Selective recovery of copper from copper tailings and wastewater using chelating resins with bis-picolylamine functional groups.

Industrial and mining wastewater, along with copper tailings, are typically highly acidic and contain copper and other heavy metals, which may contaminate and damage the environment. Copper (Cu) is, however, a valuable metal, making its removal and recovery from such wastewater and tailings environmentally and economically advantageous. Chelating ion exchange resins featuring bis-picolylamine functional groups are especially suitable for application requiring selective recovery of Cu(II) from highly acidic media.

Laser irradiation of photothermal precursors - a novel approach to produce carbon materials for supercapacitors.

A wide array of carbon materials finds extensive utility across various industrial applications today. Nonetheless, the production processes for these materials continue to entail elevated temperatures, necessitate the use of inert atmospheres, and often involve the handling of aggressive and toxic chemicals. The prevalent method for large-scale carbon material production, namely the pyrolysis of waste biomass and polymers, typically unfolds within the temperature range of 500-700 °C under a nitrogen (N) atmosphere.

The effect of the pyrolysis temperature and biomass type on the biocarbons characteristics.

The conversion of biomass and natural wastes into carbon-based materials for various applications such as catalysts and energy-related materials is a fascinating and sustainable approach emerged during recent years. Precursor nature and characteristics are complex, hence, their effect on the properties of resulting materials is still unclear. In this work, we have investigated the effect of different precursors and pyrolysis temperature on the properties of produced carbon materials and their potential application as negative electrode materials in Li-ion batteries.

Comparative Study of the Structural Features and Electrochemical Properties of Nitrogen-Containing Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes after Ion-Beam Irradiation and Hydrochloric Acid Treatment.

Using a set of microscopic, spectroscopic, and electrochemical methods, a detailed study of the interrelation between the structural and electrochemical properties of the as-prepared nitrogen-containing multi-walled carbon nanotubes (N-MWCNTs) and their modified derivatives is carried out. It was found that after treatment of nanotubes with hydrochloric acid, their structure is improved by removing amorphous carbon from the outer layers of N-MWCNTs. On the contrary, ion bombardment leads to the formation of vacancy-type structural defects both on the surface and in the bulk of N-MWCNTs.

How intramolecular coordination bonding (ICB) controls the homolysis of the C-ON bond in alkoxyamines.

Because the C-ON bond homolysis rate constant is an essential parameter of alkoxyamine reactivity, it is especially important to tune without a major alteration of the structure of the molecule. Recently, several approaches have become known, , protonation of functional groups and formation of metal complexes. In this paper, coordination reactions of [Zn(hfac)(HO)] with a series of new SG1-based alkoxyamines affording complexes with different structures are presented.

Versatile approach to activation of alkoxyamine homolysis by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition for efficient and safe nitroxide mediated polymerization.

An alkoxyamine was prepared from a cyclic aldonitrone nitroxide. The resulting alkoxyamine containing an aldonitrone functional substituent is relatively stable but can react readily with vinyl monomers to form a cycloadduct that has a much higher C-ON homolysis rate. This type of in situ activation converts the aldonitrone alkoxyamine into an efficient controlling agent for nitroxide-mediated polymerization.