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Investigation of the pore structure and surface properties of polysulfone membrane on the resultant polyamide layer and the performance of the reverse osmosis membrane 研究了聚酰胺层上聚砜膜的孔结构和表面特性以及反渗透膜的性能

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Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2025-04-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106147

Lu Gao , Yingying Zhao , Xiaowen Huo , Haitao Wang , Jun Li , Na Chang

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Robust hollow fiber nanofiltration membranes with high stability for wastewater process by dynamic layer-by-layer assembly 通过动态逐层组装，坚固的中空纤维纳滤膜具有高稳定性，可用于废水处理

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Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2025-04-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106146

Liu Ye , Yingbo Chen , Linzhe Xu , Shuang Fu , Xintong Wu

{"title":"Robust hollow fiber nanofiltration membranes with high stability for wastewater process by dynamic layer-by-layer assembly","authors":"Liu Ye , Yingbo Chen , Linzhe Xu , Shuang Fu , Xintong Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106146","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106146","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The stability of nanofiltration membranes in wastewater treatment represents a primary constraint to their development. In this work, hollow fiber nanofiltration membranes with robust stability were prepared by dynamic layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly of poly (sodium 4-benzenesulfonate) (PSS) and poly (diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride) (PDDA) on the internal surface of poly (ether sulfone) (PES) hollow fiber ultrafiltration membranes. The effect of different coating layers on the membrane performance was assessed, and the findings revealed that the LBL membrane with the optimal coating layer of 2 had a pure water permeance of 9.59 L m<sup>−2</sup> h<sup>−1</sup> bar<sup>−1</sup> with rejection of 92.11 % and 87.28 % for Na<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> and MgSO<sub>4</sub>, respectively. Consistent pure water permeance was attained even after four cycles of anti-fouling testing, at varied pH values and backwashing. In the actual wastewater treatment, the membrane still maintained a stable permeance, the rejection of Ca<sup>2+</sup>, Mg<sup>2+</sup> and SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup> ions in the wastewater were 81.25 %, 87.81 % and 76.79 % respectively, and the rejection of total organic carbon reached up to 92.90 %. In summary, the membranes that had been developed exhibit economic efficiency and held significant potential for use in industrial production and real wastewater treatment procedures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 106146"},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143850576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Synthesis of alkaline protease modified ALPs-V2O5/MCM-41 nanocomposite and their multifunctional applications as an efficient photocatalytic, antibacterial and DPPH radicals stabilizing agent 碱性蛋白酶修饰ALPs-V2O5/MCM-41纳米复合材料的合成及其作为高效光催化、抗菌和DPPH自由基稳定剂的多功能应用

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Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106136

Khalil ur Rehman , Imen Zghab , Mohammed Alissa , Kamran Tahir , Amira K. Hajri , Ferjeni Zouidi , Abdullah Alghamdi , Suad A. Alghamdi , Mohammed A. Alshehri , Alaa S. Alhegaili

{"title":"Synthesis of alkaline protease modified ALPs-V2O5/MCM-41 nanocomposite and their multifunctional applications as an efficient photocatalytic, antibacterial and DPPH radicals stabilizing agent","authors":"Khalil ur Rehman , Imen Zghab , Mohammed Alissa , Kamran Tahir , Amira K. Hajri , Ferjeni Zouidi , Abdullah Alghamdi , Suad A. Alghamdi , Mohammed A. Alshehri , Alaa S. Alhegaili","doi":"10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106136","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106136","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The development of eco-friendly and sustainable nanomaterials is crucial for environmental safety and biomedical applications. This study presents a novel approach to synthesizing vanadium oxide-doped MCM-41 nanocomposites (V₂O₅/MCM-41) using an alkaline protease (ALPs) extracted from <em>Phalaris minor</em> seeds.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>The ALPs-assisted synthesis method was employed for the first time to fabricate V₂O₅/MCM-41 nanocomposites, and their physicochemical properties were characterized to determine size, morphology, and crystallinity.</div></div><div><h3>Significant findings</h3><div>The synthesized ALPs-V₂O₅/MCM-41 nanocomposites exhibited outstanding photocatalytic performance, achieving 97 % degradation of bromothymol blue (BTB) within 50 min of irradiation. Additionally, the synthesized nanocomposites exhibited strong antibacterial properties against <em>Escherichia coli</em> and Staphylococcus aureus, with inhibition zones measuring between 22(±0.3) mm and 31(±0.4) mm under both illuminated and non-illuminated conditions. Moreover, they exhibited remarkable antioxidant properties, with an 88 % scavenging efficacy against 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radicals.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>These findings highlight the potential of ALPs-V₂O₅/MCM-41 nanocomposites as a sustainable and multifunctional material for environmental remediation and antimicrobial applications, paving the way for further research in eco-friendly nanotechnology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 106136"},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143844307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Enhanced efficiency of superhydrophobic coatings: A comparative analysis between dip and spray techniques using octadecyltrichlorosilane 提高超疏水涂层的效率：使用十八烷基三氯硅烷的浸镀和喷涂技术的比较分析

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Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106150

Darren Yi Sern Low , Kristian Hendrata , Chern Leing Lee , Sivakumar Manickam , Siah Ying Tang

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Enhanced analysis of flow characteristics and thermal performance in multiple jet impingements: Effects of varying jet heights and spacings 强化分析多射流撞击的流动特性和热性能：不同射流高度和间距的影响

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Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2025-04-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106132

Jin Zhang , Yong Li , Jun Xia , Yingchun Zhang , Jiajie Zhang , Bengt Sunden , Gongnan Xie

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Mn and Br co-substitution CsPbI3 perovskite quantum dots used for white light-emitting diodes Mn和Br共取代CsPbI3钙钛矿量子点用于白光发光二极管

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Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2025-04-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106139

Zhe-Cheng Li , Shi-Hong Xu , Jyh-Chiang Jiang , Liang-Yih Chen

{"title":"Mn and Br co-substitution CsPbI3 perovskite quantum dots used for white light-emitting diodes","authors":"Zhe-Cheng Li , Shi-Hong Xu , Jyh-Chiang Jiang , Liang-Yih Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106139","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106139","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>CsPX₃ perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) have garnered considerable research interest due to their excellent fluorescent properties and simple synthesis process. However, the α-cubic phase CsPbI₃ PQDs are prone to transforming into the non-luminescent δ-orthorhombic phase, which poses a significant challenge to their practical application in light-emitting devices.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>In this study, red-emitting CsPbI₃ quantum dots (PQDs) were synthesized via the hot-injection method, with Mn and Br co-substituted at the B-site and X-site of the CsPbI₃ lattice. Furthermore, ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations confirmed the robust stability of CsMnₓPb₁₋ₓ(BrᵧI₁₋<sub>y</sub>)₃ PQDs under sunlight exposure, corroborating the experimental findings.</div></div><div><h3>Significant findings</h3><div>The CsMnₓPb₁₋ₓ(Br<sub>y</sub>I₁₋<sub>y</sub>)₃ PQDs exhibited a PLQY of 96.3 %, retaining 87 % of their initial value after five months of storage. AIMD simulations revealed that the CsMnₓPb₁₋ₓ(Br<sub>y</sub>I₁₋<sub>y</sub>)₃ system underwent minimal structural deformation and effectively suppressed Pb dimer formation. Furthermore, the silyl group of the (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) ligand used in the synthesis reacted with tetramethyl orthosilicate (TMOS) to form a dense silica (SiOₓ) encapsulation shell. Finally, a white light-emitting diode (WLED) was fabricated using red-emitting CsMnₓPb₁₋ₓ(BrᵧI₁₋ᵧ)₃ PQDs@SiOₓ, green-emitting CsPbBr₃ PQDs@SiOₓ, and a blue-emitting InGaN-based chip. The WLED exhibited CIE 1931 chromaticity coordinates of (0.337, 0.336) and achieved a color gamut covering nearly 128 % of the NTSC standard.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 106139"},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143834764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Eco-Friendly halogen-free composite for humidity control: Application in environmental humidity regulation 环保无卤调湿复合材料：在环境湿度调节中的应用

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Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2025-04-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106143

Jiancong Fu , Gang Lv , Ting Li , Minchen Yu , Teng Ma , Hailiang Yang , Bin Wang , Yang Zhou , Hailing Zhen , Liling Jia , Zhen Li , Zhiqin Peng

{"title":"Eco-Friendly halogen-free composite for humidity control: Application in environmental humidity regulation","authors":"Jiancong Fu , Gang Lv , Ting Li , Minchen Yu , Teng Ma , Hailiang Yang , Bin Wang , Yang Zhou , Hailing Zhen , Liling Jia , Zhen Li , Zhiqin Peng","doi":"10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106143","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106143","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The demand for effective indoor humidity control has led to the development of innovative materials, yet many existing solutions are limited by the release of harmful substances during production and high costs.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>To address these limitations, we developed an environmentally friendly composite material composed of sodium alginate, silica gel, and inorganic salts. This halogen-free composite demonstrates high moisture absorption rates and rapid response to humidity fluctuations, making it ideal for application in artifact preservation, food storage, and electronics protection. Various analytical techniques, including scanning electron microscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller specific surface area testing, were employed to characterize the structural properties and composition of the material.</div></div><div><h3>Significant Findings</h3><div>Our findings reveal that the composite can stabilize air humidity between 65 % and 70 % relative humidity (RH) at 25 °C within 4 h and maintain this level for over 25 h. The material also exhibits a high moisture absorption capacity of up to 448.96 % of its weight, along with notable efficiency in moisture desorption.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 106143"},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143828439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Improving the anti-corrosive performance of an epoxy coating by ionic liquid modified layered double hydroxide nanocontainer 离子液体改性层状双氢氧化物纳米容器提高环氧涂料的防腐性能

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Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2025-04-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106140

Kenan Sun , Yingxue Liu , Jiaqian Duan , Ya Li , Xugeng Guo

{"title":"Improving the anti-corrosive performance of an epoxy coating by ionic liquid modified layered double hydroxide nanocontainer","authors":"Kenan Sun , Yingxue Liu , Jiaqian Duan , Ya Li , Xugeng Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106140","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106140","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Functionalized composite coatings play a key role in protecting metals and alloys against corrosion in harsh environments.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Layered double hydroxide (LDH) modified with choline benzoate ionic liquid is successfully fabricated through coprecipitation and ion-exchange strategies, and then incorporated into an epoxy to generate the CB-LDH/EP composite coating. The anti-corrosive and self-healing abilities of the CB-LDH/EP are comprehensively evaluated.</div></div><div><h3>Significant findings</h3><div>The addition of CB-LDH active nanocontainer induces a clear increase in the polarization resistance of the coatings (from 9.36 × 10<sup>6</sup> to 4.35 × 10<sup>8</sup> Ω cm<sup>2</sup>). Moreover, the localized corrosion of the coating surface can be considerably retarded according to the long-term immersion experiments. Such an obvious enhancement in the corrosion resistance is attributed to the synergistic mechanism between the components of the polymer coating. The inherent lamellar structures of LDH enhance the physical barrier effect of the coating. Benefiting from the outstanding ion-exchange behavior, the LDH can serve as a storage station for corrosive anions like chloridion, and simultaneously the released benzoate anions from LDH galleries play a role of active corrosion protection. In addition, the choline cations can be adsorbed to the LDH surface because of their polar groups, indicative of a further improvement in the anti-corrosive performance of the coating.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 106140"},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143823238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Introducing Rh-doped Mg(OH)2 on Ni-MOF as a symmetry electrode for accelerating urea oxidation reaction assisted hydrogen evolution 在Ni-MOF上引入掺铑Mg(OH)2作为加速尿素氧化反应的对称电极，辅助析氢

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Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2025-04-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106138

Zhenyu Wang , Yiming Wang , Cengceng Du , Yi Liu , Shengyin Luo , Xin Chen , Wenlong Zhang , Xinyu Liu , Wenjuan Xu , Peng Zheng , Sun Hong-bin , Guangwen Xu

{"title":"Introducing Rh-doped Mg(OH)2 on Ni-MOF as a symmetry electrode for accelerating urea oxidation reaction assisted hydrogen evolution","authors":"Zhenyu Wang , Yiming Wang , Cengceng Du , Yi Liu , Shengyin Luo , Xin Chen , Wenlong Zhang , Xinyu Liu , Wenjuan Xu , Peng Zheng , Sun Hong-bin , Guangwen Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106138","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106138","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Urea oxidation reaction (UOR) assisted H<sub>2</sub> evolution reaction (HER) holds promising for energy-saving H<sub>2</sub> production via the water electrolysis.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In this work, an alkaline earth metal species, Mg(OH)<sub>2</sub>, is applied to activate the catalytic performance of the Rh-based catalyst. The developed catalyst Rh-doped Mg(OH)<sub>2</sub> on Ni-MOF/NF has both excellent UOR and HER catalytic activities. Evidence is supported by experiments and calculations that the Rh/Mg(OH)<sub>2</sub> is the active site.</div></div><div><h3>Significant findings</h3><div>In a alkaline environment, the overpotential of HER is only 14 mV to 10 mA cm<sup>-2</sup> of the current density, and anodic potential of UOR is only 1.290 V. When assembling a symmetry electrolyzer, UOR assisted HER can save 200 mV compared to water electrolysis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 106138"},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143823239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Advanced process control for sulfur recovery units by artificial intelligence (AI) surrogate model 基于人工智能（AI）代理模型的硫磺回收装置高级过程控制

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Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2025-04-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106119

Jialin Liu , Hao-Che Chien , David Shan-Hill Wong , Cheng-Ting Hsieh

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