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2022 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 103902
Author(s):  
Yixiu Xin ◽  
Hongen Nian ◽  
Jinhong Li ◽  
Jiaqing Zhao ◽  
Xiaoling Tan ◽  
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3 Biotech ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulia Plekhanova ◽  
Sergei Tarasov ◽  
Anna Kitova ◽  
Vladimir Kolesov ◽  
Vadim Kashin ◽  
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Materials ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 609
Author(s):  
Marco Vocciante ◽  
Alessandra De Folly D’Auris ◽  
Andrea Pietro Reverberi

The performance of an innovative material based on expanded graphite, Grafysorber® G+ (Directa Plus), has been tested through laboratory, tank, and confinement tests for oil removal in case of an oil spill and water treatment. In addition to the ability to retain oil, the possibility of reusing this material after regeneration via squeezing was also evaluated. As a comparison, the same experimental tests were conducted using polypropylene flakes (PP), the material currently most used to deal with spill accidents. Oils with different chemical and physical properties were used, namely kerosene, diesel, and crude oil. From the laboratory tests, the capacity of Grafysorber® G+ to retain oil was found to be directly proportional to the viscosity of the latter, with adsorption values ranging from 76.8 g/g for diesel to 50.8 g/g for kerosene, confirming the potential of the innovative material compared to the PP. Cyclical use tests have confirmed certain reusability of the material, even if its adsorbent capacity decreases significantly after the first cycle and continues to decrease in subsequent cycles, but a less marked manner. Finally, some considerations based on the adsorption capacities were found to suggest that the adoption of the new material is also economically preferable, resulting in savings of 20 to 40% per kg of hydrocarbon treated.


Author(s):  
Jerome R ◽  
Brahmari Shetty ◽  
Dhanraj Ganapathy ◽  
Preethika Murugan ◽  
Raji Atchudan ◽  
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Abstract Modification of anodes with highly biocompatible materials could enhance bacterial adhesion, growth, and improve the rate of electron-transfer ability in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). As such, there has been increasing interest in the development of innovative anode materials to prepare high-performance MFCs. We report the synthesis of poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene):poly(4-styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) doped with thermally expanded graphite (TEG) composite coated carbon felt (CF) as anode for MFCs. For this purpose, as-synthesized PEDOT:PSS/TEG composite was characterized using high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HR-SEM), and Raman and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopies which indicated successful incorporation of TEG within PEDOT:PSS film. Furthermore, the electrochemical activity of the PEDOT:PSS/TEG coated CF was employed as the anode in the MFCs with sewage water as an anolyte. PEDOT:PSS/TEG@CF anode exhibited higher ion-transfer ability, superior bio-electrochemical conductivity, and excellent capacitance. Using the PEDOT:PSS/TEG@CF anode, we have constructed MFCs which exhibited good power (68.7 mW/m2) and current (969.3 mA/m2) densities compared to the unmodified CF based anode. The reliability of the MFCs performance was also investigated by testing three independently prepared MFCs with PEDOT:PSS/TEG@CF anodes which all showed a constant voltage (~540 mV) due to the higher stability and biocompatibility of PEDOT:PSS/TEG@CF.


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