The Analysis of Pore Development and Formation of Surface Functional Groups in Bamboo-Based Activated Carbon during CO2 Activation

Pore development and the formation of oxygen functional groups were studied for activated carbon prepared from bamboo (Bambusa bambos) using a two-step activation with CO₂, as functions of carbonization temperature and activation conditions (time and temperature). Results show that activated carbon produced from bamboo contains mostly micropores in the pore size range of 0.65 to 1.4 nm. All porous properties of activated carbons increased with the increase in the activation temperature over the range from 850 to 950 °C, but decreased in the temperature range of 950 to 1000 °C, due principally to the merging of neighboring pores. The increase in the activation time also increased the porous properties linearly from 60 to 90 min, which then dropped from 90 to 120 min. It was found that the carbonization temperature played an important role in determining the number and distribution of active sites for CO₂ gasification during the activation process. Empirical equations were proposed to conveniently predict all important porous properties of the prepared activated carbons in terms of carbonization temperature and activation conditions. Oxygen functional groups formed during the carbonization and activation steps of activated carbon synthesis and their contents were dependent on the preparation conditions employed. Using Boehm’s titration technique, only phenolic and carboxylic groups were detected for the acid functional groups in both the chars and activated carbons in varying amounts. Empirical correlations were also developed to estimate the total contents of the acid and basic groups in activated carbons in terms of the carbonization temperature, activation time and temperature.     

竹炭负载氧空位型BiOI/BiOCl复合光催化剂脱硝机理

以竹炭为载体,采用溶剂热法制备了氧空位(OV)型BiOI/BiOCl光催化剂,考察了温度和光照强度对其催化脱硝性能的影响,采用SEM、XPS、XRD、PL、Uv-vis等表征方法研究了该复合光催化剂上的脱硝机理。结果表明,在氙灯功率500 W、温度30℃时,最佳脱硝效率可达73%。氧空位改性可以增大竹炭的比表面积和孔容,提高其吸附能力,同时使C=O双键和-COO形式的酸性官能团分解为C-O官能团;OV改性还增加了光催化活性位点,减少了电子空穴对复合概率,从而提高了对NO的光催化降解效率。     

Application of bamboo charcoal as solid-phase extraction adsorbent for the determination of atrazine and simazine in environmental water samples by high-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet detector

In this article, a new method for the determination of triazine herbicides atrazine and simazine in environment aqueous samples was developed. It was based on solid-phase extraction (SPE) using bamboo charcoal as adsorbent and high-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet detector (HPLC-UV) for the enrichment and determination of atrazine and simazine at trace level. Related important factors influencing the extraction efficiency, such as the kind of eluent and its volume, flow rate of the sample, pH of the sample, and volume of the sample, were investigated and optimized in detail. Under the optimal conditions, the experimental results showed that excellent linearity was obtained over the range of 0.5–30 μg L⁻¹ with correlation coefficients 0.9991 and 0.9982, for atrazine and simazine, respectively; and the relative standard deviations of two analytes were 8.3, 8.7%, respectively. The proposed method was successfully applied to the analysis of tap water and well water samples. And satisfactory spiked recoveries were obtained in the range of 75.2–107.1%. The above results indicated that the developed method was an excellent alternative for the routine analysis in environmental field.     

Fe-N共掺杂纳米碳材料的形貌对电化学还原反应的影响

众所周知,石墨烯片（GS）和碳纳米管是能源转化和储存应用中有效的催化剂. 然而,过渡金属基氮（N）掺杂的体系中经常形成GS和碳纳米管的复合物,使得该体系内的构效关系研究变得十分困难. 为了可控制备出含有理想物种的催化剂,作者尝试通过利用氮对碳纳米管生长的效应调节生成产物的形貌. 本文中,作者采用一步法制备了一系列Fe-N共掺杂的GS、GS/竹节碳纳米管(BCNTs)复合物及BCNTs催化剂. 为了评估碳形貌对催化剂性能的影响,作者采用氧气还原反应（ORR）及二氧化碳还原反应（CO₂RR）作为模型反应. 电化学测试结果表明,所有的样品当中仅含BCNTs的催化剂表现出最好的ORR活性（起始电位E_onset = 1.02 V_RHE）及CO₂RR活性（CO生成法拉第效率FE_CO = 91.1%,-0.6 V_RHE）. 进一步的研究表明,优异的活性与独特的BCNTs中存在的缺陷、较大的比表面积、高含量的吡啶N及FeN_x相关. 该工作加深了作者对形貌相关的ORR及CO₂RR过程的认识和理解.     

Ethylene oxide pollution evaluation Part II: Sampling on HBr-treated charcoal tubes

Summary Air sampling of ethylene oxide on HBr-treated charcoal tubes followed by capillary GC analysis of the 2-bromoethanol produced allows pollution control evaluation for concentrations ranging from 0.2 to 20 mgm⁻³. The adequacy of the method is assessed taking into account ambient temperature and relative humidity.     

Evaluation of CSC Charcoal for Production of Dry Combustion Plasma

Evaluation of CSC charcoal by standard thermoanalytical techniques shows that the dry material contains ⪞ 99% carbon having calorific value of about 16.32 mJ/kg; its hydrogen and ash contents are insignificant. On admixture with small amount of K₂CO₃ (seed for generation of combustion plasma) its combustion characteristics remain more or less unaltered though the combustion rates are greatly enhanced. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Monoionic montmorillonites treated with Congo-Red

The adsorption of the anionic dye congo-red (CR) by Na-, Cs-, Mg-, Al- and Fe-montmorillonite was studied by simultaneous DTA-TG. Thermal analysis curves of adsorbed CR were compared with those of neat CR. The oxidation of neat CR is completed below 570°C. Thermal analysis curves of adsorbed CR show three regions representing dehydration of the clay, oxidation of the organic dye and dehydroxylation of the clay together with the oxidation of residual organic matter. The oxidation of the dye begins at about 250°C with the transformation of organic H atoms into water and carbon into charcoal. Two types of charcoal are obtained, low-temperature and high-temperature stable charcoal. The former gives rise to an exothermic peak in the second region of the thermal analysis and the latter in the third region. The exchangeable metallic cation determines the ratio between the low-temperature and high-temperature stable charcoal, which is formed. With increasing acidity of the exchangeable metallic cation higher amounts of high-temperature stable charcoal are obtained. It was suggested that aromatic compounds p bonded to the oxygen plane of the clay framework are converted into charcoal, which is burnt at about 550-700°C. With increasing surface acidity of the clay more species of CR are protonated. Only protonated dye species can form p bonds with oxygen plane and are converted to high-temperature stable charcoal during the thermal analysis. The thermal behavior of the dye complex of Cu-montmorillonite is different probably due to the catalytic effect of Cu. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

微波辐射在制备竹节活性炭中的应用研究

研究了以竹节废料为原料，采用微波辐射氯化锌法制备优质活性炭的可行性．探讨了微波功率．活化时间及氯化锌浓度对产品各项指标的影响．得到了微波辐射氯化锌法制备活性炭的最佳工艺：微波功率350W、活化时间5min、氯化锌浓度40%．用此工艺制得的活性炭碘吸附值1088．4mg／g、亚甲基蓝脱色力22．0ml/0．1g．得率39．2％．该工艺所需活化时间为传统方法的1／36，产品活性炭亚甲基蓝脱色力为国家一级标准的1．83倍(GB/T13496.10-1999)．微波辐射法所制活性炭比传统方法所制活性炭具有更加发达的孔隙结构，且孔隙的分布更加均匀．     

A practical synthesis of highly functionalized aryl nitriles through cyanation of aryl bromides employing heterogeneous Pd/C: in quest of an industrially viable process

Preparation of aryl nitrile 2a through classical Rosenmund-von Braun reaction of aryl bromide 1a resulted in a poor yield (61%) due to a high reaction temperature (165 °C) and a lack of efficient procedure for separating 2a from a large quantity of heavy metal waste (Cu salts). To address these issues, a practical synthesis of multifunctional aryl nitriles through cyanation of aryl bromides has been developed with heterogeneous Pd/C used as the catalyst. Treatment of aryl bromides 1 with Zn(CN)₂ in the presence of Pd/C, Zn, ZnBr₂ and PPh₃ in DMA provided aryl nitriles 2 involving those carrying sterically demanding electron-rich substituent in good yields and in highly reproducible manner. The activity of Pd/C is highly dependent on the properties of the Pd/C. Oxidic thickshell type catalyst Pd/C D5 was found to furnish the highest rate acceleration and yield. The use of heterogeneous Pd/C might anchor and disperse Pd over the solid support of the catalyst, at least in the initial stage of the reaction, to assure the formation of monomeric Pd complex without precipitating to inactive Pd black. The use of a slightly excess of Zn(CN)₂ (0.6 equiv) and air oxidation of phosphine ligand, after end of the reaction, converted Pd species to insoluble phosphine-free Pd cyanides, from which Pd was recovered in high yield through simple filtration followed by usual recovery process involving combustion.     

Kinetic of Patent Blue VF Adsorption from Aqueous Solution on Activated Bone Charcoal

The effect of temperature of activation on bone charcoal, used as adsorbent for the removal of Patent Blue VF from water solutions was studied. The adsorbent was characterized by FTIR, XRD, SEM and EDS. The kinetic of adsorption of dye was carried out at 10 °C and 45 °C. Carbonization temperature (600–1000 °C) of the adsorbent has significant effect on the removal of dye from water solutions. The first order kinetic, Elovich, Bangham, parabolic diffusion and power function equations were found to fit the kinetic data. Activation energies of adsorption (Δ≠) have higher values for the charcoal activated at high temperatures and the other thermodynamic parameters like ΔH≠, ΔS≠ and ΔG≠ were also found.