Monica A McCall, Jonathan S Watson, Jonathan S W Tan, Mark A Sephton
{"title":"Biochar Stability Revealed by FTIR and Machine Learning.","authors":"Monica A McCall, Jonathan S Watson, Jonathan S W Tan, Mark A Sephton","doi":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00104","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00104","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biochar is a carbon-rich and environmentally recalcitrant material, with strong potential for climate change mitigation. There is a need for rapid and accessible estimations of biochar stability, the resistance to biotic and abiotic degradation in soil. This study builds on previous work by integrating Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) data with predictive modeling to estimate standard stability indicators: H:C and O:C molar ratios. Lignocellulosic feedstocks were pyrolyzed at highest treatment temperatures (HTT) ranging from 150-700 °C, and all samples achieved H:C < 0.7 and O:C < 0.4 at HTT of 400 °C and above. Several statistical and machine learning models were developed using FTIR spectra. The random forest (RF) models, which incorporated full data preprocessing, yielded the highest accuracy (<i>R</i> <sup>2</sup> = 0.96 for both ratios) when tested on an unseen feedstock. Variable importance analysis identified spectral regions linked to aromaticity and inversely correlated to C-O stretches in cellulose and lignin as key predictors. The findings of this study verify that FTIR data can serve as a rapid and accurate tool for estimating biochar stability.</p>","PeriodicalId":100015,"journal":{"name":"ACS Sustainable Resource Management","volume":"2 5","pages":"842-852"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12105012/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144164528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shraban Dey, Anjan Chakraborty, Mir Wasim Raja, Lal Gopal Das, Naresh Chandra Murmu and Tapas Kuila*,
{"title":"Water Hyacinth-Derived Hierarchical Porous Activated Carbon as a Supreme Electrode Material Toward the Stellar Performance in Supercapacitor Applications","authors":"Shraban Dey, Anjan Chakraborty, Mir Wasim Raja, Lal Gopal Das, Naresh Chandra Murmu and Tapas Kuila*, ","doi":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c0003910.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00039https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00039","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Activated carbon (AC) is gaining more attention as a cost-effective, efficient electrode material for supercapacitors due to its larger surface area and porous structure. Optimizing factors like activation holding time is the key to achieving AC with high surface area and hierarchical pores. Herein, AC from water hyacinth, a common biowaste, was prepared using the KOH activation process, with varied holding times (∼0.5, 1.5, and 2.5 h) to study their impact on surface area and specific capacitance. HAC2 (activation holding time 1.5 h) exhibited an elevated surface area of ∼540 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>–1</sup>. The optimal HAC2 electrode afforded a high specific capacitance of ∼323 F g<sup>–1</sup> at 1 A g<sup>–1</sup>. Considering a practicability perspective, HAC2 was used as an electrode material in aqueous and organic symmetric supercapacitor devices, achieving specific capacitances of ∼173 and 34 F g<sup>–1</sup> at 0.5 A g<sup>–1</sup>. To achieve a high specific capacitance and a high potential window, the MoO<sub>3</sub>//HAC2 device was assembled. This device achieved a high specific capacitance of ∼104 F g<sup>–1</sup> at 0.5 A g<sup>–1</sup> with an outstanding energy density of 28.58 W h kg<sup>–1</sup> at 351 W kg<sup>–1</sup> power density and a capacity retention of ∼86% after 10,000 cycles. The developed device can power a digital clock and an LED, indicating that it can be potentially used as an energy storage device.</p>","PeriodicalId":100015,"journal":{"name":"ACS Sustainable Resource Management","volume":"2 5","pages":"796–806 796–806"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144104919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sonali R. Surase, Ajay Y. Dhodi, Ashok L. Sunatkari*, Girish S. Gund* and Pradip B. Sarawade*,
{"title":"Porosity and Defect Engineered Activated Carbon from Wood Apple Shell for Enhanced Electrochemical Capacitor","authors":"Sonali R. Surase, Ajay Y. Dhodi, Ashok L. Sunatkari*, Girish S. Gund* and Pradip B. Sarawade*, ","doi":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c0053010.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00530https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00530","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The use of biomass-derived activated carbon (AC) can combine economic viability and environmental sustainability, thereby addressing the challenges of resource availability and environmental impact. Therefore, we have synthesized AC using wood apple shell (WAS) as the biomass and one-step chemical activation with zinc dichloride (ZnCl<sub>2</sub>). The prepared WAS-AC powder was activated at different temperatures ranging from 600 to 800 °C. Structural analysis verified the formation of an amorphous structure and high specific surface area of 942 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>–1</sup> with a pore volume of 0.2 cm<sup>3</sup> g<sup>–1</sup>, whereas the <i>I</i><sub>D</sub>/<i>I</i><sub>G</sub> ratio increased with the activation temperature, confirming the graphitization and defect control within the WAS-AC powder. Furthermore, the electrochemical performances of the prepared WAS-AC electrodes were examined in a neutral electrolyte (1 M Na<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>); the WAS-AC700 electrode achieved the highest specific capacitance of 210 F g<sup>–1</sup> at a current density of 0.5 A g<sup>–1</sup> and a capacitive retention of 96% after 5000 cycles at a current density of 16 A g<sup>–1</sup>. Additionally, the symmetric Swagelok cell-type electrochemical capacitor (EC) device based on WAS-AC700 electrodes and 1 M Na<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> electrolyte demonstrated a 72 F g<sup>–1</sup> specific capacitance at a 0.5 A g<sup>–1</sup> current density and energy densities of 9.93/6.67 Wh kg<sup>–1</sup> at power densities of 250/8000 W kg<sup>–1</sup>. These results highlight the promising application of wood apple shell-derived activated carbon for high-performance EC.</p>","PeriodicalId":100015,"journal":{"name":"ACS Sustainable Resource Management","volume":"2 5","pages":"755–765 755–765"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144104913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mariana de Brito Ferraz, Claudia Zlotea, Walter José Botta and Guilherme Zepon*,
{"title":"Hydrogen Storage Properties of the Ti18V24Nb23Cr33Al2 Multicomponent Alloy Using Ti6V4Al Alloy Scraps as Feedstock Material","authors":"Mariana de Brito Ferraz, Claudia Zlotea, Walter José Botta and Guilherme Zepon*, ","doi":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c0005410.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00054https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00054","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Hydrogen storage in metal hydrides has been extensively studied due to their capacity to reversibly absorb hydrogen under relatively low pressures. Multicomponent alloys, especially those of the Ti-V-Nb-Cr system, have garnered significant attention because of the possibility of fine-tuning the hydrogen storage properties by compositional control. However, most of the investigations on multicomponent alloys rely on high-purity elements as feedstock materials, which can have a substantial environmental impact due to the energy-intensive processes required to achieve such purity levels. In this work, we propose an alternative approach by utilizing Ti6Al4V alloy (ASTM F136) scraps from the biomedical industry as feedstock material to produce Ti<sub>18</sub>Nb<sub>23</sub>V<sub>24</sub>Cr<sub>33</sub>Al<sub>2</sub>. The alloy was synthesized by using an arc-melting process, combining Ti6Al4V scraps with other pure elements. Structural analysis using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed the formation of a microstructure composed predominantly by a body-centered cubic (BCC) solid solution with a small micro segregation providing additional microstructural insights. The Ti<sub>18</sub>Nb<sub>23</sub>V<sub>24</sub>Cr<sub>33</sub>Al<sub>2</sub> alloy exhibited a hydrogen storage capacity of 2.75 wt % H<sub>2</sub> with room temperature reversibility, presenting hydrogen storage properties comparable to those of a (TiVNb)<sub>65</sub>Cr<sub>35</sub> alloy produced only from high-purity elements.</p><p >This study presents a sustainable approach to producing Ti<sub>18</sub>Nb<sub>23</sub>V<sub>24</sub>Cr<sub>33</sub>Al<sub>2</sub> alloy from Ti6Al4V machine chips, achieving efficient hydrogen storage with reduced environmental impact.</p>","PeriodicalId":100015,"journal":{"name":"ACS Sustainable Resource Management","volume":"2 5","pages":"807–814 807–814"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00054","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144104917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Taylor Sobczak, Gengyang Li, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Varunkumar Thippanna, Lindsay B. Chambers, Taylor Theobald, Hongyue Sun, Stephen Nolet, Ke Li* and Kenan Song*,
{"title":"Life Cycle Analysis of Coaxial Layered Fiber Spinning for Wind Turbine Blade Recycling","authors":"M. Taylor Sobczak, Gengyang Li, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Varunkumar Thippanna, Lindsay B. Chambers, Taylor Theobald, Hongyue Sun, Stephen Nolet, Ke Li* and Kenan Song*, ","doi":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c0043410.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00434https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00434","url":null,"abstract":"<p >This article explores the environmental sustainability of recycling decommissioned wind turbine blades to produce polyacrylonitrile fiber. By comparing greenhouse gas emissions across various scales of production in different regions, including the US and Europe, the study highlights how cleaner energy grids, such as those in France, can substantially reduce the carbon footprint. The carbonization and graphitization stages, identified as highly energy-intensive, underscore the need for energy-efficient techniques and alternative energy sources. The study reveals significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions with scalable production, demonstrating US production emissions reduced to 3.89 kg CO<sub>2</sub> equiv/kg fiber and European production to 3.28 kg CO<sub>2</sub> equiv/kg fiber from a lab scale of at least one order of magnitude higher. The findings emphasize the importance of sustainable raw materials, green chemistry, and renewable energy in enhancing the sustainability of carbon fiber production and promoting a circular economy in wind energy.</p><p >This LCA quantifies the environmental burdens of wind turbine blade recycling, fiber spinning, and transportation, offering insights for sustainable material selection and waste management in the expanding wind energy sector.</p>","PeriodicalId":100015,"journal":{"name":"ACS Sustainable Resource Management","volume":"2 5","pages":"721–732 721–732"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00434","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144104894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Taylor Sobczak, Gengyang Li, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Varunkumar Thippanna, Lindsay B Chambers, Taylor Theobald, Hongyue Sun, Stephen Nolet, Ke Li, Kenan Song
{"title":"Life Cycle Analysis of Coaxial Layered Fiber Spinning for Wind Turbine Blade Recycling.","authors":"M Taylor Sobczak, Gengyang Li, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Varunkumar Thippanna, Lindsay B Chambers, Taylor Theobald, Hongyue Sun, Stephen Nolet, Ke Li, Kenan Song","doi":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00434","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00434","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores the environmental sustainability of recycling decommissioned wind turbine blades to produce polyacrylonitrile fiber. By comparing greenhouse gas emissions across various scales of production in different regions, including the US and Europe, the study highlights how cleaner energy grids, such as those in France, can substantially reduce the carbon footprint. The carbonization and graphitization stages, identified as highly energy-intensive, underscore the need for energy-efficient techniques and alternative energy sources. The study reveals significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions with scalable production, demonstrating US production emissions reduced to 3.89 kg CO<sub>2</sub> equiv/kg fiber and European production to 3.28 kg CO<sub>2</sub> equiv/kg fiber from a lab scale of at least one order of magnitude higher. The findings emphasize the importance of sustainable raw materials, green chemistry, and renewable energy in enhancing the sustainability of carbon fiber production and promoting a circular economy in wind energy.</p>","PeriodicalId":100015,"journal":{"name":"ACS Sustainable Resource Management","volume":"2 5","pages":"721-732"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12105005/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144163300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenqing Yan*, A. Vahid Movahedi-Rad, Sophie Marie Koch, Sandro Stucki and Lavinia Heisenberg,
{"title":"Bonding Metals with Two-Component Bio-Resourced Adhesive System","authors":"Wenqing Yan*, A. Vahid Movahedi-Rad, Sophie Marie Koch, Sandro Stucki and Lavinia Heisenberg, ","doi":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c0039910.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00399https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00399","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The global metal bonding adhesives market has to shift toward more environmentally friendly and preferably economically superior alternatives to traditional petroleum-based adhesives. Here, we report a two-component biobased adhesive system consisting of epoxidized biobased oils and biobased acids, with five biobased options available for each component category. Our strategy employs a method where two components are blended and melted to form a homogeneous mixture and, then, chemically cross-linked to form a covalent network upon heating. This approach has achieved high adhesive strength under dry and wet conditions for single-lap-joint bonded specimens. The materials tested include aluminum, copper, steel, brass, and molybdenum. Specifically, the lap shear strength of aluminum (1060) joints achieved a result of 6.2 ± 0.8 MPa under dry conditions and 4.4 ± 0.6 MPa under wet conditions.</p><p >This study presents a two-component biobased adhesive system for metal bonding, formulated from epoxidized soybean oil and organic acids. It offers high bonding strength, good water resistance, and a reduced carbon footprint.</p>","PeriodicalId":100015,"journal":{"name":"ACS Sustainable Resource Management","volume":"2 5","pages":"712–720 712–720"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00399","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144104889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yin Huang, Mengjun Chen*, Jinchuan Qin, Shaoqin Chen, Songshan Zhou, Rong Huang, Xiangfei Zeng, Yunhui Han, Yi Liu, Min Shang, Pengcheng Wang, Jiaqi Hu and Oladele A. Ogunseitan,
{"title":"Integrative Assessments of E-Waste Impacts and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in China: Integrating Pollution Sequestration and Resource Recovery","authors":"Yin Huang, Mengjun Chen*, Jinchuan Qin, Shaoqin Chen, Songshan Zhou, Rong Huang, Xiangfei Zeng, Yunhui Han, Yi Liu, Min Shang, Pengcheng Wang, Jiaqi Hu and Oladele A. Ogunseitan, ","doi":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c0053610.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00536https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00536","url":null,"abstract":"<p >China’s Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), and other departments have collaborated on WEEE Disposal Fund (the Fund) to improve large-scale, industrialized, and specialized WEEE disposal. At present, the Fund plays a key role in China, but with a budget deficit of up to 3 billion Yuan per year. By linking the achievements of WEEE recycling to the policy to promote carbon neutrality, the Fund would compensate for the associated fee, thereby facilitating sustainable recycling. To test the feasibility of this strategy, we have assessed GHG emission reduction levels associated with WEEE recycling based on archival data analysis and field research. The results show that the GHG reduction related to WEEE recycling in Sichuan Province is 160,279.152 tCO<sub>2eq</sub>. and 8.36 million tCO<sub>2eq</sub> in China in 2021. But this amount significantly underestimates the potential benefits due to methodology limitations. It is assumed a reformed approach that can increase the estimated GHG reductions by 42% (to 11.85 million tCO<sub>2eq</sub>). This reform highlights the key role of including downstream resource recovery processes in carbon trading schemes, which is expected to alleviate the current deficit. The study suggests that the GHG emission reduction assessment of WEEE recycling should be re-formed to promote the sustainability of WEEE recycling.</p>","PeriodicalId":100015,"journal":{"name":"ACS Sustainable Resource Management","volume":"2 5","pages":"766–774 766–774"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144104888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Highly Efficient Degradation of Toxic Congo Red Dye under Sunshine Using a Mesoporous BiZnO3/g-C3N4 Nanocomposite","authors":"Bibekananda Bhoi, and , Vimlesh Chandra*, ","doi":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c0048210.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00482https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00482","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The presence of toxic Congo red (CR) dye in water has significant impacts on human health and the environment. The development of a cost-effective and efficient technique for CR degradation is essential. In this study, mesoporous BiZnO<sub>3</sub>/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> nanocomposites were synthesized via thermal decomposition for the degradation of CR dye under sunshine. Powder X-ray diffraction analysis revealed the formation of pure phases of the materials, with the average crystallite size of BiZnO<sub>3</sub> being 20.89 nm. The Fourier transform infrared spectrum shows the presence of different functional group such as Bi–O, Zn–O, C–N, and C═N. The surface morphology of the sample showed BiZnO<sub>3</sub> nanorods (100–300 nm) embedded in g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> sheets. The high-resolution transmission electron microscopy image showed the formation of lattice fringes with an interplanar spacing of 0.200 nm, corresponding to the (431) plane of BiZnO<sub>3</sub>. The specific surface areas of mesoporous BiZnO<sub>3</sub>, g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>, and BiZnO<sub>3</sub>/g-C<sub><sub>3</sub></sub>N<sub>4</sub> were 14.02, 17.30, and 45.82 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>–1</sup>, respectively. The direct band gaps of BiZnO<sub>3</sub>, g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>, and BiZnO<sub>3</sub>/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> were found to be 3.37, 2.90, and 3.43 eV, respectively. The BiZnO<sub>3</sub>/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> nanocomposite exhibited 99.79% removal of CR dye within 1 h and followed a first-order reaction kinetic model, with a rate constant of 0.0470 min<sup>–1</sup>. The degradation efficiency decreased with an increase in the pH of the solution, with the maximum efficiency observed at pH 2. The presence of coexisting anions affected the degradation efficiency in the following order: IO<sub>3</sub><sup>–</sup> > Cl<sup>–</sup> > Br<sup>–</sup> > NO<sub>3</sub><sup>–</sup> > PO<sub>4</sub><sup>3–</sup>. Scavenger experiments indicated that <sup>•</sup>OH and h<sup>+</sup> are the active species involved in CR degradation. Furthermore, after six recycling runs, the catalyst performance showed only a 6% decrease, indicating the stability of the BiZnO<sub>3</sub>/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> nanocomposite. This study demonstrates that the synthesized BiZnO<sub>3</sub>/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> nanocomposite holds significant potential for the effective removal of toxic CR dye from wastewater.</p>","PeriodicalId":100015,"journal":{"name":"ACS Sustainable Resource Management","volume":"2 5","pages":"744–754 744–754"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144104887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haiwang Lai*, Marie Le Dot, Jia-feng Chen, Jing Zhang and Pu Xiao*,
{"title":"Biomass-derived Photoresins for Digital Light Processing 3D Printing of Degradable Objects","authors":"Haiwang Lai*, Marie Le Dot, Jia-feng Chen, Jing Zhang and Pu Xiao*, ","doi":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c0009410.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00094https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00094","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Vat polymerization is among the most widely used 3D printing techniques for fabricating objects with intricate geometries by solidifying liquid resins through light exposure. Commercially available 3D printing inks for vat polymerization are typically composed of multifunctional (meth)acrylates or epoxides derived from fossil resources, and the resulting photocured objects often lack degradability due to the formation of covalent C–C or ether bond networks. In this study, photocurable resins for digital light processing (DLP) 3D printing are developed by simply blending biomass-derived epoxidized soybean oil, lipoic acid, and isobornyl acrylate at 110 °C with a catalyst. The printing speed and thermomechanical properties of the resins can be easily tuned by adjusting their compositions. The 3D printed objects are shown to degrade upon treatment with thiol in the presence of a base. The use of biomass-sourced resins, combined with the degradability of the printed objects, highlights this approach as a promising step toward improving the sustainability of 3D printing materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":100015,"journal":{"name":"ACS Sustainable Resource Management","volume":"2 5","pages":"833–841 833–841"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144104881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}