Xinfang Zhang, Yi Wang
Summary: This study analyzes the characteristics of process parameters in three lean gas ethane recovery processes and establishes a prediction and multiobjective optimization model for ethane recovery and system energy consumption. A new method for comparing ethane recovery processes for lean gas is proposed, and the addition of extra coolers improves the ethane recovery. The support vector regression model based on grey wolf optimization demonstrates the highest prediction accuracy, and the multiobjective multiverse optimization algorithm shows the best optimization performance and diversity in the solutions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Cairong Song, Haidong Yang, Xian-Bing Meng, Pan Yang, Jianyang Cai, Hao Bao, Kangkang Xu
Summary: The paper proposes a novel deep learning-based prediction framework, aTCN-LSTM, for accurate cooling load predictions. The framework utilizes a gate-controlled multi-head temporal convolutional network and a sparse probabilistic self-attention mechanism with a bidirectional long short-term memory network to capture both temporal and long-term dependencies in the cooling load sequences. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method, which can serve as an effective guide for HVAC chiller scheduling and demand management initiatives.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhe Chen, Xiaojing Li, Xianli Xia, Jizhou Zhang
Summary: This study uses survey data from the Loess Plateau in China to evaluate the impact of social interaction on the adoption of soil and water conservation (SWC) technology by farmers. The study finds that social interaction increases the likelihood of farmers adopting SWC, and internet use moderates this effect. The positive impact of social interaction on SWC adoption is more pronounced for farmers in larger villages and those who join cooperative societies.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chenghua Zhang, Yunfei Yan, Kaiming Shen, Zongguo Xue, Jingxiang You, Yonghong Wu, Ziqiang He
Summary: This paper reports a novel method that significantly improves combustion performance, including heat transfer enhancement under steady-state conditions and adaptive stable flame regulation under velocity sudden increase.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)