Chitosan Based Nanocomposite Materials as Photocatalyst – A Review

2014 ◽  
Vol 781 ◽  
pp. 79-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Nithya ◽  
Kandasamy Jothivenkatachalam ◽  
S. Prabhu ◽  
K. Jeganathan
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Nanocomposite Materials ◽  
Heterogeneous Photocatalysis ◽  
Organic Polymer ◽  
High Catalytic Activity ◽  
Environmental Application ◽  
Industrial Activities

Heterogeneous photocatalysis is a significant technology for environmental application. Moreover, immobilising an appropriate catalyst on the surface of a natural organic polymer presents a number of additional advantages including low-cost, high catalytic activity and extensive potential reuse for the application of pharmaceutical, biomedical and industrial activities. This review mainly focuses on the role of chitosan based material as photocatalyst on the environmental remediation.

scholarly journals High catalytic activity for formaldehyde oxidation of an interconnected network structure composed of δ-MnO2 nanosheets and γ-MnOOH nanowires

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-439
Author(s):  
Ying Tao ◽  
Rong Li ◽  
Ai-Bin Huang ◽  
Yi-Ning Ma ◽  
Shi-Dong Ji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Network Structure ◽  
Manganese Oxides ◽  
Active Oxygen Species ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Dispersion ◽  
Hydroxyl Groups ◽  
High Catalytic Activity ◽  
Interconnected Network ◽  
Surface Hydroxyl

AbstractAmong the transition metal oxide catalysts, manganese oxides have great potential for formaldehyde (HCHO) oxidation at ambient temperature because of their high activity, nontoxicity, low cost, and polybasic morphologies. In this work, a MnO2-based catalyst (M-MnO2) with an interconnected network structure was successfully synthesized by a one-step hydrothermal method. The M-MnO2 catalyst was composed of the main catalytic agent, δ-MnO2 nanosheets, dispersed in a nonactive framework material of γ-MnOOH nanowires. The catalytic activity of M-MnO2 for HCHO oxidation at room temperature was much higher than that of the pure δ-MnO2 nanosheets. This is attributed to the special interconnected network structure. The special interconnected network structure has high dispersion and specific surface area, which can provide more surface active oxygen species and higher surface hydroxyl groups to realize rapid decomposition of HCHO.

Molten salts-assisted synthesis of special open-cell Fe, N co-doped porous carbon as an efficient electrocatalyst for zinc-air batteries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoying Gao ◽  
Xuan Xie ◽  
Kanjun Sun ◽  
Xiaofei Lei ◽  
Tianyu Hou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Porous Carbon ◽  
Molten Salts ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Catalytic Activity ◽  
Open Cell ◽  
Co Doped ◽  
Excellent Stability ◽  
Zinc Air Batteries

Fe, N co-doped carbon electrocatalyst is one of the most attractive alternatives to Pt/C catalysts due to its high catalytic activity, excellent stability and low cost. However, obtaining stable and...

scholarly journals Improving the Performance of Zn-Air Batteries with N-Doped Electroexfoliated Graphene

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 2115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Ilnicka ◽  
Malgorzata Skorupska ◽  
Piotr Romanowski ◽  
Piotr Kamedulski ◽  
Jerzy P. Lukaszewicz
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Noble Metals ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Graphene Sheets ◽  
High Catalytic Activity ◽  
Energy Storage Devices

The constantly growing demand for active, durable, and low-cost electrocatalysts usable in energy storage devices, such as supercapacitors or electrodes in metal-air batteries, has triggered the rapid development of heteroatom-doped carbon materials, which would, among other things, exhibit high catalytic activity in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). In this article, a method of synthesizing nitrogen-doped graphene is proposed. Few-layered graphene sheets (FL-graphene) were prepared by electrochemical exfoliation of commercial graphite in a Na2SO4 electrolyte with added calcium carbonate as a separator of newly-exfoliated FL-graphene sheets. Exfoliated FL-graphene was impregnated with a suspension of green algae used as a nitrogen carrier. Impregnated FL-graphene was carbonized at a high temperature under the flow of nitrogen. The N-doped FL-graphene was characterized through instrumental methods: high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. Electrochemical performance was determined using cyclic voltamperometry and linear sweep voltamperometry to check catalytic activity in ORR. The N-doped electroexfoliated FL-graphene obeyed the four-electron transfer pathways, leading us to further test these materials as electrode components in rechargeable zinc-air batteries. The obtained results for Zn-air batteries are very important for future development of industry, because the proposed graphene electrode materials do not contain any heavy and noble metals in their composition.

Role of microporous Janus silica nanosheets in the assembly of ultra-small Ag nanoparticles with high catalytic activity

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 208-216
Author(s):  
Mengnan Yang ◽  
Zhaoli Yan ◽  
Tiantian Li ◽  
Bing Liu ◽  
Qiangshan Jing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Ag Nanoparticles ◽  
High Catalytic Activity ◽  
Charged Surface ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Surface Hydroxyls

Negatively charged surface hydroxyls and micropores of Janus silica nanosheets play a particular role in the highly efficient and dispersed assembly of ultra-small Ag nanoparticles with high catalytic activity.

scholarly journals Palladium/phosphorus-functionalized porous organic polymer with tunable surface wettability for water-mediated Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (63) ◽  
pp. 36600-36607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yizhu Lei ◽  
Zaifei Chen ◽  
Guangxing Li
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Coupling Reaction ◽  
Surface Wettability ◽  
Organic Polymer ◽  
High Catalytic Activity ◽  
Aryl Chlorides ◽  
Porous Organic Polymer

A palladium/phosphorus-functionalized porous organic polymer with tunable surface wettability was successfully prepared. The catalyst displayed high catalytic activity for the water-mediated Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction of aryl chlorides.

scholarly journals Bifunctional electrochemical properties of La0.8Sr0.2Co0.8M0.2O3-δ (M= Ni, Fe, Mn, Cu): efficient elemental doping based on structural and pH-dependent study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junfang Cheng ◽  
Pandian Ganesan ◽  
Ziling Wang ◽  
Ming Zhang ◽  
Guozhu Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Perovskite Oxides ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
High Catalytic Activity ◽  
Suitable Candidate ◽  
Ph Dependent ◽  
Elemental Doping

Perovskite oxides with a low cost and high catalytic activity are considered as suitable candidate for oxygen evolution reaction (OER)/oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), whereas most of them favor only either...

scholarly journals Anionic polyelectrolytes in titanosilicate molecular sieve synthesis towards simultaneously accomplishing low production cost and high catalytic activity

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (38) ◽  
pp. 21363-21368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kairui Fu ◽  
Jingui Wang ◽  
Yichen Wang ◽  
Yuanchao Shao ◽  
Jiaqi Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Molecular Sieve ◽  
Production Cost ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Catalytic Activity ◽  
Titanium Silicalite ◽  
Diffusion Restriction

Anionic polyelectrolytes can help to directly achieve low-cost, titanium-rich, diffusion restriction-free and 100%-yield titanium silicalite-1.

Sulfur doping enhanced desorption of intermediates on NiCoP for efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution

Nanoscale ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1985-1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuyang Qi ◽  
Long Zhang ◽  
Lan Sun ◽  
Guanjun Chen ◽  
Qiaomei Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction ◽  
High Stability ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Catalytic Activity ◽  
Sulfur Doping

Electrocatalysts with high catalytic activity, high stability and low cost are critical to the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER).

Effect of Bimetallic Doping in Cobalt Titanate for Methane Reforming

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Disha Jain
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Coke Deposition ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Pt Catalyst ◽  
High Catalytic Activity ◽  
Methane Reforming ◽  
Metal Support Interaction ◽  
Metal Support ◽  
Surface Intermediates

<p>Supported Ni catalysts are extensively studied for methane reforming due to their high catalytic activity and low cost. However, these catalysts undergo deactivation due to coke deposition and oxidation of Ni particles. In the present work, Ni and Pt substituted CoTiO<sub>3</sub> were synthesized and studied for steam (SRM) and dry (DRM) reforming of methane. The catalytic activity of monometallic and bimetallic Ni-Pt catalyst was compared for SRM and reducibility studies were done to highlight the change in metal-support interaction in the synthesized samples. Ex situ and in situ characterization were performed to understand the change in catalyst surface and the nature of surface intermediates formed during the reaction. Consequently, surface reaction mechanism was proposed and kinetic parameters were determined by fitting experimental data.</p><br>

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