Metal-organic framework film for fluorescence turn-on H2S gas sensing and anti-counterfeiting patterns

Hydrogen sulphide(H2 S)is a common air pollutant,which is produced in various industry processes.Therefore,it is of crucial importance to detect H2 S in real time.Many fluorescent sensors were reported aiming at detecting H2 S in solution;however,the fluorescence sensing of gaseous H2 S has not yet been reported.In this work,we utilized the post-functionalized fluorescent film,MIL-100(In)@Eu3+/Cu2+film,realizing fluorescence turn-on sensing of gaseous H2 S at room temperature for the first time with the limit of detection as low as 0.535 ppm,which is comparable to some reported fluorescent probes for S2-ions and semiconductor based gaseous H2 S sensors.The sensor was designed due to the strong affinity of H2 S with Cu2+.With the formation of CuS,the"antenna effect"between the ligand and Eu3+recovered,resulting in the fluorescence turn-on of Eu3+emission.Additionally,we proposed a new method to realize multi-colour anti-counterfeiting patterns with lanthanide ions ink,taking advantage of the extraordinary smooth surface and uncoordinated carboxylate groups within the MIL-100(In)film.

H_2S Gas Sensor Based on Nanocrystalline ZnO Synthesized by Electrochemical-Deposition

ZnO nanocrystals were prepared by a direct current electrochemical deposition process under 3.0V working voltage and 30A/m^2 current density using zinc sulfate as raw materials.The nanocrystals were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD)and transmission electron microscopy(TEM).The results indicated that the nanocrystals are hexagonal wurtzite ZnO with particle size range of 25nm～40nm without any treating.Gas sensing properties of the sensors were tested by mixing a gas in air at static state;the tested results showed that the sensors based on nanocrystalline ZnO had satisfied gas sensing properties to H_2S gas at rather low temperature.

Pd/activated carbon sorbents for mid-temperature capture of mercury from coal-derived fuel gas

Higher concentrations of Hg can be emitted from coal pyrolysis or gasification than from coal combustion, especially elemental Hg. Highly efficient Hg removal technology from coal-derived fuel gas is thus of great importance. Based on the very excellent Hg removal ability of Pd and the high adsorption abilities of activated carbon（AC） for H2 S and Hg, a series of Pd/AC sorbents was prepared by using pore volume impregnation, and their performance in capturing Hg and H2 S from coal-derived fuel gas was investigated using a laboratory-scale fixed-bed reactor. The effects of loading amount, reaction temperature and reaction atmosphere on Hg removal from coal-derived fuel gas were studied. The sorbents were characterized by N2 adsorption, X-ray diffraction（XRD） and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy（XPS）. The results indicated that the efficiency of Hg removal increased with the increasing of Pd loading amount, but the effective utilization rate of the active component Pd decreased significantly at the same time. High temperature had a negative influence on the Hg removal. The efficiency of Hg removal in the N2-H2S-H2-CO-Hg atmosphere（simulated coal gas） was higher than that in N2-H2S-Hg and N2-Hg atmospheres, which showed that H2 and CO, with their reducing capacity, could benefit promote the removal of Hg. The XPS results suggested that there were two different ways of capturing Hg over sorbents in N2-H2S-Hg and N2-Hg atmospheres.