Preparation and Visible-Light Photocatalytic Activity of FeTPP-Cr-TiO2 Microspheres

Tetraphenyl-porphyrin iron （FeTPP） was chosen to sensitize Cr doped TiO2 （Cr-TiO2） nanoparticles, a novel multimodified photocatalyst FeTPP-Cr-TiO2 with excellent visible- light photocatalytic activity was successfully synthesized. The FeTPP-Cr-TiO2 microspheres were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electronic microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra and N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms. The photocatalytic activity of FeTPP-Cr-TiO2 was evaluated by degradations of methylene blue in aqueous solution under irradiation with Xe lamp （150 W）. The results showed that the FeTPP-Cr-TiO2 multimodified photocatalyst was anatase phase with high specific surface area （74.7 m^2/g）, and exhibited higher photocatalytic degradation efficiency than Cr-TiO2 and FeTPP-TiO2. The photocatalytic degradations of three quinolone antibiotics （lomefioxacin, norfioxacin, and ofioxacin） were further estimated for the feasibility of practical application of catalyst in wastewater treatment. It is desirable that photodegradation of antibiotics with FeTPP-Cr-TiO2 achieved pretty high degradation rates and all followed the pseudo first-order reaction model, and the rate constants k of 3.02×10^-2, 2.81×10^-2, and 3.86×10^-2 min-1 and the half-lifes t1/2 of 22.9, 24.6, and 17.9 min were achieved respectively.

Chemical looping based ammonia production--A promising pathway for production of the noncarbon fuel

Ammonia, primarily made with Haber-Bosch process developed in 1909 and winning two Nobel prizes, is a promising noncarbon fuel for preventing global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. However,the undesired characteristics of the process, including high carbon footprint, necessitate alternative ammonia synthesis methods, and among them is chemical looping ammonia production(CLAP) that uses nitrogen carrier materials and operates at atmospheric pressure with high product selectivity and energy efficiency. To date, neither a systematic review nor a perspective in nitrogen carriers and CLAP has been reported in the critical area. Thus, this work not only assesses the previous results of CLAP but also provides perspectives towards the future of CLAP. It classifies, characterizes, and holistically analyzes the fundamentally different CLAP pathways and discusses the ways of further improving the CLAP performance with the assistance of plasma technology and artificial intelligence(AI).

The evolution and instability of wake structure around an impulsively stopped sphere with a streamwise magnetic field for 600≤Re≤1400

The evolution of wake structure in a flow around an impulsively stopped sphere in an incompressible viscous fluid is investigated under the influence of a streamwise magnetic field at moderate Reynolds numbers.The research parameter range is 600≤Re≤1400 and 0≤N≤10,where Re and N are the Reynolds number and the interaction parameter,respectively.A vortex ring system is developed,which contains the primary and secondary vortex rings after stopping the sphere.The flow will keep axisymmetric before stopping the sphere for the purpose to investigate the instability of shedding vortex rings.Without the magnetic field,an azimuthal instability will develop on the secondary vortex ring when the Reynolds number is large enough,e.g.,Re=1200.It is caused by the centrifugal movement of the secondary vortex ring and this instability can be suppressed by the streamwise magnetic field.Furthermore,an obvious oscillation caused by the motion of the primary vortex ring on the drag force is found after stopping the sphere.The amplitude of such oscillation increases with enlarging the Reynolds number but decreases with enlarging the magnetic field intensity.