Elements, Structure and Electrochemical Property of Carbon Derived from La^(3+) Adulterating Polystyrene Cation Exchange Resin

The polystyrene cation exchange resin was exchanged by La 3+ and then were carbonized to make resin carbon material. The electrochemical properties of the resin carbon material as the electrode of the lithium ion cell were investigated. The test results show that comparing with the polystyrene cation exchange resin without adulterating, the contents of hydrogen, oxygen and sulfur are changed obviously for the resin carbon material derived from the La 3+ adulterating polystyrene cation exchange resin. The contents of hydrogen and oxygen are increased, and the one of sulfur is decreased. The test results also indicate that it is more easily to form the stratum graphite minicrystal structure with bigger diameter for the La 3+ adulterating resin. According to the electrochemical test results, the electrode derived from La 3+ adulterating polystyrene cation exchange resin has much better electrochemical property, and the capacity of charge and discharge of the electrode is increased about 30 mAh·g -1 in average.

Partial amination of cationic exchange resins and its application in the hydration of butene

In this work, the amination of sulfonated polystyrene resin with alkyl secondary amine is investigated. The catalytic activities of the modified resins are determined through the hydration of l-butene. The optimum chain length and the best range of amination rate are determined. It is found that the single-pass conversion of 1 -butene was raised 2% on average, and the relative activity was increased over 30% after modification. A hypothesis about the enhancement of catalytic activities by the inclusion of alkyl chain to wrap up the butene molecule is proposed.

New insight into polystyrene ion exchange resin for efficient cesium sequestration:The synergistic role of confined zirconium phosphate nanocrystalline

Polystyrene resins(PS)have been practical ion exchangers for radionuclides removal from water.However,nonspecific effects of ion exchange groups continue to be a major obstacle for emergency treatment with coexisting ions of high concentrations.The selectivity for Cs+enables zirconium phosphate(ZrP)to be the most promising inorganic sorbent for radioactive cesium extraction,despite being difficult to synthesize and causing excessive pressure loss in fixed-bed reactors due to fine powder.Herein,through facile confined crystallization in host macropores,we prepared PS confinedα-ZrP nanocrystalline(ZrP-PS).Size-screen sorption of layeredα-ZrP and sulfonic acid group preconcentration of PS synergistically enable a considerably higher Cs+affinity of ZrP-PS than PS,as confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS)analysis.ZrP-PS demonstrated remarkable cesium sequestration performance in both batch and continuous experiments,with a high adsorption capacity of 269.58 mg/g,a rapid equilibrium within 80 min,and a continuous effluent volume of 2300 L/kg sorbents.Given the excellent selectivity for Cs+and flexibility to separate from treated water,ZrP-PS holds great promise as purification packages for the emergency treatment of radioactively contaminated water.

Adsorption mechanism of phenolic compounds from aqueous solution on hypercrosslinked polymeric adsorbent

The adsorption of two phenols, namely, phenol and salicylic acid(SA) onto a water-compatible hypercrosslinked polymeric resin(NJ-8) were studied in terms of pseudo-second-order and first order mechanisms for chemical sorption as well as an intraparticle diffusion mechanism process. Kinetic analysis showed that the intraparticle diffusion process was the essential rate-controlling step. The activation energies of sorption have also been evaluated with the pseudo-second-order and intraparticle diffusion constants, respectively. Adsorption equilibrium data were well fitted by the Langmuir, Freundlich and Redlich-Peterson isotherms. Adsorption was exothermic and basically of a type of transition between physical and chemical character. The sorption capacity was higher for SA due to its more hydrophobic. Phenol has a higher adsorption enthalpy since it could form stronger hydrogen bonding on NJ-8.