As oil exploration and production activities have risen globally, water contamination from oil spills and the discharge of other oily wastewaters has emerged as one of the primary environmental concerns. Thus, Kapok f...
As oil exploration and production activities have risen globally, water contamination from oil spills and the discharge of other oily wastewaters has emerged as one of the primary environmental concerns. Thus, Kapok fiber is considered in this study as it is known as one of the most effective method for cleaning up and collecting oil spills where Kapok is a natural cellulosic fiber with unique characteristics. A critical investigation was conducted to study the potential of kapok fiber as sorbent material, also analyze the surface properties of kapok fiber for the ability of kapok fiber to absorb oil and investigate the sorption mechanisms of kapok fiber. Therefore, the surface properties of kapok fiber were analyzed using SEM, FTIR, TGA and contact angle. To investigate the selectivity nature and the sorption capacity of 5 g kapok fiber, different types of oil and different apparent viscosity were used. The types of oil used are gear oil (low viscosity), vegetable oil-based cooking oil (medium viscosity) and waste oil (high viscosity). Kapok fiber was able to absorb all types of oil, with wasted oil absorbing the most about 17.88 g.g−1. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to examine the morphology of raw kapok fiber. In this study, kapok fiber was shown to have a porous hollow lumen structure and a waxy coating on the surface. Other than that, for the contact angle analysis, kapok fiber had high water contact angle up to 130˚. The water droplet was stood on the kapok fibers surfaces before and after absorption with contact angles ranging from 130˚ to 145˚. In contrast, the oil droplet had disappeared from the surfaces of kapok fiber within a few seconds.
Crafting single-atom catalysts (SACs) that possess “just right” modulated electronic and geometric structures, granting accessible active sites for direct room-temperature benzene oxidation is a coveted objective. H...
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Crafting single-atom catalysts (SACs) that possess “just right” modulated electronic and geometric structures, granting accessible active sites for direct room-temperature benzene oxidation is a coveted objective. However, achieving this goal remains a formidable challenge. Here, we introduce an innovative in situ phosphorus-immitting strategy using a new phosphorus source (phosphorus nitride, P 3 N 5 ) to construct the phosphorus-rich copper (Cu) SACs, designated as Cu/NPC. These catalysts feature locally protruding metal sites on a nitrogen (N)-phosphorus (P)-carbon (C) support (NPC). Rigorous analyses, including X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), validate the coordinated bonding of nitrogen and phosphorus with atomically dispersed Cu sites on NPC. Crucially, systematic first-principles calculations, coupled with the climbing image nudged-elastic-band (CI-NEB) method, provide a comprehensive understanding of the structure-property-activity relationship of the distorted Cu−N 2 P 2 centers in Cu/NPC for selective oxidation of benzene to phenol production. Interestingly, Cu/NPC has shown more energetically favorable C−H bond activation compared to the benchmark Cu/NC SACs in the direct oxidation of benzene, resulting in outstanding benzene conversion (50.3 %) and phenol selectivity (99.3 %) at room temperature. Furthermore, Cu/NPC achieves a remarkable turnover frequency of 263 h −1 and mass-specific activity of 35.2 mmol g −1 h −1 , surpassing the state-of-the-art benzene-to-phenol conversion catalysts to date.
Exploring new porous coordination polymers (PCPs) that have tunable structure and conductivity is attractive but remains challenging. Herein, fine pore structure engineering by ligand conformation control of naphthale...
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Exploring new porous coordination polymers (PCPs) that have tunable structure and conductivity is attractive but remains challenging. Herein, fine pore structure engineering by ligand conformation control of naphthalene diimide (NDI)-based semiconducting PCPs with π stacking-dependent conductivity tunability is achieved. The π stacking distances and ligand conformation in these isoreticular PCPs were modulated by employing metal centers with different coordination geometries. As a result, three conjugated PCPs (Co−pyNDI, Ni−pyNDI, and Zn−pyNDI) with varying pore structure and conductivity were obtained. Their crystal structures were determined by three-dimensional electron diffraction. The through-space charge transfer and tunable pore structure in these PCPs result in modulated selectivity and sensitivity in gas sensing. Zn−pyNDI can serve as a room-temperature operable chemiresistive sensor selective to acetone.
A one-stone, two-bird method to integrate the soft porosity and electrical properties of distinct metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) into a single material involves the design of conductive-on-insulating MOF ( c MOF-on-...
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A one-stone, two-bird method to integrate the soft porosity and electrical properties of distinct metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) into a single material involves the design of conductive-on-insulating MOF ( c MOF-on- i MOF) heterostructures that allow for direct electrical control. Herein, we report the synthesis of c MOF-on- i MOF heterostructures using a seeded layer-by-layer method, in which the sorptive i MOF core is combined with chemiresistive c MOF shells. The resulting c MOF-on- i MOF heterostructures exhibit enhanced selective sorption of CO 2 compared to the pristine i MOF (298 K, 1 bar, S from 15.4 of ZIF-7 to 43.2–152.8). This enhancement is attributed to the porous interface formed by the hybridization of both frameworks at the molecular level. Furthermore, owing to the flexible structure of the i MOF core, the c MOF-on- i MOF heterostructures with semiconductive soft porous interfaces demonstrated high flexibility in sensing and electrical “shape memory” toward acetone and CO 2 . This behavior was observed through the guest-induced structural changes of the i MOF core, as revealed by the operando synchrotron grazing incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering measurements.
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