Photochemical degradation of diethyl phthalate with UV/H2O2

The decomposition of diethyl phthalate (DEP) in water using UV-H2O2 process was investigated in this paper. DEP cannot be effectively removed by UV radiation and H2O2 oxidation alone, while UV-H2O2 combination process proved to be effective and could degrade this compound completely. With initial concentration about 1.0mg/L, more than 98.6% of DEP can be removed at time of 60 min under intensity of UV radiation of 133.9 microW/cm2 and H2O2 dosage of 20mg/L. The effects of applied H2O2 dose, UV radiation intensity, water temperature and initial concentration of DEP on the degradation of DEP have been examined in this study. Degradation mechanisms of DEP with hydroxyl radicals oxidation also have been discussed. Removal rate of DEP was sensitive to the operational parameters. A simple kinetic model is proposed which confirms to pseudo-first order reaction. There is a linear relationship between rate constant k and UV intensity and H2O2 concentration.     

Efficient mineralization of dimethyl phthalate by catalytic ozonation using TiO2/Al2O3 catalyst

The removal of dimethyl phthalate (DMP), which is a pollutant of concern in water environments, was carried out by catalytic ozonation with TiO₂/Al₂O₃ catalysts. The heterogeneous catalytic ozonation was an ozonation process combined with the catalytic and adsorptive properties of the TiO₂/Al₂O₃ catalysts to significantly accelerate the mineralization efficiency. Semi-batch ozonation was performed under various experimental conditions including the fed ozone concentration, catalyst type, catalyst dosage, and ultraviolet radiation on the degradation of DMP. The complete removal of DMP was efficiently achieved by both sole and catalytic ozonation; meanwhile, the presence of the catalysts slightly accelerated the elimination rate of DMP. On the other hand, the mineralization efficiency, in terms of total organic carbon (TOC) removal, was substantially enhanced by employing the TiO₂/Al₂O₃ catalyst. The mineralization efficiency using the TiO₂/Al₂O₃ catalyst was the highest, followed in decreasing order by the Al₂O₃ catalyst, the TiO₂ catalyst, and sole ozonation. In addition, the use of the TiO₂/Al₂O₃ catalyst would increase the utilization efficiency of the fed ozone, especially in the late ozonation period. Furthermore, the decrease in the catalytic activity of the TiO₂/Al₂O₃ catalyst after multi-run experiments can be mostly recovered by an incineration process at a high temperature.     

Photodegradation of direct yellow-12 using UV/H2O2/Fe2+

A detailed investigation of photodegradation of direct yellow-12 (DY12) using UV/H(2)O(2)/Fe(2+) has been carried out in a photochemical reactor. Experiments studied degradation as a function of concentration, decolorization and reduction in chemical oxygen demand (COD). The effect of operating parameters, such as UV, pH, amount of Fenton's reagent (H(2)O(2) and FeSO(4)), and amount of DY12 dye has also been determined. It has been observed that simultaneous utilization of UV irradiation with Fenton's reagent increases the degradation rate of DY12 dye. The dye quickly losses its color and there is an appreciable decrease in COD value, indicating that the dissolved organic have been oxidized. The kinetics of degradation of the dye in dilute aqueous solutions follows pseudo-first order kinetics. Final products detected at the end of the reaction include NO(3)(-), NO(2)(-), N(2)O, NO(2), SO(2), CO(2) and CO. Results indicate that dye degradation is dependent upon pH, UV-intensity, concentration of Fenton's reagent and dye. Acidic pH has been found to be more suitable in comparison to neutral and alkaline. The optimum concentration of Fenton's reagent (H(2)O(2)/Fe(2+)) was found as 1500/500 mg l(-1) for 50 mg l(-1) DY12 dye in water at pH 4. The results indicate that the treatment of DY12 dye wastewater with UV/Fe(2+)/H(2)O(2) system is efficient.     

Phase Composition of the Products of Fe Oxidation in Fe + C + NaCl + H2O + O2 Exothermic Mixtures

Using thermodynamic analysis of the Fe–C–NaCl–H₂O–O₂ system and experimental studies (x-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy) of exothermic mixtures containing Fe metal, activated carbon, water, and NaCl, we identified the state of Fe and determined the phase composition of the reaction products at different stages of oxidation with atmospheric oxygen. The calculation and experimental results are in reasonable agreement. Under the conditions of restricted access for air, the main oxidation product is magnetite, Fe₃O₄. Free access for air leads to the formation of hydrous ferric oxide, Fe₂O₃ · nH₂O. The most stable phase under the conditions of interest is goethite, Fe₂O₃ · H₂O (-FeOOH). Storage of incompletely oxidized samples away from air for 7–14 days leads to partial reduction of iron(III) oxide phases to Fe₃O₄ and -Fe.     

Bonding MnO2/Fe3O4 shell-core nanostructures to catalyze H2O2 degrading organic dyes

Shell-core nanostructures with both high catalytic activation and recyclability have been becoming hot property in nano-catalysis. By respectively using co-precipitation method, sol-gel method, and homogeneous precipitation method we manufactured shell-core nano-particles of Fe3O4 core and MnO2 shell. The Bonding mechanism of the composite is discussed in detail, and the efficiency and nature of the particles to degrade methyl orange by catalyzing H2O2 is also demonstrated. We show that by using homogeneous precipitation method one can obtain morphologically uniform nano-particles of about 5-6 nm MnO2 shell and 13-14 nm Fe3O4 core. The characteristic peak of Fe3O4 in the Infrared spectra of the composite particles was blue shifted, and a novel peak appears at 775.68 cm(-1) referring to occurrence of new bond. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy analysis showed that the bonding energy of Fe2p and Ols was increased due to the combination of the MnO2 shell and the Fe3O4 core, suggesting a new bond of Fe-O-Mn occurred in the composite. The MnO2 shell has abundant hydroxyl radicals and exhibits high chemical activity in catalyzing H2O2 and degrading methyl orange with a degree of greater than 95%. On the other hand, the shell-core nanostructures are super-paramagnetic, and the saturated magnetization reaches 33.5 eum/g, which is sufficient for the catalyst to be recycled.     

Reaction of Ge with NH3 + H2O Vapor

A formal rate equation is derived for the asymptotic growth of a vaporizing scale, which adequately describes the growth of a nitride layer on germanium in humid ammonia.     

Fe/Al2O3/Fe隧道结的巨磁电阻效应

研究了Fe(200℃退火)/Al2O3/Fe多层膜隧道结的巨磁电阻效应,在室温下获得了5.89％的巨磁电阻效应,并且测量了样品的伏安曲线,证明了隧道效应的存在。     

Degradation of di-n-butyl phthalate using photoreactor packed with TiO2 immobilized on glass beads

This study evaluated the performance of a photoreactor packed with TiO2/glass, TiO2 immobilized on glass beads, initiated by UV irradiation, denoted as UV/TiO2/glass, to decompose di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) in an aqueous solution. The photodegradation rate of DBP by this UV/TiO2/glass process was found to obey pseudo first-order kinetics represented by the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model. The experimental results of this study show that the influence of pH value of an aqueous solution to reaction rate was negligible at the pH values 4.5-9. The effect of cations on the photodegradation rate of DBP reveals that the larger the charge and size of cations contained, the more the inhibition of reaction rate increased. The UV/TiO2/glass process yielded a 75% degradation efficiency of DBP with initial concentration of 5 mg L(-1) at 80 min reaction time.     

Deposition and Magnetic Properties of Fe3O4/Fe/Fe3O4Tri-layer Films

1. IntroductionIron oxides include several crystalline forms:hematite (or-FeZO3), magnetite (Fe3O4), maghemite(7-Felon) and wustite (FeO). They have interesting structural and magnetic properties, and are practically important in magnetic and electronic applications. The strongly ferrimagnetic 7--FeZO3 phaseearned much attention due to their applications asrecording media. The attainment of 7-FeZO3 involves complicated processing[1]. In our previousstudies, high coercivity 7-FeZO3, Fe3…     

Magnetic and luminescent properties of Fe3O4@Y2O3:Eu3+ nanocomposites

The multifunctional Fe₃O₄@Y₂O₃:Eu³⁺ nanocomposites were prepared by a facile solvothermal method with Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles as the core and europium-doped yttrium oxide (Y₂O₃:Eu³⁺) as the shell. It is shown that Fe₃O₄@Y₂O₃:Eu³⁺ nanocomposites have a strong photoluminescence and special saturation magnetization Ms of 6.1 emu/g at room temperature. The effects of the magnetic field on the luminescence intensities of the nanocomposites are being discussed. The multifunctional nanocomposites with magnetic resonance response and fluorescence probe properties may be useful in biomedical applications, such as cell separation and bioimaging.     

Amino-functionalized Fe3O4/SiO2 magnetic submicron composites and In3+ ion adsorption properties

Five kinds of amino-functionalized (polyaniline, poly(1,2-diaminobenzene), poly(1,3-diaminobenzene), poly(diphenylamine), and poly(o-toluidine)) Fe₃O₄/SiO₂ submicron composites (SCs) were prepared. The SEM and TEM results showed that these SCs possessed a sphere-like core/shell structure with an average diameter of ~500 nm. The XRD results indicated good crystallinity of Fe₃O₄ core, the amorphous SiO₂, and amino-functionalized shells. The XPS results confirmed that amino groups were plentiful rich outside the surface of these SCs which acted as the effective groups for adsorbing the metal ions. These SCs showed a good thermal stability at 20–250 °C. The high saturation magnetization of 60–70 emu/g is better than other similar reports. In³⁺ adsorption coefficients from aqueous solution by these SCs were higher than 10⁶ mL/g, indicating the higher selectivity and affinity to In³⁺ compared with Cd²⁺ and Hg²⁺ ions. In addition, these SCs could be magnetically reclaimed within 30 s and regenerated with acid after adsorption. The adsorption capabilities only decreased by 6 % after five cycles. The present work indicates that the amino-functionalized Fe₃O₄/SiO₂ SCs are promising for removal of In³⁺ ions in field application.     

磁性固相萃取剂Fe3 O4/PDA/PAMAM的制备及其在Pb2+和Cd2+检测中的应用

重金属离子污染严重影响着人类的生活环境和身体健康,因此准确检测重金属离子的含量已成为当今环境保护及检测领域亟待解决的问题.针对重金属离子痕量分析困难及传统磁性固相萃取技术存在的萃取容量小、对重金属离子选择萃取性差等缺点,以溶剂热法制备的Fe3 O4磁性纳米颗粒为磁核,并配合多巴胺改性及具有丰富端基的聚酰胺-胺树状大分子...     

Growth,optical and electro-optical characterisations of potassium hydrogen phthalate crystals doped with Fe3+ and Cr3+ ions

Potassium hydrogen crystals have good electro-optic properties that are in order of urea crystal. Trivalent ions doped KAP crystals KAP:M⁺³ (M = Fe³⁺, Cr³⁺) ions were grown using solution growth technique. Optical and electro-optical characterisations on the coefficient r₅₁ were carried out. The refractive matching offered by the KAP:M⁺³ crystals was investigated. One of the factors causing the observed enhancement in the electro-optics properties is the ligand interactions due the presence of trivalent ions in KAP lattice.     

Fe_2O_3/ZnFe_2O_4/C复合材料的制备及其电化学性能

本文以葡萄糖作为碳源,采用溶剂热法进行原位碳包覆合成了Fe_2O_3/ZnFe_2O_4/C材料,研究了材料的结构及电化学性能。采用X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、循环伏安扫描(CV)和恒流充放电技术对材料结构及电化学性能进行了表征。结果表明,采用此法合成的Fe_2O_3/ZnFe_2O_4/C复合材料呈现多孔结构,粒径约为250nm,经历40次循环后材料的可逆容量依然能保持在645.7mAh/g,较未包覆碳材料的电极提高了19.0%,其可逆容量和循环稳定性能得到了显著提升。     

三氧化二铝含量对铁/氧化铝复合材料复介电常数的影响

采用柠檬酸硝酸盐法制备含不同氧化铝含量的铁氧体,并用氢还原该铁氧体得到含不同氧化铝量的超细与纳米粉混合的铁粉.粉末颗粒外形呈针状和片状.铁/氧化铝复合材料的复介电常数实部随氧化铝含量增加,而逐渐下降.介电常数损耗随氧化铝含量增加,而逐渐下降,且损耗峰逐渐向高频移动.通过加入铁中的氧化铝含量可以调节铁的复介电常数.     

Interfacial Engineering of Co3O4/Fe2O3 Nano-Heterostructure Toward Superior Li-O2 Batteries

A major issue with Li-O₂ batteries is their slow oxygen reduction and evolution kinetics, necessitating catalysts with high catalytic activity to improve reaction kinetics and cycle stability. Herein, a nano-heterostructured catalyst composed of Co₃O₄ and Fe₂O₃ (Co₃O₄/Fe₂O₃) with a porous rod morphology is achieved through an interfacial engineering strategy by constructing Fe₂O₃ on the Co₃O₄ surface, which can function as a high-performance cathode in order to efficiently encourage the oxygen reduction and evolution while also reduce the battery polarization during charging and discharging. The density functional theory (DFT) calculations show the differences in charge density at the interface of nano-heterostructures, demonstrating the occurrence of an electron transfer process in the interface region of Co₃O₄ and Fe₂O₃, implying a strong electronic coupling transfer, and in turn changing the electronic structure of the Co₃O₄. This significantly reduces the adsorption energy of LiO₂ intermediates, thereby effectively lowering the overpotential. The resultant Li-O₂ battery has larger discharge specific capacity, lower overpotential for the efficient oxygen evolution/reduction, as well as good cycling stability of 280 cycles. This work demonstrates an effective method to fabricate the nano-heterostrucutred materials with enhanced catalytic efficiency for advanced energy applications.     

Fabrication of CuO/Fe2O3 hollow hybrid microspheres

CuO/Fe₂O₃ hollow hybrid spheres with the size of 3–5 μm were successfully synthesized by a convenient hydrothermal method, using FeSO₄·7H₂O and CuSO₄·5H₂O as the starting materials and urea as the homogeneous precipitant. The samples were characterized by XRD, TEM, ED, SEM, EDX, IR and XPS measurements. XRD and XPS analyses indicated that the nanostructured materials consisted of CuO and α-Fe₂O₃. TEM and SEM measurements showed that the morphology of binary metal oxide was in the shape of hollow sphere. Careful observation from SEM measurements could find that CuO/Fe₂O₃ hollow microsphere shell was composed of uniform and dense metal oxide nanorods with about 20–40 nm in diameter and 100–200 nm in length. Moreover, the influence of calcination temperature on the thermal stability of the hollow structures was investigated. It showed that the hollow structure was stable after being calcined at 300 °C for 2 h. The formation mechanism of the CuO/Fe₂O₃ hollow spheres under hydrothermal condition was discussed.