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{"title":"The Strategy for Constructing the Structure: Pt-O-Ce3+ Applied in Efficient NOx Removal","authors":"Guoquan Liu, Zhifei Hao, Xueyue Mi, Nan Ma, He Zhang, Yi Li, Sihui Zhan","doi":"10.3389/fenvc.2021.672844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvc.2021.672844","url":null,"abstract":"Exploring a unique structure with superior catalytic performance has remained a severe challenge in many important catalytic reactions. Here, we reported a phenomenon that CeO2-based catalysts loaded with different Pt precursors showed a significant difference in the performance of the reduction of NO with H2. The supported platinum nitrate [PtCe(N)] exhibited a superior low-temperature catalytic performance than the supported chloroplatinic acid [PtCe(C)]. In a wide operating temperature (125–200°C), more than 80% NOx conversion was achieved over PtCe(N) as well as excellent thermal stability. Various characterizations were used to study the microstructure and chemical electronic states. Results showed the introduction of a low valence state of Pt species into the CeO2 resulted in the rearrangement of charges on the surface of CeO2, accompanied by increasing contents of oxygen vacancies and Ce3+ sites. Furthermore, the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Raman spectra confirmed that the divalent Pt atom could substitute Ce atom to form the Pt-O-Ce3+ structure, which was the base unit in the high-performance PtCe(N) catalyst. The tunable catalytic system of the Pt-O-Ce3+ structure provides a strategy for the design of supported metal catalysts and may as a model unit for future studies of many other reactions.","PeriodicalId":73082,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in environmental chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47945848","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":"Evaluation of Manganese Oxide Octahedral Molecular Sieves for CO and C3H6 Oxidation at Diesel Exhaust Conditions","authors":"Xin Wang, Wei Tan, Kai Guo, Jiawei Ji, F. Gao, Qing Tong, Lin Dong","doi":"10.3389/fenvc.2021.672250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvc.2021.672250","url":null,"abstract":"Mn-based materials have been widely applied in the environmental catalysis field for their excellent redox properties. Here, three kinds of crystallite manganese oxides (pyrolusite, cryptomelane and todorokite) with different tunnel sizes (MnO(1 × 1), MnO(2 × 2), and MnO(3 × 3)) were prepared by hydrothermal method, and their catalytic performance in complete oxidation of diesel vehicle exhaust were tested. The highest catalytic oxidation activity was achieved on MnO(3 × 3) when compared with that on MnO(1 × 1) and MnO(2 × 2). Via a series of characterizations, such as transmission electron microscope, scanning electron microscope, X-ray powder diffraction, N2-sorption experiments, temperature-programmed reduction by H2/CO, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, etc., it was found that the catalytic activity was mainly determined by the tunnel structure, specific surface area, and redox ability.","PeriodicalId":73082,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in environmental chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48379815","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":"Dark Reduction Drives Evasion of Mercury From the Ocean","authors":"C. Lamborg, C. Hansel, K. Bowman, B. Voelker, R. Marsico, V. Oldham, G. Swarr, Tong Zhang, P. Ganguli","doi":"10.3389/fenvc.2021.659085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvc.2021.659085","url":null,"abstract":"Much of the surface water of the ocean is supersaturated in elemental mercury (Hg0) with respect to the atmosphere, leading to sea-to-air transfer or evasion. This flux is large, and nearly balances inputs from the atmosphere, rivers and hydrothermal vents. While the photochemical production of Hg0 from ionic and methylated mercury is reasonably well-studied and can produce Hg0 at fairly high rates, there is also abundant Hg0 in aphotic waters, indicating that other important formation pathways exist. Here, we present results of gross reduction rate measurements, depth profiles and diel cycling studies to argue that dark reduction of Hg2+ is also capable of sustaining Hg0 concentrations in the open ocean mixed layer. In locations where vertical mixing is deep enough relative to the vertical penetration of UV-B and photosynthetically active radiation (the principal forms of light involved in abiotic and biotic Hg photoreduction), dark reduction will contribute the majority of Hg0 produced in the surface ocean mixed layer. Our measurements and modeling suggest that these conditions are met nearly everywhere except at high latitudes during local summer. Furthermore, the residence time of Hg0 in the mixed layer with respect to evasion is longer than that of redox, a situation that allows dark reduction-oxidation to effectively set the steady-state ratio of Hg0 to Hg2+ in surface waters. The nature of these dark redox reactions in the ocean was not resolved by this study, but our experiments suggest a likely mechanism or mechanisms involving enzymes and/or important redox agents such as reactive oxygen species and manganese (III).","PeriodicalId":73082,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in environmental chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48653581","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":"Industrially Purified Nd Materials Identified by Distinct Mass-Dependent Isotopic Composition","authors":"N. Bothamy, A. Galy","doi":"10.3389/fenvc.2021.596928","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvc.2021.596928","url":null,"abstract":"Rare earth elements (REEs) are considered emerging anthropogenic pollutants. Anthropogenic lanthanum, cerium, samarium, and gadolinium alone, or excess of all the REEs have already been reported in the environment. In addition, it is only a matter of time for neodymium (Nd) of anthropogenic origin to be reported disseminated in the environment, given its growing demand for new technologies and its use in permanent magnets of wind turbine. So far, only in a few cases was the addition of anthropogenic Nd detected in soils and sediments by the measurements of REE concentrations. For this reason, we propose to use the Nd isotopic composition to help the distinction of pollution. The isotopic tracing of Nd using variations in the abundance of 143Nd from the radioactive decay of 147Sm (Nd-radiogenic composition) is one option. Here, we expand the Nd isotopic fingerprinting by the investigation of the stable Nd isotopic composition expressed as δxNd, the relative permil (%0) deviation from the isotopic composition of the pure Nd JNdi-1 reference standard. The measurement of δxNd used a MC-ICPMS (multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry) with sample-standard bracketing technique, allowing the determination of precise and accurate Nd isotopic variations. Our results show that Nd-magnets (Neo) and man-made purified Nd materials are not significantly different on average (respectively, δ148Nd of −0.105 ± 0.023 and −0.120 ± 0.141%0). More importantly, they are different from terrestrial rocks (δ148Nd of −0.051 ± 0.031%0). Moreover, the Nd-radiogenic composition of Neo can be highly variable, even when they come from a single supplier. In addition, the study of all Nd stable isotopic compositions demonstrates that irrespective of their natural origin (witnessed by their Nd-radiogenic composition), all Nd from rocks and man-made materials are related by mass-dependent isotopic fractionation laws. We also have defined a parameter, the Δ148−150Nd′, allowing the distinction of thermodynamic isotopic fractionation (the Δ148−150Nd′ is invariant) from kinetic isotopic fractionation (the Δ148−150Nd′ is negatively correlated with the δ148Nd). Such covariation is observed for anthropogenic materials that could be seen as small deficit in 150Nd (around 5 ppm/%0/amu), but too small to be consistent with nuclear field effect. On the other hand, the anthropogenic material defines a covariation in the Δ148−150Nd'–δ148Nd space in full agreement with the theoretical expectation from mass-dependent kinetic isotopic fractionation. The mass-dependent fractionation of Nd by chromatographic separation is also consistent with a kinetic isotopic fractionation. The purification of Nd from other light REEs by industrial processes involves chromatographic separation and, therefore, is likely to produce anthropogenic Nd with low values for δ148Nd associated with high values for Δ148−150Nd′. Both are resolvable with current MC-ICPMS technology and could be useful to t","PeriodicalId":73082,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in environmental chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47709859","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":"One-Pot Synthesis of CeO2 Modified SBA-15 With No Pore Clogging for NO Reduction by CO","authors":"K. Ma, Hongliang Zhang, Changjin Tang, Lin Dong","doi":"10.3389/fenvc.2021.670431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvc.2021.670431","url":null,"abstract":"CeO2 modified SBA-15 composites have been prepared by adding cerium precursor (Ce(NO3)3·6H2O) directly into the mixture of soft template (P123), silica precursor (TEOS) and urea aqueous solution but without mineral acid. The products were characterized by X-ray fluorescence (XRF), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), N2 physisorption and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Results indicated that ceria were successfully grafted onto mesoporous silica matrix and no pore clogging was observed. Both ceria content and mesoporous ordering of the final products were found to depend on urea amount. Compared to CeO2/SBA-15 from conventional impregnation method, the one-pot synthesis not only showed simple and green operation, but also superior catalytic performance in NO+CO reaction after loaded with CuO. It was revealed that both the presence and location of ceria had great influence on the reducibility of CuO, and the catalytic performances were intimately related to the redox properties of crystalline CuO. That is, higher NO conversion and N2 selectivity were achieved over catalyst with easier reduction of crystalline CuO.","PeriodicalId":73082,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in environmental chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47793431","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":"Improved Intrinsic Activity of Ce0.5Pr0.5O2 for Soot Combustion by Vacuum/Freeze-Drying","authors":"Qian Li, Yiming Su, Xuesong Liu, Y. Lv, Nana Zhang, Ying Xin, Zhaoliang Zhang","doi":"10.3389/fenvc.2021.653402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvc.2021.653402","url":null,"abstract":"Vacuum-drying and freeze-drying were adopted to improve the catalytic activity of Ce0.5Pr0.5O2 for soot combustion. The specific surface area and pore volume of the as-prepared Ce0.5Pr0.5O2 were greatly increased compared to the counterpart using the common drying method. Furthermore, the redox performance and the oxidation ability for soot were enhanced, as demonstrated by H2-TPR and soot-TPR. Thus, lower combustion temperatures and higher intrinsic activity were obtained. This work demonstrated that simply changing the drying process of precipitates can be served as a paradigm to improve the structure and catalytic performance.","PeriodicalId":73082,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in environmental chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42454375","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":"Layered MoS2 Grown on Anatase TiO2 {001} Promoting Interfacial Electron Transfer to Enhance Photocatalytic Evolution of H2 From H2S","authors":"Qing Cai, F. Wang, Jianglai Xiang, Meng Dan, Shan Yu, Ying Zhou","doi":"10.3389/fenvc.2020.591645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvc.2020.591645","url":null,"abstract":"The treatment of hazardous hydrogen sulfide (H2S) via photocatalysis technology has been known as one of the most promising green technologies. Photocatalytic production of hydrogen (H2) from H2S by two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor materials has gathered great attention owing to its large surface area and high catalytic activity. In this work, layered MoS2 has been successfully grown on TiO2 {001} surface to fabricate the 2D MoS2/TiO2 {001} composites for H2 evolution from H2S, which can be confirmed by the X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) tests. Band structures and UV-Vis spectra provide important evidences that MoS2 loading can significantly narrow the band gap and broaden the light absorbance into the visible light region. Electron transfer is obviously visualized at the interface of MoS2/TiO2, resulting in the built-in potential from TiO2 to MoS2, which is determined by the density functional theory (DFT) calculations and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) test. Consequently, the photo-induced electrons and holes are accumulated at the sides of TiO2 and MoS2 under the illumination, respectively, which largely promote the interfacial electron transfer and prolong the lifetime of photo-generated electrons that participate in the photocatalytic reactions of H2 evolution from H2S. This efficient separation of photo-induced carriers can be further proved by photoluminescence (PL) spectra, photocurrent responses, and electrochemical impedance spectra. As a result, the photocatalytic activity of H2 evolution is largely increased by 9.4 times compared to the pristine TiO2. This study could offer a new and facile way to design highly efficient 2D photocatalysts for the application of H2S treatment.","PeriodicalId":73082,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in environmental chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3389/fenvc.2020.591645","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42531809","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":"Comparison of the Isotopic Composition of Hg and Pb in Two Atmospheric Bioaccumulators in a Pyrenean Beech Forest (Iraty Forest, Western Pyrenees, France/Spain)","authors":"J. Barre, Silvia Queipo-Abad, Cristina Sola-Larrañaga, Gaëlle Deletraz, S. Bérail, E. Tessier, David Elustondo Valencia, J. Santamaría, A. de Diego, D. Amouroux","doi":"10.3389/fenvc.2020.582001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvc.2020.582001","url":null,"abstract":"Mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) isotopic compositions were investigated in mosses and lichens collected in a large mountainous beech forest (Iraty Forest) located on the French-Spanish Pyrenean border. Hg isotopic signature in topsoil samples were also analyzed in selected sampling sites. This is the first work that uses the complementary information of both isotopic systems in two distinct atmospheric bioaccumulators. Mosses and lichens present characteristic accumulation due to their integration times, displaying different information on metal pollution over the area. Hg and Pb concentrations in annual moss shoots represent recent atmospheric accumulation, while whole lichen thalli integrates a process of accumulation over a longer period. Lead isotope ratios in mosses are consistent with reported data corresponding to the actual European atmospheric background (206Pb/207Pb ∼ 1.158), while Hg isotopic composition reflects potential uptake of both dry and wet Hg depositions. For lichens, Pb isotopic composition exhibits the contribution of a longer integration period of both industrial Pb emissions and legacy of leaded gasoline pollution. Hg isotopes in lichens discriminate two main groups: a larger one representing the background atmospheric contribution and a second one corresponding to unexpected higher Hg content. The similarities in odd and even Mass-independent fractionation of Hg isotopes between topsoils and lichens from the larger group, support the idea that foliage uptake is the main input of Hg in soils. The second group of lichens exhibits more negative δ202Hg (down to –4.69‰) suggesting a new source of fractionation in this area, probably related to lichens aging and/or stubble and grass fires due to pastoral activities. This study demonstrates that using both Hg and Pb isotopic signature in lichens and mosses allows to trace atmospheric sources and environmental pathways of these metals in forested ecosystems. This original data set in a remote environment provides also new information on the fate of atmospheric Pb and Hg depositions.","PeriodicalId":73082,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in environmental chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3389/fenvc.2020.582001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43535856","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":"Sorption and Desorption of the Model Aromatic Hydrocarbons Naphthalene and Benzene: Effects of Temperature and Soil Composition","authors":"B. Shi, S. Ngueleu, F. Rezanezhad, S. Slowinski, G. Pronk, C. Smeaton, K. Stevenson, R. Al-Raoush, P. Van Cappellen","doi":"10.3389/fenvc.2020.581103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvc.2020.581103","url":null,"abstract":"Petroleum hydrocarbon (PHC) contamination is a global environmental issue. Understanding the key factors and mechanisms controlling the fate and mobility of PHCs in soils and aquifers is critical for environmental risk assessment, the development of remediation strategies, and policy decisions. This study focuses on the effects of soil composition and temperature on the sorption and desorption of two representative aromatic PHC compounds: naphthalene and benzene. The experiments were carried out using artificial sandy loam soil mixtures with temperatures ranging from 3 to 25°C. As expected, the sorption capacities of the soils were primarily controlled by the organic carbon content, while barely affected by the clay content. The sorption data for benzene and naphthalene followed linear to near-linear isotherms. Naphthalene sorption further increased with decreasing temperature, whereas temperature had little effect on benzene sorption. The latter was consistent with the very small magnitude of the sorption enthalpy of benzene. Under imposed dynamic temperature fluctuations, naphthalene sorption and desorption were shown to be reversible: model simulations demonstrated minimal kinetic limitation of the temperature-dependent soil-water partitioning. Our results imply that even in simple artificial soil systems, temperature variations can have complex, but predictable, effects on the soil-pore water partitioning of PHCs and, hence, on their mobility and bioavailability. Understanding the role of temperature is thus a prerequisite to unraveling the coupled abiotic and biotic processes that modulate the fate of PHCs in real-world soils.","PeriodicalId":73082,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in environmental chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3389/fenvc.2020.581103","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43729257","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":"Insight Into the Role of Ceria on OMS-2 and OL Materials for Catalytic Degradation of Toluene","authors":"Lin Yue, Minghua Hu, Mingjiao Tian, Xu Liao, Zhihua Xu, Ling Shi, Chi He","doi":"10.3389/fenvc.2020.599349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvc.2020.599349","url":null,"abstract":"Catalytic oxidation is one of the most efficient approaches for industrial volatile organic compounds (VOCs) elimination. MnOx-based catalysts have attracted much attention due to their remarkable low-temperature catalytic activity. Here, octahedral layered birnessite-type manganese oxide (OL-1) with layer spacing of 7 Å and cryptomelane type manganese oxide (OMS-2) with tunneled pore diameter of 4.6 Å× 4.6 Å were synthesized by a reflux method. Following this, Ce-doped OL-1 and OMS-2 were further prepared by an impregnation method with target to improve catalytic performance in toluene oxidation. Results reveal that the OMS-2 material exhibits the best catalytic activity with 90% of toluene decomposed at 224°C owing to the presence of a large quantity of active lattice oxygen species. Interestingly, the introduction of Ce leads to the formation of large amounts of acidic sites, which limit the oxidation process and enhance the yield of benzoic acid by-product. The findings in the present work are meaningful for deepening our understanding of the role of ceria on metal oxide catalysts and helping us to design effective catalysts for VOC destruction.","PeriodicalId":73082,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in environmental chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44691797","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}