High capacity adsorption of antimony in biomass-based composite and its consequential utilization as battery anode

Antimony is more than an emerging pollutant in water but a scare resource.In this study,we report an adsorbent with the record capacity so far from the balanced view of Sb(Ⅲ) and Sb(Ⅴ).The composite adsorbent was fabricated by encapsulating hollow Fe_(3)O_(4)nanosphere with the EDTA grafted chitosan,and it has superhigh adsorption capacity of for 657.1 mg/g for Sb(Ⅲ) and 467.3 mg/g for Sb(Ⅴ),respectively.The mechanism study reveals that the adsorption of Sb initializes from the Fe_(3)O_(4),propagates along the chitosan with hydrogen bond,and terminates at the inner sphere complex with the EDTA moiety in the adsorbent.In view of the ultra-high adsorption capacity of the adsorbent,the recovered adsorbent that contains abundant (>36.4%) highly dispersed antimony nanoparticles (600-FCSE-Sb) is applied to Li-ion battery anode after reduction.This article provides a new idea for connecting water treatment and electric energy storage.

Determining the contribution of Mo single atoms components in MoO_(2)nanocatalyst in transfer hydrogenation

Nanocatalysts are likely to contain undetected single-atom components,which may have been ignored but have significant effect in catalytic reactions.Herein,we report a catalyst composed of Mo single atoms(SAs)and MoO_(2)nanoparticles(NPs)(MoSAs-MoO_(2)@NC),which is an exact model to understand how the SAs contribute to the nanocatalyst.Both experimental results and the density functional theory calculations reveal that Mo SAs on nitrogen-doped carbon provides the reaction zone for nitro reduction,while MoO_(2)is the active site for decomposing hydrazine hydrate to produce H*.Thanks to the synergy between Mo SAs and MoO_(2)NPs,this catalyst exhibits noble metal-like catalytic activity(100%conversion at 4 min)for the dechlorination-proof transfer hydrogenation.Additionally,the hydrogen migration on the catalyst is verified by the electrochemical tests in the absence of a hydrogen source.This work provides a model for further study on the coexistence of single atoms in nanoparticle catalysts.

Microstructure and mechanical properties of short-carbon-fiber/Ti_(3)SiC_(2) composites

Short-carbon-fibers(C_(sf))reinforced Ti_(3)SiC_(2) matrix composites(C_(sf)/Ti_(3)SiC_(2),the C_(sf) content was 0 vol%,2 vol%,5 vol%,and 10 vol%)were fabricated by spark plasma sintering(SPS)using Ti_(3)SiC_(2) powders and C_(sf) as starting materials at 1300℃.The effects of C_(sf) addition on the phase compositions,microstructures,and mechanical properties(including hardness,flexural strength(σ_(f)),and KIC)of C_(sf)/Ti_(3)SiC_(2) composites were investigated.The C_(sf),with bi-layered transition layers,i.e.,T_(IC) and SiC layers,were homogeneously distributed in the as-prepared C_(sf)/Ti_(3)SiC_(2) composites.With the increase of C_(sf) content,the K_(IC) of C_(sf)/Ti_(3)SiC_(2) composites increased,but the σ_(f) decreased,and the Vickers hardness decreased initially and then increased steadily when the C_(sf) content was higher than 2 vol%.These changed performances(hardness,σ_(f),and K_(IC))could be attributed to the introduction of C_(sf) and the formation of stronger interfacial phases.