The oxidative desulfurization of dibenzothiophene in model and real fuel has been investigated by developing an environmentally sustainable catalyst HSiWO@f-kaolinite. The catalyst was synthesized by modifying kaolinite clay with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (f-kaolinite) followed by immobilizing silicotungstic acid hydrate (HSiWO) onto its surface. The successful synthesis of the catalyst was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, we present an approach for ethylene oxide (EO) production that addresses environmental concerns by eliminating greenhouse gas emissions. Our catalyst, FeO/MSM, was synthesized using a hydrothermal method, incorporating FeO nanoparticles into a well-structured mesoporous silica matrix (MSM). We selected peracetic acid as the oxidant, enabling CO-free EO production while yielding valuable by-products such as acetic acid, monoethylene glycol, and diethylene glycol.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEthylene oxide (EO) is a significant raw material used in many commodities for consumers, particularly ethoxylates, polymers, and certain other glycol derivatives. We synthesized a catalyst by incorporation of chromium oxide into a mesoporous silica material (Cr/MSM) the hydrothermal method, an effective catalyst for partial ethylene oxidation for producing carbon dioxide (CO) free EO. Subsequently, XRD, BET, XPS, and TEM were used to analyse the structural characteristics of the Cr/MSM catalyst.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActive photocatalysts with an efficiency of 99% were prepared for the degradation of the industrial dye, methylene blue (MB), under visible light irradiation. These photocatalysts comprised Co/Ni-metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), to which bismuth oxyiodide (BiOI) was added as a filler to prepare Co/Ni-MOF@BiOI composites. The composites exhibited remarkable photocatalytic degradation of MB in aqueous solutions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnticounterfeiting photonic bilayer films were fabricated by sandwiching two solid-state cholesteric liquid crystal films having different handedness. The fabricated photonic bilayer films were successfully applied to patterning by selective photopolymerization. This photonic bilayer film as a new cryptographic technology is of interest for its anticounterfeiting application.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis work focuses on developing a novel method to optimize the fabrication conditions of polyamide (PA) thin film composite (TFC) membranes using the multi-objective genetic algorithm II (MOGA-II) method. We used different fabrication conditions for formation of polyamide layer-trimesoyl chloride (TMC) concentration, reaction time (t), and curing temperature (Tc)-at different levels, and designed the experiment using the factorial design method. Three functions (polynomial, neural network, and radial basis) were used to generate the response surface model (RSM).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA novel step wise synthetic route was developed to prepare amine grafted nanofibers (AGNFs) affinity membrane. The chemical structure of the nanofibers (NFs) after grafting was studied by acquiring Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectra and Carbon, Hydrogen and Nitrogen (CHN) data. The morphology of the NFs before and after grafting was studied by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA scalable solvothermal technique is reported for the synthesis of a photocatalytic composite material consisting of orthorhombic TaN nanoparticles and WO nanowires. Through X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the as-grown tungsten(VI) sub-oxide was identified as monoclinic WO. The composite material catalysed the degradation of Rhodamine B at over double the rate of the TaN nanoparticles alone under illumination by white light, and continued to exhibit superior catalytic properties following recycling of the catalysts.
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