Carbon TrendsPub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100426
Charlotte Berrezueta-Palacios
{"title":"EDITORIAL: Forging paths: Ecuadorian students driving the future of nanoscience","authors":"Charlotte Berrezueta-Palacios","doi":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100426","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100426","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52629,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Trends","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100426"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143129061","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}
Carbon TrendsPub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100441
Linchao Hu, Jinbao Wan, Kaixin Tang, Haoran Yu, Tao Huang, Dongyuan Fan, Wenyi Zhang, Linqiang Mao
{"title":"Effect of artificial aging on physicochemical properties of bone char and adsorption properties of Cd2+","authors":"Linchao Hu, Jinbao Wan, Kaixin Tang, Haoran Yu, Tao Huang, Dongyuan Fan, Wenyi Zhang, Linqiang Mao","doi":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100441","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100441","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Biochar is a good adsorbent and has been widely used to repair heavy metal soils. However, aging will affect the physical and chemical properties of biochar, and then affect its adsorption performance on heavy metals. This study explored the impact of aging on the adsorption performance of biochar derived from bovine bone char, prepared at 350 °C and 550 °C through oxygen-limited carbonization. The bone chars were simulated aging by H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> and Na<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub>, with Cd<sup>2+</sup> as the target ions for adsorption. This study examined the effect on the physical and chemical properties of bone char prepared by different aging degrees, assessing its adsorption efficiency for Cd. The results showed that the oxidative aging led to a rough surface and increased Cd adsorption. The surface of bone char was smooth and bar like without obvious granular matter after acidification aging, inhibiting Cd adsorption. In addition, Oxidation aging increased the surface complexation of bone char and decreased ion exchange. The coprecipitation of bone char and the cationic Caution-π action were seriously inhibited by acidification aging. The findings of this study provide valuable insights and promising applications for the use of animal bones as a strategy for the remediation of Cd<sup>2+</sup> pollution.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52629,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Trends","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100441"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143129059","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}
{"title":"Phonon transports in single-walled carbon nanotube films with different structures determined by tensile tests and thermal conductivity measurements","authors":"Hisatoshi Yamamoto , Yutaro Okano , Keisuke Uchida , Makoto Kageshima , Toru Kuzumaki , Shugo Miyake , Masayuki Takashiri","doi":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100435","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100435","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The phonon transport properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) undergo significant changes when shaped into individuals, bundles, or films. Among these, SWCNT films are the most useful for industrial applications; however, their phonon transport properties have not been thoroughly investigated. This study estimated the phonon transport properties—specifically, the sound velocity, lattice thermal conductivity, and phonon mean free path (MFP)—of SWCNT films by conducting tensile tests and thermal conductivity measurements. The SWCNT films were prepared through vacuum filtering, with their structures modified by adjusting the ultrasonic dispersion amplitude during SWCNT ink production. The average sound velocity of the SWCNT films reached a maximum of 692 m/s at the lowest dispersion amplitude of 30 % (nominal value of 200 W), decreasing as the dispersion amplitude increased. The maximum values of lattice thermal conductivity and phonon MFP were 50.9 W/(m⋅K) and 119 nm, respectively, observed at dispersion amplitudes of 50 % and 90 %. These results arise from the complex interaction of factors such as defect density, mass density, SWCNT bundle diameter, and SWCNT length. This analytical method provides a straightforward approach to determine the detailed phonon transport properties of CNT films.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52629,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Trends","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100435"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143129058","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}
Carbon TrendsPub Date : 2024-11-19DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100431
Rushikesh S. Ambekar , Leonardo V. Bastos , Douglas S. Galvao , Chandra S. Tiwary , Cristiano F. Woellner
{"title":"Material extrusion of topologically engineered architecture inspired by carbon-based interlocked petal-schwarzites","authors":"Rushikesh S. Ambekar , Leonardo V. Bastos , Douglas S. Galvao , Chandra S. Tiwary , Cristiano F. Woellner","doi":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100431","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100431","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Exploiting the topologically engineered complex Schwarzite architecture has allowed the creation of innovative and distinctive structural elements possessing high specific strength. These fundamental building blocks' mechanical characteristics can be fine-tuned by reinforcing them with more robust architectures featuring high surface areas. In this work, we have fabricated six distinct Schwarzite-based structures composed of multiple interlocked layers, termed architecturally interlocked petal-schwarzites. These intricate structures have been additively manufactured into macroscopic dimensions and subjected to uniaxial compression. Experimental findings reveal a correlation between the mechanical response and the number of layers. Additionally, fully atomistic molecular dynamics compressive simulations have been carried out, yielding results that are in good agreement with the experimental observations. These simulations provide insights into the underlying mechanism of high specific strength and energy absorption exhibited by architecturally interlocked petal-schwarzites. The proposed methodology introduces a new perspective on the development of engineered additively manufactured materials with tunable and enhanced mechanical properties.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52629,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Trends","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100431"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142723885","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}
{"title":"Mechanistic insight into the catalytic activities of metallic sites on nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots for CO2 hydrogenation","authors":"Armin Mahmoudi, Siyavash Kazemi Movahed, Hossein Farrokhpour","doi":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100430","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100430","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The origin of selectivity and activity of the CO<sub>2</sub> hydrogenation reaction on single-atom catalysts composed of three adjacent 3d transition metals (Fe, Co, and Ni) supported on N-doped graphene quantum dots were systematically investigated and compared using density functional theory (DFT) calculations, natural bond orbital (NBO), and quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) analysis. This study reveals that π-backbonding between the metal and CO<sub>2</sub>* does not occur and [CO<sub>2</sub>]<sup>δ+</sup> species drive the reaction. The CO<sub>2</sub>* reacts with H<sub>2</sub> via the Eley-Rideal (ER) mechanism by using the synergistic effects of the N site. The higher the partial positive charge on the C atom, the lower the Ea of the reaction. Subsequently, a tautomerization reaction, which is facilitated by hydrogen bonding, occurs and hydrogen is transferred to HCOO* resulting in the formation of CHOOH*. This study shows the selective formation of formic acid from CO<sub>2</sub> is accessible on these SACs and Fe-SAC is the best one between these three catalysts. Although CO<sub>2</sub> is more inert than formic acid the H<sub>2</sub> molecule reacts with the adsorbed formic acid more difficult than the adsorbed CO<sub>2</sub>. It is because the hydrogenation of formic acid causes C-H bond formation resulting in failure of the coordinated O atom's octet and the unstable H<sub>2</sub>COOH* is formed. This step is the rate-determining step of HOCH<sub>2</sub>OH formation from CO<sub>2</sub>, with Ea of 1.94, 2.03, and 2.23 eV for Fe, Co, and Ni, respectively. Finally, the system undergoes another tautomerization reaction resulting in the formation of HOCH<sub>2</sub>OH (formaldehyde monohydrate).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52629,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Trends","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100430"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142705663","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}
Carbon TrendsPub Date : 2024-11-17DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100428
Henna Lempiäinen , Davide Bergna , Anne Heponiemi , Tao Hu , Glaydson S. dos Reis , Rafal Sliz , Ulla Lassi
{"title":"Fe-based catalytic modification of a birch sawdust-based carbon structure: The effect of process parameters on the final product using an experimental design","authors":"Henna Lempiäinen , Davide Bergna , Anne Heponiemi , Tao Hu , Glaydson S. dos Reis , Rafal Sliz , Ulla Lassi","doi":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100428","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100428","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Biomass waste-based, graphite-like material is an interesting alternative to fossil carbons in, for example, battery solutions. The aim was to produce carbon with a graphite-like structure from birch waste through catalytic modification with iron nitrate at relatively low temperatures. The study highlighted the effects of the Fe/birch mass ratio (0–20 mg Fe/g birch), heating temperature (750–900 °C), holding time (1–6 h), and heating rate (3–10 °C/min) on the carbon. The influence of each factor was demonstrated using a design of experiments (DoE) approach. Changes in yield, chemical composition, morphology, specific surface area, total pore volume, pore size distribution, particle size, tapped density, and conductivity were analyzed. The results showed that temperature affected the chemical content, yield, and conductivity. Iron-impregnation affected the structure of birch by modifying its total pore volume, tapped density, I<sub>D</sub>/I<sub>G</sub> value, and conductivity. The heating rate and holding time had relatively little effect. The highest conductivity (7.23 S/cm) was obtained when impregnated birch was pyrolyzed at the maximum temperature, holding time, and heating rate. However, the best graphitization result (I<sub>D</sub>/I<sub>G</sub> 0.98) was obtained when iron-impregnated birch was heated for 6 h at 750 °C at a heating rate of 3 °C/min.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52629,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Trends","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100428"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142705691","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}
Carbon TrendsPub Date : 2024-11-14DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100429
Hülya KAFTELEN-ODABAŞI
{"title":"Evaluation of morphological, structural, thermal, electrical, and chemical composition properties of graphene oxide, and reduced graphene oxide obtained by sequential reduction methods","authors":"Hülya KAFTELEN-ODABAŞI","doi":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100429","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100429","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the preparation and characterization of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) derived from graphene oxide (GO) using various reduction methods, including ethylene glycol (EG), hydrazine, ascorbic acid, thermal reduction, and their sequential combinations. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) were employed to analyze the morphological, structural, and thermal properties, as well as the composition and the functional groups of graphene oxide and its reduced forms. The highest electrical conductivity value of about 2500 S/m was obtained after the combined ascorbic acid-ethylene glycol-hydrazine treatment, which is attributed to the increase in C/O ratio determined by XPS compositional analysis and the decrease in area defects, as confirmed by Raman analysis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52629,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Trends","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100429"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142705661","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}
Carbon TrendsPub Date : 2024-11-13DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100427
E. PRABAKARAN, K. PILLAY
{"title":"Eco and user–friendly curcumin based nanocomposite forensic powder from coal fly ash for latent fingerprint detection in crime scenes","authors":"E. PRABAKARAN, K. PILLAY","doi":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100427","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100427","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, the production of an eco-friendly curcumin based nanocomposite fingerprint labeling powder is reported for the first time. This powder was prepared from thermal power plant waste known as coal fly ash. 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTMS) was covalently interacted with coal fly ash (CFA/APTMS) and curcumin (CUR) was encapsulated onto CFA/APTMS to give a novel and eco-friendly CFA/APTMS/CUR nanocomposite for LFPs detection with the powder dusting method. Several instrumental techniques including Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV–visible spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy (FL), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to characterize this nanocomposite. The CFA/APTMS/CUR nanocomposite was applied as a forensic powder for the development of latent fingerprint (LFPs) images on various porous and non-porous substrates. Level 2 (island, origination, bifurcation, termination, fork, dot, and bridge) and Level 3 (sweat pores and shape of triangles, round, and irregular) were the features of the LFP images. Under visible light conditions, the aging LFPs images were clearly detected on an aluminum foil surface using the nanocomposite powder, which had good sensitivity and minimal background interference. Additionally, LFPs images were developed using CFA/APTMS/CUR nanocomposite on leather substrates for belts and shoes in order to confirm the benefits of the nanocomposite's high sensitivity. This nanocomposite improved LFPs images with unique patterns and showed excellent performance on a variety of surfaces for the development of LFPs. These findings therefore proved that the powdered CFA/APTMS/CUR nanocomposite can be effectively utilized for the development of LFPs images at important crime scenes and for the biometric identification of criminal suspects through fingerprint comparison.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52629,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Trends","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100427"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142652923","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}
{"title":"Unveiling the nanostructured nature of pyrobitumen and shungite carbons through Raman, X-ray and theoretical analyses","authors":"Eric Faulques , Nataliya Kalashnyk , Yves Lulzac , Yves Moëlo","doi":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100421","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100421","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>X-ray powder diffraction and multi-wavelength Raman spectroscopy were employed to characterize carbonaceous geomaterials, offering the first nanostructural analysis of rare pyrobitumen (LP) samples from the Lopérec gold deposit in Brittany, France, by comparing them to Karelian shungite (KS) and carbon allotropes samples. The inter-reticular distances <em>d</em><sub>(002)</sub> for LP/KS, derived from X-ray diffraction patterns, are 3.57(1)/3.48(1) Å, with crystal thickness <em>Lc</em><sub>(002)</sub> and graphitization degree of 1.4/2.0 nm and 6.9/13.1, respectively. Raman band deconvolution indicates graphitic domain sizes of <em>L</em><sub>a</sub> = 6.7/8.2 nm and graphene-like flake tortuosity <em>L<sub>t</sub></em> = 9.2/11.3 nm. Extensive density functional theory calculations on various 2D nanoflakes accurately predict that the D and G Raman bands may originate from graphene quantum dots, which form part of the nanostructure of these geomaterials. LP exhibits greater structural disorder than KS, along with a lower density (1.60 vs. 1.85 g/cm³), suggesting a lower degree of graphitization, likely due to formation at a lower temperature (∼300 °C). The Lopérec pyrobitumen is believed to result from a redox process involving a CO<sub>2</sub>-rich, oxidizing hydrothermal solution interacting with a local hydrocarbon source.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52629,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Trends","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100421"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142652890","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}