Modified coconut shell biochars (MCSBCs): Fabrication and their adsorptions for Pb(II).

The modified coconut shell biochars (MCSBCs) were fabricated and their adsorptions for Pb(II) were evaluated, in which waste coconut shell was used as the raw material, both ZnCl and KMnO were applied as the inorganic modifiers. FT-IR spectra, TGA, SEM and BET techniques were utilized to characterize their properties. It was spotted that the thermal stability of UCSBC could arrive at 500 °C.

Effect of Lateral Size and Surface Passivation on the Near-Band-Edge Excitonic Emission from Quasi-Two-Dimensional CdSe Nanoplatelets.

As a new type of quasi-two-dimensional nanomaterial, CdSe nanoplatelets (NPLs) possess excellent properties such as narrow emission peak, large absorption cross section, and a low threshold of amplified spontaneous emission. However, the origin of emission especially at low temperatures has not been studied clearly up till now. Here, we study the temperature-dependent photoluminescence of CdSe NPLs which show two emission peaks at low temperatures.