scholarly journals Water treatment with CoZnAl-LDH and its mixed metal oxide

Author(s):  
Mina Sharifi-Bonab ◽  
Soheil Aber ◽  
Dariush Salari ◽  
Fatemeh Khodam

Abstract CoZnAl-layered double hydroxide (LDH) was synthesized by homogeneous co-precipitation. CoZnAl-Mixed Metal Oxide (MMO) was prepared by calcining the LDH. The samples' structure and morphology were studied by analytical techniques including X-ray diffraction, N2 adsorption-desorption isotherm, scanning electron microscopy and UV–visible spectroscopy. Acid orange 7 (AO7) adsorption by as-prepared samples was studied. CoZnAl-MMO showed 526.32 mg/g adsorption capacity, higher than that of CoZnAl-LDH, 243.9 mg/g. Kinetic studies confirmed the pseudo-second-order and pseudo-first-order AO7 adsorption kinetics of the LDH and MMO, respectively. AO7 adsorption onto both LDH and MMO fitted the Langmuir isotherm model well. Band gap calculation confirmed the ability of this nano-MMO to operate in the visible light region. It displayed synergetic adsorption-photocatalytic performance under visible-light and the removal efficiency was about 97%.


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (9) ◽  
pp. 8931-8943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Wei ◽  
Jianxing Liang ◽  
Yan Yao ◽  
Xiangyang Xu ◽  
Xiaoke Zheng ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (19) ◽  
pp. 2348-2356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seungho Cho ◽  
Ji-Wook Jang ◽  
Ki-jeong Kong ◽  
Eun Sun Kim ◽  
Kun-Hong Lee ◽  
...  


Crystals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 833
Author(s):  
Alberto Tampieri ◽  
Matea Lilic ◽  
Magda Constantí ◽  
Francesc Medina

The depletion of fossil fuel resources has prompted the scientific community to find renewable alternatives for the production of energy and chemicals. The products of the aldol condensation between bio-based furfural and acetone have been individuated as promising intermediates for the preparation of biofuels and polymeric materials. We developed a protocol for the microwave-assisted condensation of these two compounds over hydrotalcite-based materials. Mg:Al 2:1 hydrotalcite was prepared by co-precipitation; the obtained solid was calcined to afford the corresponding mixed metal oxide, which was then rehydrated to obtain a meixnerite-type material. The prepared solids were characterized by PXRD, ICP-AES, TGA-DSC and N2 physisorption, and tested as catalysts in the aldol condensation of acetone and furfural in a microwave reactor. The performance of the catalysts was assessed and compared; the meixnerite catalyst proved to be the most active, followed by the mixed metal oxide and the as-synthesized hydrotalcite, which has often been reported to be inactive. In all cases, the reaction is quite fast and selective, which makes our protocol useful for rapidly converting furfural and acetone into their condensation products.



Nanomaterials ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Nugroho Pranyoto ◽  
Yuni Dewi Susanti ◽  
Immanuel Joseph Ondang ◽  
Artik Elisa Angkawijaya ◽  
Felycia Edi Soetaredjo ◽  
...  

The fast depletion of fossil fuels has attracted researchers worldwide to explore alternative biofuels, such as biodiesel. In general, the production of biodiesel is carried out via transesterification processes of vegetable oil with the presence of a suitable catalyst. A mixed metal oxide has shown to be a very attractive heterogeneous catalyst with a high performance. Most of the mixed metal oxide is made by using the general wetness impregnation method. A simple route to synthesize silane-modified mixed metal oxide (CaO-CuO/C6) catalysts has been successfully developed. A fluorocarbon surfactant and triblock copolymers (EO)106(PO)70(EO)106 were used to prevent the crystal agglomeration of carbonate salts (CaCO3-CuCO3) as the precursor to form CaO-CuO with a definite size and morphology. The materials show high potency as a catalyst in the transesterification process to produce biodiesel. The calcined co-precipitation product has a high crystallinity form, as confirmed by the XRD analysis. The synthesized catalyst was characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX). The mechanism of surface modification and the effects of the catalytic activity were also discussed. The biodiesel purity of the final product was analyzed by gas chromatography. The optimum biodiesel yield was 90.17% using the modified mixed metal oxide CaO-CuO/C6.





Langmuir ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (50) ◽  
pp. 17530-17536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seungho Cho ◽  
Ji-Wook Jang ◽  
Sekyu Hwang ◽  
Jae Sung Lee ◽  
Sungjee Kim




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