{"title":"Disproportionation and Transalkylation of Phenol and Dimethylphenol on Zeolite Catalysts","authors":"Junyu Mao, Naiwang Liu, Xuan Meng, Li Shi","doi":"10.1002/adsu.202400276","DOIUrl":"10.1002/adsu.202400276","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Substantial amounts of phenolic compounds are present in medium-low temperature coal tar (MLCT), of which dimethylphenol (DMP) is not as valuable to be utilized as the more abundant cresol due to its complex composition and difficulty in isolation. In this study, the disproportionation and transalkylation reactions of MLCT-related model compound, i.e., 2,6-DMP, in phenol over zeolite catalysts are investigated using a fixed-bed reactor for sustainable new option to utilize MLCT-derived phenolic mixtures. Reactivity is promoted at high temperatures and associated with zeolite acidity and pore structure. Since disproportionation and transalkylation reactions have certain spatial requirements, the micropores of MFI-type zeolite may cause spatial barriers that make it difficult to carry out the reactions. MCM-22, characterized by MWW-type zeolite, maximized the conversion of 2,6-DMP due to its strong Bronsted acidity and large mesopore volume. FAU-type zeolite HY with a 3D large 12-ring through-channel shows relatively small spatial confinement and certain molecular sieving ability, which enables bimolecular reactions while allowing cresols to flow out of the pores efficiently to obtain the highest cresol selectivity. The addition of phenol significantly inhibits the spontaneous disproportionation of 2,6-DMP to tricresol. Besides, o-cresol dominate the cresol products, suggesting that the selectivity of o-cresol is kinetically controlled.</p>","PeriodicalId":7294,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Sustainable Systems","volume":"8 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141522297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nitrogen-Doped Carbon-Encapsulated Nickel Nanoparticle Catalysts Using Covalent Organic Frameworks as Templates for Electrochemical CO2 Conversion","authors":"Yuzhen Zhao, Xinxin Yu, Zhuangzhuang Wu, Yongpeng Li, Wenxin Wang, Lijuan Feng, Zhuyin Sui, Qi Chen","doi":"10.1002/adsu.202400284","DOIUrl":"10.1002/adsu.202400284","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Electrochemical CO<sub>2</sub> reduction (ECR) reactions, powered by cleaner energy, possess significant promise in mitigating CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and achieving carbon recycling. Herein, Ni@N-C electrocatalysts with encapsulated structures are prepared using covalent organic frameworks (COFs) as templates, where COF-derived nitrogen-doped carbon (N-C) is utilized to wrap Ni nanoparticles. At the potential of −0.97 V vs. RHE, 2Ni@N-C-800 is characterized by a high current density (j = 24.2 mA cm<sup>-2</sup>) and relatively high CO Faraday efficiency (FE<sub>CO</sub> = 72%), reflecting its good catalytic activity. The ECR performance of 2Ni@N-C-800 is due to the cooperative interaction between Ni nanoparticles and the N-C structure, which is inferred from control and poisoning measurements. This study provides a new idea for finding efficient and stable ECR catalysts.</p>","PeriodicalId":7294,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Sustainable Systems","volume":"8 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141504732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vittorio Marangon, Edoardo Barcaro, Francesco De Boni, Mirko Prato, Dominic Bresser, Jusef Hassoun
{"title":"Effective Liquid Electrolytes for Enabling Room-Temperature Sodium–Sulfur Batteries","authors":"Vittorio Marangon, Edoardo Barcaro, Francesco De Boni, Mirko Prato, Dominic Bresser, Jusef Hassoun","doi":"10.1002/adsu.202400268","DOIUrl":"10.1002/adsu.202400268","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Glyme-based electrolytes for sodium-sulfur (Na–S) batteries are proposed for advanced cell configuration. Solutions of NaClO<sub>4</sub> or NaCF<sub>3</sub>SO<sub>3</sub> in tetraglyme are investigated in terms of thermal stability, ionic conductivity, Na<sup>+</sup>-transference number, electrochemical stability, stripping-deposition ability, and chemical stability in Na-cells. Subsequently, versions of the electrolytes doped with fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) are prepared using 0.5, 1, 2, or 3% additive weight concentrations, and evaluated by adopting the same approach used for the bare solutions. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) provides morphological details of the passivation layer formed on the Na electrodes, while X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) sheds light on its composition. The most relevant achievement of the FEC-added electrolyte is the suppression of the polysulfide shuttle in Na–S cells using a cathode with 70 wt.% of sulfur in the composite. This result appears even more notable considering the low amount of the additive requested for enabling the reversible cell operation. The solutions using 1% of FEC show the best compromise between cell performance and stability. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) displays the potential region related to the FEC electrochemical process responsible for Na–S cell operation. The understanding of the electrolyte features enables additional cycling tests using sulfur cathode with an optimized current collector, increased specific capacity, and coulombic efficiency.</p>","PeriodicalId":7294,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Sustainable Systems","volume":"8 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141522296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multifunctional “Solvent-in-Diluent” High Voltage Electrolyte for Lithium Metal Batteries","authors":"Jian Lv, Zhuyu Wang, Yiwen Wang, Tong Wu, Danni Shen, Qinggong Jia","doi":"10.1002/adsu.202400247","DOIUrl":"10.1002/adsu.202400247","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Sulfone liquids can be used as solvents for high-voltage electrolytes and have been extensively studied for their strong oxidation resistance. However, the problem of high viscosity and susceptibility to side reactions with metallic lithium has been the subject of criticism. To solve the issue of incompatibility with lithium, researchers adopted a high-concentration electrolyte, namely solvent-in-salt, which allows the anions in the lithium salt to preferentially contact the surface of the lithium metal and react to form an SEI film to block the reaction between sulfone solvents and lithium. However, the issue of high viscosity is particularly severe. This work proposes a new solvent model called “solvent-in-diluent” electrolyte to address both of these issues simultaneously, different from previous models of salt-in-solvent, the model not only effectively prevents sulfone contact with lithium metal surfaces, but also maintains a capacity retention rate of 82% after 500 cycles in the voltage range of 2.8–4.6 V, additionally, the temperature range in which the battery can operate using this electrolyte model has been extended (−20–60°C). This work proposes a new solvent model and challenges the minimum concentration of high-voltage electrolytes (0.04 <span>m</span>), providing a new approach and possibility for studying high-voltage electrolytes.</p>","PeriodicalId":7294,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Sustainable Systems","volume":"8 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141529134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Insight Understanding the Replacement Effect of Enzymatic-Hydrolysis Residue Instead of Phenol for Preparing Phenol-Formaldehyde Adhesive","authors":"Zhenwen Peng, Aldo Joao Cárdenas-Oscanoa, Youming Dong, Juan He, Caoxing Huang","doi":"10.1002/adsu.202400289","DOIUrl":"10.1002/adsu.202400289","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In order to valorize the enzymatic hydrolysis residues (EHR) from the bioethanol industry, this work studies the effects on the structure, properties as well as shear resistance of EHR-based phenol formaldehyde (EPF) adhesives prepared from EHR instead of commercial phenol. 2D heteronuclear signal quantum coherence NMR (2D HSQC NMR) and <sup>31</sup>P NMR analysis reveal that lignin in EHR (EHL) possesses a high amount of G and H units which contain 1.9 mmol g<sup>−1</sup> active sites (reaction site with formaldehyde). Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) characterization shows that the instead proportions of EHR with 5–30% in EPF adhesives do not show great influence on the chemical structure type and main functional groups of the prepared adhesives. The shear strength measurement results show that the strength of the 10%-EPF adhesive is significantly improved by 29% compared to phenol-formaldehyde (PF) adhesive, which is due to EHL in adhesives enhanced the cross-linking of polymer chains. This work emphasizes the potential benefits of using industrial EHR to develop cost-effective phenol formaldehyde adhesive preparation schemes, therefore giving an additional value to waste from biorefineries.</p>","PeriodicalId":7294,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Sustainable Systems","volume":"8 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141522298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Methanolysis of Plastic Waste with Manganese Compounds","authors":"Daniel L. Lourenço, Ana C. Fernandes","doi":"10.1002/adsu.202400111","DOIUrl":"10.1002/adsu.202400111","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This work describes a very efficient methodology for the methanolysis of polyester and polycarbonate plastic waste into a variety of valuable products using homogeneous and heterogeneous manganese compounds in the presence of KO<i><sup>t</sup></i>Bu. Excellent yields are obtained using 1 mol% of the homogeneous catalysts Mn(OTf)<sub>2</sub>, Mn<sub>2</sub>(CO)<sub>10</sub>, MnBr(CO)<sub>5</sub>, and MeCpMn(CO)<sub>3</sub> and 5 mol% of KO<i><sup>t</sup></i>Bu, under mild reaction conditions. The heterogeneous manganese catalyst, manganese(II) ethyl/butyl phosphonate silica (Si-Mn), also successfully promoted the methanolysis of polyester and polycarbonate plastic waste with excellent yields. Furthermore, this heterogeneous catalyst can be applied in at least 12 catalytic cycles with excellent yields.</p>","PeriodicalId":7294,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Sustainable Systems","volume":"8 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141522299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Supramolecular Polymer Network Based on Chitosan and Porphyrin and Its Application as an Adsorbent for Selective Removal of Dyes from Water","authors":"Yujie Cheng, Bicong Liang, Jianbin Chao, Xuehong Wei, Si-Dian Li, Pi Wang, Danyu Xia","doi":"10.1002/adsu.202400291","DOIUrl":"10.1002/adsu.202400291","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Environmentally friendly, high adsorption efficiency, and recyclable adsorbents meet the actual needs of organic dye wastewater treatment. Driven by noncovalent interactions between chitosan (CS) and 5,10,15,20-tetra(4-hydroxyphenyl) porphyrin sodium (THPPNa) under acidic conditions, a supramolecular polymer network is constructed. The supramolecular polymer network is applied as an excellent adsorbent for the removal of organic dyes from water with high efficiency. In addition, the supramolecular adsorbent shows excellent selectivity for the removal of organic anionic dyes from the mixtures of organic anionic and cationic dyes in water. Furthermore, the removal efficiency of anionic dyes of the network adsorbent keeps over 95% even after five adsorption–desorption cycles, indicating its reusability. This supramolecular polymer network shows its great potential as a low-cost, effective, and selective adsorbent for removing organic dyes from water.</p>","PeriodicalId":7294,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Sustainable Systems","volume":"8 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141504736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gagan Kumar Sharma, Atin Pramanik, Anand B. Puthirath, Shreyasi Chattopadhyay, Tanguy Terlier, Tymofii Pieshkov, Sreehari K. Saju, Robert Vajtai, Davinder Kaur, Pulickel M. Ajayan
{"title":"A Flexible Na-Ion Supercapacitor/Battery Hybrid Device","authors":"Gagan Kumar Sharma, Atin Pramanik, Anand B. Puthirath, Shreyasi Chattopadhyay, Tanguy Terlier, Tymofii Pieshkov, Sreehari K. Saju, Robert Vajtai, Davinder Kaur, Pulickel M. Ajayan","doi":"10.1002/adsu.202400327","DOIUrl":"10.1002/adsu.202400327","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A hybrid supercapacitor/battery device is proposed by integrating Na<sub>3</sub>V<sub>2</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>F<sub>3</sub> and multi-walled carbon nanotubes as the battery electrode and carbon nanofiber as a supercapacitor electrode. The device made via the slurry casting of electrode material on foldable thin nickel foils leads to a robust, mechanically flexible sodium-ion capacitor/battery (supercapattery) as a hybrid energy storage system. The device exhibits a specific capacitance of 136 F g<sup>−1</sup> with a corresponding specific capacity of 95 C g<sup>−1</sup> at a potential scan rate of 1 mV s<sup>−1</sup>, a maximum working voltage of 0.70 V, and a power density of 15 kW kg<sup>−1</sup> at 2.50 Wh kg<sup>−1</sup>. Mechanical flexibility tests show practically unperturbed electrochemical properties at significant bending angles of up to 160°, indicating excellent robustness during large-scale device deformation. The current study offers new avenues to develop energy storage systems for next-generation portable and wearable energy storage devices that can be integrated into a variety of platforms.</p>","PeriodicalId":7294,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Sustainable Systems","volume":"8 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141504735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lele Wang, Ting Wang, Qian Wang, Jin Wang, Jingshuai Yang
{"title":"Synthesis and Properties of Polysilsesquioxane Functionalized Poly(p-terphenyl-co-N-methyl-4-piperidine) Membrane for High Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells","authors":"Lele Wang, Ting Wang, Qian Wang, Jin Wang, Jingshuai Yang","doi":"10.1002/adsu.202400201","DOIUrl":"10.1002/adsu.202400201","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The development of high-performance, cost-effective high temperature polymer electrolyte membranes (HT-PEMs) is a great challenge for HT-PEM fuel cells. In this study, a new HT-PEM of polysilsesquioxane functionalized poly(<i>p</i>-terphenyl-co-<i>N</i>-methyl-4-piperidine) (PTP-CPTMS) is reported. Owing to the incorporation of the polysilsesquioxane network, the PTP-CPTMS membrane demonstrates an excellent phosphoric acid (PA) doping capacity and controlled swelling, compared to the benchmarks, that is, pristine PTP membrane and propyl group grafted PTP membrane (PTP-C3). As a result, the PTP-CPTMS/208%PA membrane exhibits a low volume swelling of 77%, a high conductivity of 0.070 S cm<sup>−1</sup> at 180 °C and a satisfactory tensile strength of 4.9 MPa at room temperature. Based on the above membrane, the H<sub>2</sub>-O<sub>2</sub> single cell is assembled and displays a steadily increased peak power density up to 220 °C, which is 769 mW cm<sup>−2</sup> without the need for external humidification or backpressure. This work provides a kind of polysilsesquioxane functionalized HT-PEMs, which hold substantial potential for application in HT-PEM fuel cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":7294,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Sustainable Systems","volume":"8 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141529135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Visible Light-Driven Synthesis of PtCu Alloy Nanodendrites for Electrocatalytic Nitrogen-Conversion Reactions","authors":"Guoqiang Wang, Chuanjun Wang, Xin Zhao, Shenjie Liu, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Yining Zhang, Xiaoqing Lv, Chenyang Wang, Xiaojun Lv, Jing Xu","doi":"10.1002/adsu.202400272","DOIUrl":"10.1002/adsu.202400272","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Hierarchical metal alloy nanostructures with branched morphologies are highly desirable for electrocatalysis due to their large surface area, highly exposed active sites and stability for catalytic reactions. In this work, the successful synthesis of uniformly-sized, spherical Pt–Cu alloy nanodendrites are reported using a novel visible light-driven photoreduction method that exploits fluorescein as an excited state photosensitizer. Factors influencing the structure and morphology of the PtCu alloy nanodendrites are systematically explored, including pH, Pt<sup>4+</sup> and Cu<sup>2+</sup> concentrations, Pt:Cu molar ratio, Light emitting diode (LED) light irradiation time, light intensity, concentration of hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB), and concentration of triethylamine (TEA). The experiments reveal a simultaneous photoreduction/galvanic replacement mechanism for PtCu alloy nanodendrite formation. Importantly, the PtCu alloy nanodendrites are easily separable from the reaction solution, facilitating their use as electrocatalysts for the electrocatalytic nitrite reduction reaction (eNO<sub>2</sub>RR) to ammonia and also the nitrogen oxidation reaction (NOR) to nitrate. The PtCu alloy nanodendrites outperforms a commercially available Pt nanoparticle catalyst in both NO<sub>2</sub>RR and NOR, validating the approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":7294,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Sustainable Systems","volume":"8 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141522300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}