Significant attention has been given to biogas production, purification and upgrading as a renewable and clean fuel supplement. Biogas is a product of an anaerobic digestion process comprising methane, carbon dioxide,...Significant attention has been given to biogas production, purification and upgrading as a renewable and clean fuel supplement. Biogas is a product of an anaerobic digestion process comprising methane, carbon dioxide,and trace amounts of other gases. Biogas purification removes trace gases in biogas for safe utilisation. Biogas upgrading produces methane-rich biogas by removing bulk carbon dioxide from the gas mixture. Several carbon dioxide removal techniques can be applied for biogas upgrading. However, chemical absorption of carbon dioxide for biogas upgrading is of special significance due to its operation at ambient or near ambient temperature and pressure, thus reducing energy consumption. This paper reviews the chemical absorption of carbon dioxide using amine scrubbing, caustic solvent scrubbing, and amino acid salt solution scrubbing. Each of these techniques for biogas upgrading is discussed. The paper concludes that an optimised implementation of the chemical absorption techniques for biogas upgrading requires further research.展开更多
Ultra trace determination of lantanum(Ⅲ) has been studied by adsorptive stripping voltammetry methods using an alizarin S as complexing agent and carbon paste electrode as working electrode. The electrode was made ...Ultra trace determination of lantanum(Ⅲ) has been studied by adsorptive stripping voltammetry methods using an alizarin S as complexing agent and carbon paste electrode as working electrode. The electrode was made from mixed of carbon powder and paraffin in micropipette tip with diameter of 4 ram. This method consists of two steps. The first step is the formation and adsorptive accumulation of metal ion with chelator at the electrode surface. The second step is stripping the complex from the electrode surface into the solution. The stripping step generates current which is recorded as voltammogram. The optimum conditions of instrumental parameter obtained were accumulation potential of 600 mV, accumulation time of 120 seconds, and pH of solution of 5.5. In this research, the limit detection obtained was 2.3348 × 10^-12 M (3.24× 10^-11μg/L) with sensitivity of 16.52 (nA/10u M) and the precision of standard solution of La3+ with concentration of 2 × 10^-12 M, 4× 10^-12 M, 6 × 10^-12 M, 8 × 10^-12 M, and 10 × 10^-12M were 3.50%, 9.88%, 7.19%, 7.48% and 1.85% respectively. The linierity of this method is very good with correlation coefficient is 0.9780. Recovery percentage from La3+ with concentration of 6× 10^-12 M and 10 × 10^-12 M are 108.84% and 91.51%, respectively.展开更多
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is key to fuel cells and metal-air batteries which are considered as the al- ternative clean energy. Various carbon materials have been widely researched as ORR electrocatalysts. It h...Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is key to fuel cells and metal-air batteries which are considered as the al- ternative clean energy. Various carbon materials have been widely researched as ORR electrocatalysts. It has been ac- cepted that heteroatom doping and exposure of the edge sites can effectively improve the activity of carbon materials. In this work, we used a simple method to prepare a novel N, P-dual doped carbon-based catalyst with many holes on the surface. In addition, trace level Co doping in the carbon material forming Co-N-C active species can further enhance the ORR performance. On one hand, the doping can adjust the elec- tronic structure of carbon atoms, which would induce more active sites for ORR. And on the other hand, the holes formed on the surface of carbon nanosheets would expose more edge sites and can improve the intrinsic activity of carbon. Due to the heteroatom doping and the exposed edge sites, the pre- pared carbon materials showed highly excellent ORR perfor- mance, dose to that of commercial Pt/C.展开更多
文摘Significant attention has been given to biogas production, purification and upgrading as a renewable and clean fuel supplement. Biogas is a product of an anaerobic digestion process comprising methane, carbon dioxide,and trace amounts of other gases. Biogas purification removes trace gases in biogas for safe utilisation. Biogas upgrading produces methane-rich biogas by removing bulk carbon dioxide from the gas mixture. Several carbon dioxide removal techniques can be applied for biogas upgrading. However, chemical absorption of carbon dioxide for biogas upgrading is of special significance due to its operation at ambient or near ambient temperature and pressure, thus reducing energy consumption. This paper reviews the chemical absorption of carbon dioxide using amine scrubbing, caustic solvent scrubbing, and amino acid salt solution scrubbing. Each of these techniques for biogas upgrading is discussed. The paper concludes that an optimised implementation of the chemical absorption techniques for biogas upgrading requires further research.
文摘Ultra trace determination of lantanum(Ⅲ) has been studied by adsorptive stripping voltammetry methods using an alizarin S as complexing agent and carbon paste electrode as working electrode. The electrode was made from mixed of carbon powder and paraffin in micropipette tip with diameter of 4 ram. This method consists of two steps. The first step is the formation and adsorptive accumulation of metal ion with chelator at the electrode surface. The second step is stripping the complex from the electrode surface into the solution. The stripping step generates current which is recorded as voltammogram. The optimum conditions of instrumental parameter obtained were accumulation potential of 600 mV, accumulation time of 120 seconds, and pH of solution of 5.5. In this research, the limit detection obtained was 2.3348 × 10^-12 M (3.24× 10^-11μg/L) with sensitivity of 16.52 (nA/10u M) and the precision of standard solution of La3+ with concentration of 2 × 10^-12 M, 4× 10^-12 M, 6 × 10^-12 M, 8 × 10^-12 M, and 10 × 10^-12M were 3.50%, 9.88%, 7.19%, 7.48% and 1.85% respectively. The linierity of this method is very good with correlation coefficient is 0.9780. Recovery percentage from La3+ with concentration of 6× 10^-12 M and 10 × 10^-12 M are 108.84% and 91.51%, respectively.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21701043, 21573066, and 51402100)the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Hunan (2016JJ1006 and 2016TP1009)the Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province and Shenzhen Science and Technology Program (JCYJ20170306141659388)
文摘Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is key to fuel cells and metal-air batteries which are considered as the al- ternative clean energy. Various carbon materials have been widely researched as ORR electrocatalysts. It has been ac- cepted that heteroatom doping and exposure of the edge sites can effectively improve the activity of carbon materials. In this work, we used a simple method to prepare a novel N, P-dual doped carbon-based catalyst with many holes on the surface. In addition, trace level Co doping in the carbon material forming Co-N-C active species can further enhance the ORR performance. On one hand, the doping can adjust the elec- tronic structure of carbon atoms, which would induce more active sites for ORR. And on the other hand, the holes formed on the surface of carbon nanosheets would expose more edge sites and can improve the intrinsic activity of carbon. Due to the heteroatom doping and the exposed edge sites, the pre- pared carbon materials showed highly excellent ORR perfor- mance, dose to that of commercial Pt/C.