{"title":"From food waste to high-capacity hard carbon for rechargeable sodium-ion batteries","authors":"Madina Kalibek , Lunara Rakhymbay , Zhanar Zhakiyeva , Zhumabay Bakenov , Seung-Taek Myung , Aishuak Konarov","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2024.100225","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2024.100225","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this study, we introduce a straightforward and effective approach to produce P-doped hard carbon using coffee grounds as the precursor, with H<sub>3</sub>PO<sub>4</sub> serving as the doping agent. By varying the concentrations of H<sub>3</sub>PO<sub>4</sub> (1 M, 2 M, and 3 M), we aimed to determine the optimal doping level for maximizing the incorporation of phosphorus ions into the carbon framework. Our investigation revealed that using 2 M of H<sub>3</sub>PO<sub>4</sub> as the dopant material for hard carbon led to promising electrochemical performance when employed as an anode material for sodium-ion batteries. The P-doped hard carbon, carbonized at 1300 °C, exhibited an impressive reversible capacity of 341 mAh g<sup>−1</sup> at a current density of 20 mA g<sup>−1</sup>, with an initial Coulombic efficiency (ICE) of 83 %. This outstanding electrochemical performance of P-doped hard carbon can be attributed to its unique properties, including a porous agglomerated structure, a significant interlayer spacing, and the formation of C–P bonds.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"7 3","pages":"Article 100225"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588913324000140/pdfft?md5=222ad98950c719971672d55bdc2086ea&pid=1-s2.0-S2588913324000140-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139639360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Valorization of durian peel as a carbon feedstock for a sustainable production of heterogeneous base catalyst, single cell oil and yeast-based biodiesel","authors":"Khanittha Fiala , Apinya Thongjarad , Ratanaporn Leesing","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2024.100224","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2024.100224","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The present study reports a successful attempt to produce single cell oil (SCO), heterogeneous base catalyst and yeast-based biodiesel from durian peel as a promising carbon feedstock by means of the waste-to-energy concept. For this purpose, first, durian peel (DP) was hydrolyzed by dilute sulfuric acid to obtain xylose-rich DP hydrolysate (XDPH) and post-hydrolysis DP solid residue (DPS). <em>Candida viswanathii</em> PSY8, a newly isolated oleaginous yeast, showed high SCO accumulation (5.1 ± 0.1 g/L) and SCO content (35.3 ± 0.13 %) on undetoxified XDPH medium. A novel heterogeneous base catalyst (DPS-K) prepared from DPS by wet impregnation technique with KOH, exhibited considerable catalytic activity to convert SCO-rich wet yeast of <em>C. viswanathii</em> PSY8 into yeast-based biodiesel (FAME) via direct transesterification with a maximum FAME yield of 94.3 % under optimal conditions (6 wt% catalyst, 10:1 methanol to wet yeast ratio, 75 °C, and 2 h). Moreover, most of the yeast-based biodiesel properties obtained from the FAME profiles were correlated well with the biodiesel standards limit of Thai, ASTM<!--> <!-->D6751 and EN 14214. Additionally, the energy output of FAME produced about 37.5 MJ/kg was estimated. Thus, this present finding demonstrated the favorable strategy for sustainable and eco-friendly production of new generation biodiesel.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"7 3","pages":"Article 100224"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588913324000139/pdfft?md5=ee3be686a9d6b3bf0f5d8a59cf5943d8&pid=1-s2.0-S2588913324000139-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139537255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Discovery and intensity characterization of TDP and PRP based on temperature evolution history during the pyrolysis for large biomass particle","authors":"Rui Chen , Jun Cai , Xinli Li , Xiaobin Qi","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2024.100223","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2024.100223","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The pyrolysis behaviors and temperature evolution history of lignocellulosic biomass (Beech, BH) were characterized using a novel pyrolysis model—C-DAEM. The simulation results were validated through corresponding experimental data. Based on the simulation results, two distinct peaks were observed in the temperature difference between the surface and center (TDSC) curve, namely the thermal disturbance peak (TDP) and the pyrolysis reaction peak (PRP). The presence of TDP and PRP was confirmed by examining the heat flux ratio between the pyrolysis rate and the temperature rise rate. Moreover, the results indicated that three factors, namely heating temperature, particle size, and pyrolysis rate, influenced the relative intensity between TDP and PRP. By changing the values of each impact factor, conditions where TDP owns the same height with PRP were obtained under different working conditions. These findings have led to the development of a dimensionless number, naming the pyrolysis-heating surface-center number (PH<sub>SC</sub> number). This number could provide a comprehensive indication of the collective impact of the aforementioned factors when TDP and PRP exhibit equal peak heights.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"7 3","pages":"Article 100223"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588913324000127/pdfft?md5=793346a309a87319c78d3b9a8fbebc68&pid=1-s2.0-S2588913324000127-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139639343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synthesis and molecular docking of pyrimidine derivatives as antibacterial agents","authors":"Karthikeyan Elumalai , Anandakumar Shanmugam , Mahalakshmi Devaraji , Sivaneswari Srinivasan","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2024.100222","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2024.100222","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this study, we aimed to synthesise and evaluate the antimicrobial activity of sulphanilamide-condensed pyrimidine derivatives. The compounds were synthesised using a one-pot, three-component reaction. The structures of the synthesised compounds were confirmed using spectroscopic techniques such as FT-IR, 1H NMR, mass spectrometry, and elemental analysis. The antibacterial activity of all the synthesised compounds was tested against <em>Escherichia coli</em> (<em>E. coli</em>) and <em>Bacillus subtilis</em> (<em>B. subtilis</em>), two types of Gram-positive bacteria. The thiamine-pyrophosphate riboswitch <em>E. coli</em> and the purine riboswitch <em>B. subtilis</em> were chosen as targets to determine how compounds bind to them. The molecular docking data showed that compound 6f bound well and had the lowest binding energy in the active site areas of both targets. This was in line with the tests done in vitro. The majority of the compounds have been demonstrated to be antibacterial.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"7 3","pages":"Article 100222"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588913324000115/pdfft?md5=a37d61cf3cdd97ee42c81f8e8ba242dd&pid=1-s2.0-S2588913324000115-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139454310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eleni-Stavroula Vastaroucha , Nikolaos G. Stoforos , George Aggelis , Seraphim Papanikolaou
{"title":"Studies of polyol production by the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica growing on crude glycerol under stressful conditions","authors":"Eleni-Stavroula Vastaroucha , Nikolaos G. Stoforos , George Aggelis , Seraphim Papanikolaou","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.100210","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.100210","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Crude glycerol, the principal by-product of biodiesel production process, was employed as substrate by three wild-type <em>Yarrowia lipolytica</em> strains (ACA-YC 5030, LMBF 20 and NRRL Y-323). Stressful conditions (low pH value = 2.0 ± 0.3, low incubation temperature <em>T =</em> 20 ± 1 °C, non-aseptic conditions) were employed. Interesting production of yeast biomass and polyols (viz. erythritol, mannitol and arabitol) was noted at pH = 2.0 ± 0.3 and <em>T =</em> 20 ± 1 °C. Strains failed to produce significant quantities of cellular lipid, while variable quantities of intra-cellular polysaccharides were produced. Fermentations under previously pasteurized media supported significant biomass and polyols production for most of the tested strains, while only one strain (NRRL Y-323), managed to produce polyols at media that were not previously thermally treated at all. The production of mannitol was favored at low initial glycerol (Glol<sub>0</sub>) concentrations, whereas higher Glol<sub>0</sub> quantities favored the biosynthesis of erythritol. For the strain NRRL Y-323, highly aerated / agitated bioreactor trials showed different physiological profiles as compared to the respective flask experiments. Finally, in flask experiments with the strain NRRL Y-323 at high Glol<sub>0</sub> amounts (≈140 g/L) at low medium pH (=2.0 ± 0.3), a significant production of polyols (=84.2 g/L) with the corresponding remarkable conversion yield on glycerol consumed = 62 % w/w was achieved.</p></div><div><h3>Practical application</h3><p>Renewable and biodegradable fuels, such as biodiesel, are safer and environmentally friendlier than the conventional petroleum diesel. Glycerol is a cost-effective substrate obtained as the main side-product from biodiesel production process and is currently being employed in the realm of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology to produce metabolic products with added value. Current research focuses on using glycerol as a starting substrate for biotechnological conversions aiming at producing, amongst other compounds, polyols, microbial biomass, citric acid, etc. from selected strains of the Generally Recognized Αs Safe (GRAS) yeast <em>Yarrowia lipolytica</em>. In the current investigation therefore, we examined the capacity of new wild-type non-extensively studied strains of this yeast to grow and assimilate this inexpensive substrate. Specifically, we have performed the acclimatization of the mentioned strains to stressful environments (i.e., low pH, low incubation temperature, non-aseptic conditions, etc.) and remarkable quantities of the added-value compounds (polyols, yeast mass, citric acid) were produced.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"7 3","pages":"Article 100210"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588913323000856/pdfft?md5=3cc8dd0912ac5d75f98aed58b9175abf&pid=1-s2.0-S2588913323000856-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139195145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study on the interaction between inherent minerals of coal with refuse derived fuel (RDF) during co-firing","authors":"Yanchi Jiang , Lanting Zhuo , Xiaojiang Wu , Zhongxiao Zhang , Xinwei Guo , Junjie Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.100208","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.100208","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, refuse derived fuel (RDF) and bituminous coal were co-fired to investigate the particulate matter (PM) yields and the interaction between the inherit minerals in a lab-scale drop tube furnace (DTF). The PM<sub>1-10</sub> yields during the co-firing of coal and RDF dramatically decreased by 16.29 %∼28.5 % of the combustion of coal alone. In addition, methane auxiliary combustion inhibited the PM<sub>1</sub> yields by 7.95 % at air atmosphere. The Si-rich minerals in coal interreacted with the organic alkali (earth) metals in RDF, massively generating sticky particles with high liquid amount of K-Al-Si and Ca-Al-Si, promoting the transformation of fine grains into coarser mode. Moreover, it was proved that both methane auxiliary combustion and co-firing can reduce the emission of fine particles. The additional heat accelerated the burn of the char at the early stage of combustion, providing adequate time for the interaction between the inorganic species. Through thermodynamic equilibrium calculations of 1500 ∼ 3000 fly ash grains, it was found that co-firing increased the formation of sticky particles by 64.8 %∼70.3 %, resulting in a significant enhancement in capturing fine particles and Na, K vapor. Therefore, the co-firing of coal with RDF offers a promising approach to realize the harmless and resourceful treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW), and inhibit land resource losses caused by landfill</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"7 3","pages":"Article 100208"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588913323000832/pdfft?md5=1f797038c200f246cd6ba5458f7514dc&pid=1-s2.0-S2588913323000832-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139193581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zeyu Liu , Song Yang , Yanyan Yang , Wenyao Guo , Jianfei Wang , Bixi Wang , Xin Gao , Ting Wang , Shoujun Liu , Zhongliang Yu
{"title":"Efficient hydrogen production from high-concentration aqueous formic acid over bio-based γ-Mo2N catalysts","authors":"Zeyu Liu , Song Yang , Yanyan Yang , Wenyao Guo , Jianfei Wang , Bixi Wang , Xin Gao , Ting Wang , Shoujun Liu , Zhongliang Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.100209","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.100209","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Formic acid is regarded to be one of the most prospective hydrogen carriers. Effective screening of the fitting non-noble-metal-based heterogeneous catalysts to substitute the expensive noble-metal-based ones for FA dehydrogenation is considered as a key to the commercial application for hydrogen economics. Herein, dehydrogenation of liquid neat FA achieved a gas production value of 1753.5 mL/g<sub>cat</sub>./h at 94 °C by using a biomass-derived γ-Mo<sub>2</sub>N based catalyst synthesized from the earth-abundant molybdenum and soybean with a facile pyrolysis process. The effect of material ratio, pyrolysis temperature on the catalytic performance of FA dehydrogenation were studied in details. In particular, the catalyst obtained at a pyrolysis temperature of 700 °C, weight ratios of ammonium molybdate to soybean of 0.2/1 exhibited the highest activity. In addition, the catalytic activity increased with the increase of FA concentration, but conversely, the dehydrogenation selectivity decreased with the increasing FA concentration. Moreover, it was found that the Bio-Mo<sub>2</sub>N catalyst was rather stable over the 40 h continuous reaction period.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"7 3","pages":"Article 100209"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588913323000844/pdfft?md5=ddea11678326ce7fa99289b519bf7aad&pid=1-s2.0-S2588913323000844-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139195963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qian Su , Qingjie Guo , Haiquan Wang , Meifang Liu , Cheng Zuo
{"title":"Research progress of MOF-based materials in the photocatalytic CO2 reduction","authors":"Qian Su , Qingjie Guo , Haiquan Wang , Meifang Liu , Cheng Zuo","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.100211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crcon.2023.100211","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Photocatalytic technology could utilize solar energy to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> into high-value-added fossil fuels, providing promising solutions for global energy and environmental issues. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of crystalline porous solids with high porosity and flexible structure. MOF-based photocatalysts have excellent CO<sub>2</sub> capture ability, photochemical and structural characteristics and have shown infinite development potential in CO<sub>2</sub> reduction. However, in practical large-scale applications, MOF-based photocatalysts still have some urgent problems to be solved, such as high composite rate of photogenerated carriers, limited response range to visible spectrum, poor photocatalytic activity and weak reduction ability. This paper introduces series of MOF-based photocatalysts, including pure MOF materials, compounds, and derivatives, were reviewed based on recent reports. Emphasis was placed on the modification strategy of photocatalysts, the photocatalytic reaction's key physical and chemical parameters, and the mechanism of synergistic improvement of chemical fuel yield. Ultimately and most importantly, the future development trends and prospects of MOF-based catalysts for photocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction were discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"7 1","pages":"Article 100211"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588913323000868/pdfft?md5=014f95bffb314680e52d358060aa85e4&pid=1-s2.0-S2588913323000868-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139108553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yang Song , Tongya Tian , Changming Li , Xi Zeng , Sen Zhang , Li Chen , Zhenghua Yang , Qizhe Ji , Xianglong Zhao , Feiyong Chen
{"title":"Controlled fabrication of Fe3N@NG composites as superior oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysts","authors":"Yang Song , Tongya Tian , Changming Li , Xi Zeng , Sen Zhang , Li Chen , Zhenghua Yang , Qizhe Ji , Xianglong Zhao , Feiyong Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.100207","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.100207","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We report the controlled fabrication of nitrogen doped graphene (NG) nanoplates, which are uniformly decorated with iron nitride (Fe<sub>3</sub>N) nanoparticles, <em>via</em> ball milling of mixtures of graphite and iron nitrates and the following ammonia annealing. The obtained Fe<sub>3</sub>N@NG composites demonstrate excellent electrocatalytic activity and durability for oxygen evolution reaction, both of which outperform those of the state-of-the-art iridium oxide catalysts. This may be attributed to nitrogen doping as well as the synergistic effect between Fe<sub>3</sub>N and graphene nanoplates.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"7 2","pages":"Article 100207"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588913323000820/pdfft?md5=a7fd197eaf6cb04c425e7a8f82e6743d&pid=1-s2.0-S2588913323000820-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139018831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Green hydrothermal synthesis of multifunctional carbon dots from cassava pulps for metal sensing, antioxidant, and mercury detoxification in plants","authors":"Teera Watcharamongkol , Pacharaphon Khaopueak , Chuleekorn Seesuea , Kanokorn Wechakorn","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.100206","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.100206","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Carbon dots (CDs) have been attracted to nanocarbon materials for metal ion sensing, biological activity, and plant phytotoxicity due to their excellent photophysical properties, such as low cytotoxicity, high quantum yield, tunable fluorescence emission, and biocompatibility. Cassava pulp, which consists mainly of starch, has been identified as a low-cost biomass waste from the cassava starch industry. Therefore, this research developed CDs and nitrogen-doped CDs (NCDs) from cassava pulp using a one-step hydrothermal process in deionized water at 200 °C. The effects of the synthesis conditions, including reaction time (6–24 h) and the nitrogen doping derivatives, were also investigated. CDs and ethylenediamine doped-NCDs exhibited tunable fluorescence emission, strong quantum yield, high photostability, and tolerance to photobleaching. Furthermore, the potential applications of CDs-12 h were demonstrated such as fluorescent sensors for metal ion sensing, antioxidant activity, and mercury detoxification in plants. Fluorescence quenching of the CDs-12 h <em>via</em> both static and dynamic quenching mechanisms was observed in the presence of several metal ions such as Hg<sup>2+</sup>, Cu<sup>2+</sup>, and Fe<sup>3+</sup> with the detection limit in micromolar levels and further applied to real water samples with good recovery and acceptable relative standard derivation. The paper test strip coated with CDs-12 h could also detect these metal ions under UV light. CDs and NCDs-EDA also showed potential DPPH radical scavenging activity and alleviated mercury toxicity in the Chinese cabbage seedlings with the incubation of CDs-12 h and NCDs-EDA-12 h (30 mg/L).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"7 2","pages":"Article 100206"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588913323000819/pdfft?md5=c253d70a82f95e1a93f0d750b64c2882&pid=1-s2.0-S2588913323000819-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138991215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}