{"title":"Reaction characteristics of oxygen generation from plate-like potassium superoxide within a confined space","authors":"Yan-xiang Jia, Ying-shu Liu, San-Lang Wang","doi":"10.1515/jaots-2016-0186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/jaots-2016-0186","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Plate-like potassium superoxide (PLPS) can be used for atmosphere control and life support as chemical oxygen in coal mine refuge chambers. To simulate oxygen generation of single PLPS piece in a confined space, five groups of experimental studies under different temperatures and humidities were performed in a simulator. Under these experimental conditions, temperature and humidity were proportional to the increase rate of oxygen concentration and inversely proportional to the effective time of oxygen generation. A kinetic model of single potassium superoxide was established based on the experimental data and their description by reaction kinetics. The evolution of oxygen was divided into fast and slow reaction stages. The explanation of the behavior of the fast reaction stage is controlled by interfacial reaction and the slow reaction stage by internal diffusion. The suitable ranges of the kinetic model and three application parameters were determined from the oxygen concentration build-up using PLPS pieces.","PeriodicalId":14870,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79534868","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}
M. May-Lozano, R. López-Medina, E. Rojas-García, I. Hernández-Pérez, S. Martínez-Delgadillo
{"title":"Characterization of B-TiO2 Synthesized under Different Conditions of Hydrolysis","authors":"M. May-Lozano, R. López-Medina, E. Rojas-García, I. Hernández-Pérez, S. Martínez-Delgadillo","doi":"10.1515/jaots-2016-0217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/jaots-2016-0217","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract TiO2 photocatalysts doped with boron (2% boron) with different water/alkoxide molar ratio were synthesized by the sol-gel method. The prepared samples were characterized by BET, RAMAN, FTIR, SEM and Photoluminiscence. A catalyst recycling study and a respirometry tests with activated sludge were realized. When the amount of water was modified during synthesis a noticeable change in the crystal structures, number of surface oxygens, the pore size and the length of the agglomerates were observed. A mesoporous anatase titania was present as the dominant phase, but rutile was present at high and low water concentration. The samples with the highest photocatalytic activity showed the presence of small agglomerates, high porosity, additional oxygen vacancies, the higher specific area and additional number of Ti-O-Ti bonds. The presence of boron is observed in the tricoordinated form that promotes the formation of oxygen vacancies and the photocatalytic properties. The formation of oxygen vacancies on the titania surface are related to the transition of the coordination of titanium (Ti4+ to Ti6+) and best degradation of Orange II is related to a closer coordination to Ti5+. B-TiO2 samples can be easily regenerated and no toxic by-products were produced during the photocatalytic reactions.","PeriodicalId":14870,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies","volume":"51 1","pages":"326 - 337"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90490854","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":"Catalytic Ozonation of Bisphenol A in Aqueous Medium by Mn-Fe/Al2O3 Catalyst","authors":"Yanfang Liu, Guixia Li, Zhili Zhang, Xiang Gao, Jianrui Niu, Junna Zhao, Zaixing Li","doi":"10.1515/jaots-2016-0220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/jaots-2016-0220","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract γ-Al2O3 supported Manganese and Ferric oxide (Mn-Fe/Al2O3) were synthesized and used as catalyst for ozonation of bisphenol A (BPA) in aqueous solution. It was conducted in a semi-batch reactor under different operational conditions, i.e., varying initial pH, ozone flow rate, initial BPA concentration and catalyst dosage. The results indicated that the presence of Mn-Fe/Al2O3 lead to a great enhancement in ozonation of BPA. Using 5 g/L Mn-Fe/Al2O3 evaluated BPA (50 mg/L) removal efficiency up to 84.1% under particular reaction conditions, while that of the single ozonation process was 48.5%. The influence of tert-butanol demonstrated that initiation of hydroxyl radicals was involved and plays an important role in catalytic ozonation. The decrement of solution pH in catalytic ozonation was much higher than that in ozone alone, indicating much small molecule acids produced in catalytic ozonation process. The repeated use the Mn-Fe/Al2O3 proved that it had a good reusability and stability.","PeriodicalId":14870,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies","volume":"25 1","pages":"358 - 365"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84617921","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}
C. Miranda, P. Santander, J. Matschullat, B. Daus, J. Yáñez, H. Mansilla
{"title":"Degradation of Organoarsenicals by Heterogeneous Photocatalysis using ZnO, TiO2 and UVA","authors":"C. Miranda, P. Santander, J. Matschullat, B. Daus, J. Yáñez, H. Mansilla","doi":"10.1515/jaots-2016-0211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/jaots-2016-0211","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The oxidation of phenylarsine oxide (PhAsO) and cacodylic acid (CA) by UV-A assisted heterogeneous photocatalysis using ZnO and TiO2 was studied. The influence of pH and catalyst load was assessed using multifactorial design. Both studied variables showed a significant effect on organoarsenical degradation. PhAsO was completely removed in 5 min at pH 6.3 using TiO2 as catalyst under optimum conditions. In contrast, the same removal extent was achieved at a wider pH range (pH 4 to 10), when ZnO was used. A 100% degradation was reached for CA at 60 min irradiation using ZnO and pH 9.3. In comparison, only 60 % CA degradation was achieved using TiO2 at pH 6.5. Regarding the by-product formation during photocatalysis, the main degradation products found for PhAsO were phenylarsonic acid (PhAs), phenol and inorganic arsenate. With CA, only methanol and inorganic arsenate were found as main reaction products.","PeriodicalId":14870,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies","volume":"13 1","pages":"276 - 283"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79554420","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":"Preparation of Calcium Titanate Based on the Cotton Template Method and its Simultaneous Removal Performance to Heavy Metals and Organic Pollutants in Water","authors":"Dong Zhang, Shiyan Liu, X. Song, Zhen-yu Xu, Bing Yang, Lei-yang Chen, Yi-chuan Tan, Fujie Li","doi":"10.1515/jaots-2016-0101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/jaots-2016-0101","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Adopting cotton as the bio-templates, calcium titanate with special morphology (CTCTO) was produced by solgel template method and characterized by XRD, SEM, BET and FTIR. The adsorption and photocatalytic performance had been studied. At the same time, the ability of CTCTO for removing heavy metals in complexing and the chemical oxygen demand (CODCr) in water was investigated. The results show that the calcium titanate prepared with this method existed in the shape of broken microtubules. CTCTO had strong adsorption and photocatalysis capacity. In the medium of pH 5-7, when the catalyst loading is 1 g/L, for the initial concentrations of lead 250 mg/L, of cadmium35 mg/L, of nickel 70 mg/L and of methylene blue 10 mg/L, lead, cadmium and nickel are all adsorbed completely within 20 min, and the degradation rate of methylene blue reaches 84.13% within 120 min. For the heavy metals in complexing state, the removal rates of cadmium, lead and nickel reached 100%, and the value of CODCr also decreased by 56% after one hour of catalyzed sorption. A new method for the simultaneous removal on heavy metals and organics is developed, and it has been used in the treatment of water samples and some satisfying results are obtained.","PeriodicalId":14870,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies","volume":"40 1","pages":"18 - 9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75154975","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}
Yujun Si, J. Zhong, Jianzhang Li, Xinlu Liu, Wei Hu, Jiabo Song, Fengjia Zhang, Kewei Liu, Ke-Jing Huang, Songlin Wu, Ruhao Yang, T. Zeng, Minjiao Li
{"title":"Comparative Investigation of Simulated Solar-driven Photocatalytic Performance of g-C3N4 Prepared by Different Precursors","authors":"Yujun Si, J. Zhong, Jianzhang Li, Xinlu Liu, Wei Hu, Jiabo Song, Fengjia Zhang, Kewei Liu, Ke-Jing Huang, Songlin Wu, Ruhao Yang, T. Zeng, Minjiao Li","doi":"10.1515/jaots-2016-0120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/jaots-2016-0120","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract g-C3N4 was prepared by heating different precursors. The photocatalysts were characterized by Brunauer- Emmett-Teller (BET) method, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, particle size analyzer and surface photovoltage (SPV) spectroscopy, respectively. The photocatalytic activities of g-C3N4 prepared by different precursors for decolorization of rhodamine B aqueous solution were evaluated. The results show that g-C3N4 prepared by heating urea exhibits the best photocatalytic activity under simulated solar irradiation, which can be assigned to the relative higher specific surface area, the smaller particle size, the higher separation efficiency of photo-generated charge pairs, the higher adsorption toward rhodamine B aqueous solution.","PeriodicalId":14870,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies","volume":"56 1","pages":"158 - 164"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74185202","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}
Wenjie Zhang, Chuanguo Li, Zheng Ma, Li-Lan Yang, Hongbo He
{"title":"Effects of Calcination Temperature on Properties of 0.5%Al-3%In-TiO2 Photocatalyst Prepared using Sol-gel Method","authors":"Wenjie Zhang, Chuanguo Li, Zheng Ma, Li-Lan Yang, Hongbo He","doi":"10.1515/jaots-2016-0116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/jaots-2016-0116","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract 0.5%Al-3%In-TiO2 was prepared using sol-gel method to study the influence of calcination temperature. XRD patterns indicate anatase structure in all of the 0.5%Al-3%In-TiO2 samples. The crystallite size and cell volume of anatase TiO2 increase with increasing calcination temperature. The increase of calcination temperature leads to enlarging pore size and shrinking pore volume. The specific surface area, surface adsorbed -OH, and adsorption capacity of the materials decrease with increasing calcination temperature. The 0.5%Al-3%In-TiO2 sample calcinated at 400 °C has the maximum photocatalytic activity. Photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange can lead to total decoloration in 40 min. Total methyl orange decoloration efficiency decreases from 100% to 85.9% on 0.5%Al-3%In-TiO2 after 6 reaction cycles.","PeriodicalId":14870,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies","volume":"35 1","pages":"119 - 124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81101351","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":"Fenton’s Oxidation Kinetics, Pathway, and Toxicity Evaluation of Diethyl Phthalate in Aqueous Solution","authors":"Qinqin Zhang, Chuan Wang, Yangming Lei","doi":"10.1515/jaots-2016-0117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/jaots-2016-0117","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A comprehensive study of the chemical oxidation degradation of diethyl phthalate (DEP) was conducted through Fenton processes. Effects of various operating parameters that considerably affect DEP decomposition were investigated, including solution pH, H2O2, Fe2+, and DEP concentration. The removal efficiency of DEP achieved 98% under reaction conditions of pH value of 3.0, concentration of 0.3 mM of Fe2+, and 6.0 mM of H2O2 after 170 min. In general, DEP degradation in Fenton process was found to occur in two stages, with an extremely fast stage and then a slow one, as a result of change of H2O2 and Fe2+ initial concentration. Based on the pseudo-steady-state hypothesis of hydroxyl radical formed by the Fenton reaction, a kinetic model for DEP degradation has been proposed which describes the effect of decomposition byproducts on the oxidation reaction. The experiment results also were in good agreement with Behnajady-Modirshahla-Ghanbery (BMG) kinetic model. During the degradation process, seven degradation intermediates of DEP were detected out by means of GC/MS, including ethyl 2-hydroxybenzoate, ethyl 3-hydroxybenzoate, phthalic anhydride, benzoic acid ethyl ester, malonic acid, oxalic acid, and acetic acid. Probable degradation pathway of DEP by the Fenton reaction was also proposed. Inhibitory effects of DEP and intermediate products were investigated in aqueous solution with Photobacterium phosphoreum. Findings indicated that the solution was not completely detoxified even if DEP completely disappeared, further post-treatment was recommended. All these observations have significant potential applications and require further investigation.","PeriodicalId":14870,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies","volume":"94 1","pages":"125 - 133"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85491993","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":"On the Difference Between Air-cleaning and Self-cleaning","authors":"N. Abbas, Y. Paz","doi":"10.1515/jaots-2016-0205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/jaots-2016-0205","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract There is a common notion in the field of photocatalysis that the same requirements for air purification hold also for self-cleaning surfaces, and that the same product may be adequate for the two purposes. This notion was tested on cementitious objects by comparing the activity of a series of commercially available TiO2 products in oxidizing NO versus their ability to de-coloring adsorbed dyestuff. Care was made to perform these measurements under UV light in order to avoid coupling with sensitization effects due to absorption by the dyes. In general, introducing TiO2 powder into the matrix (type II samples) was found to yield higher activities in comparison with over-coating with a film made from colloidal nano-particles (type I samples), despite the larger surface coverage of the latter. Within the type II samples a negative correlation between self-cleaning and air-decontamination was found, suggesting that some products are more adequate for self-cleaning while others are more adequate for NO oxidation. In addition, macro-corrugation may play a large role; the higher the corrugation of the surface was, the more active were the samples in the oxidation of NO. The opposite was found in the de-coloring of rhodamine B. Strange enough, 20% of the coated films prepared from colloidal nano-particulate suspensions showed very poor performance towards NO oxidation. This finding is disturbing, since at this stage, bad experience from a specific product might be translated into a disappointment from photocatalysis per-se.","PeriodicalId":14870,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies","volume":"23 1","pages":"218 - 226"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86997931","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}
Shuaizhi Zheng, Kunlei Wang, Zhishun Wei, K. Yoshiiri, M. Braumüller, S. Rau, B. Ohtani, E. Kowalska
{"title":"Mono- and Dual-modified Titania with a Ruthenium(II) Complex and Silver Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Compounds","authors":"Shuaizhi Zheng, Kunlei Wang, Zhishun Wei, K. Yoshiiri, M. Braumüller, S. Rau, B. Ohtani, E. Kowalska","doi":"10.1515/jaots-2016-0204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/jaots-2016-0204","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Ruthenium(II) complex with the phosphonate anchoring groups of [Ru(tbbpy)2(4,4′-(CH2PO3H2)2bpy)]2+ (RuIICP2, tbbpy= 4,4′-di-tert-butyl-2,2′-bipyridine) and silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) were used as single or comodifiers on titania surface. For the dual modified titania, two deposition sequences were applied to obtain Ag/RuIICP2 and RuIICP2/Ag, in which at first ruthenium(II) or silver was deposited on titania, respectively. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) confirmed the existence of modifiers, and the effect of ruthenium(II) on the properties of Ag NPs regarding their crystallite sizes and oxidation states distributions. Photocatalytic activities of the modified titania were investigated for oxidative decomposition of acetic acid and 2-propanol, and anaerobic dehydrogenation of methanol. Under UV/Vis irradiation for the methanol dehydrogenation, co-modified titania of Ag/RuIICP2 showed the best activity, while for acetic acid degradation, singly modified titania with silver showed the highest activity. In contrary, under visible light irradiation, singly fabricated titania with ruthenium(II) complex possessed the highest photocatalytic performance for 2-propanol oxidation. For all the three tested photocatalytic degradation reactions, Ag/RuIICP2 exhibited better photocatalytic activities than RuIICP2/Ag, indicating the different properties caused by opposite deposition sequences, e.g., DRS indicated the smaller sizes of metal NPs and XPS suggested the binding of ruthenium(II) to Ag NPs for RuIICP2/Ag, which in consequence influenced the overall photocatalytic outcome.","PeriodicalId":14870,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies","volume":"116 1","pages":"208 - 217"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79300280","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}