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Fe-B alloy coupled with Fe clusters as an efficient cocatalyst for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution 10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.117 2018-03-23 It remains a challenge to develop efficient and inexpensive catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Herein, it is the first time to report a core-shell structured amorphous Fe-B alloy coupled with metal Fe nanoclusters as an efficient HER catalyst. T...
Effects of natural organic matter with different properties on levofloxacin adsorption to goethite: experiments and modeling 10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.125 2018-03-23 Adsorption of levofloxacin (LEV) to goethite in the pH range of 3-10, and in the absence or presence of natural organic matter (NOM) represented by nine types of humic acid (HA) and fulvic acid (FA), was studied using batch experiments. The adsorption of LEV ...
Increasing municipal wastewater BNR by using the preferred carbon source derived from kitchen wastewater to enhance phosphorus uptake and short-cut nitrification-denitrification 10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.124 2018-03-23 A new method for increasing municipal wastewater biological nutrient removal (BNR) by using kitchen wastewater-derived carbon source to simultaneously enhance phosphorus uptake and short-cut nitrification-denitrification was reported. Firstly, laboratory test...
Rapid and efficient removal of estrogenic pollutants from water by using beta- and gamma-cyclodextrin polymers 10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.127 2018-03-23 The existence of estrogenic hormones in water systems has a potential adverse impact on the environment and public health. Cyclodextrin (CD) can encapsulate small molecules to form host-guest complexes with high stability; thus, it is being applied to remove ...
Dimensionless analysis on liquid-liquid flow patterns and scaling law on slug hydrodynamics in cross-junction microchannels 10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.119 2018-03-23 Liquid-liquid flow patterns and slug hydrodynamics were experimentally studied in non-circular glass microchannels with water-butanol, water-toluene, water-oil and water-hexane systems, considering various hydraulic diameters (600 µm, 400 µm, 200 µm), inlet j...
A Highly Efficient Magnetic Chitosan “Fluid” Adsorbent with a High Capacity & Fast Adsorption Kinetics for Dyeing Wastewater Purification 10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.115 2018-03-23 A novel magnetic fluid adsorbent (magnetic chitosan “fluid”, MCF) was prepared via a one-step in situ co-precipitation procedure using inexpensive and environmentally friendly chitosan (CS) and iron precursor. The resultant ultrafine colloid was characterized...
Intensification of the O3/H2O2 advanced oxidation process using a continuous tubular reactor filled with static mixers: proof of concept 10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.112 2018-03-22 An innovative implementation of the O3/H2O2 advanced oxidation process was proposed to intensify the hydroxyl radical generation. Natural or drinking waters, containing atrazine as a probe compound, were spiked with H2O2 and further continuously mixed to a pr...
Tailor-made Thin Film Nanocomposite Membrane Incorporated with Graphene Oxide using Novel Interfacial Polymerization Technique for Enhanced Water Separation 10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.116 2018-03-22 In this work, tailor-made graphene oxide (GO) incorporated thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes based on novel interfacial polymerization (IP) technique were presented. The embedment of GO nanosheets within ultrathin cross-linked polyamide (PA) layer was s...
A newly synthesized Au/GO-Co3O4 composite effectively inhibits the replication of tetracycline resistance gene in water 10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.108 2018-03-22 A novel Au-graphene oxide (GO)-Co3O4 hollow sphere (Au/GO-Co3O4) was synthesized and its potential in binding with antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and inhibiting their replication was examined in this study. Tetracycline-resistant genes (tetA) with two amp...
NiAl2O4 spinel-type catalysts for deoxygenation of palm oil to green diesel 10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.118 2018-03-22 NiAl2O4 spinel-type catalyst was successfully prepared by an incipient wetness impregnation method accompanied with high-temperature calcination at 1273 K for 10 h. The effect of reduction temperatures (773, 923, and 1073 K) on the catalytic activity for palm...

Fe-B alloy coupled with Fe clusters as an efficient cocatalyst for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.117

2018-03-23

It remains a challenge to develop efficient and inexpensive catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Herein, it is the first time to report a core-shell structured amorphous Fe-B alloy coupled with metal Fe nanoclusters as an efficient HER catalyst. T...

Effects of natural organic matter with different properties on levofloxacin adsorption to goethite: experiments and modeling

10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.125

2018-03-23

Adsorption of levofloxacin (LEV) to goethite in the pH range of 3-10, and in the absence or presence of natural organic matter (NOM) represented by nine types of humic acid (HA) and fulvic acid (FA), was studied using batch experiments. The adsorption of LEV ...

Increasing municipal wastewater BNR by using the preferred carbon source derived from kitchen wastewater to enhance phosphorus uptake and short-cut nitrification-denitrification

10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.124

2018-03-23

A new method for increasing municipal wastewater biological nutrient removal (BNR) by using kitchen wastewater-derived carbon source to simultaneously enhance phosphorus uptake and short-cut nitrification-denitrification was reported. Firstly, laboratory test...

Rapid and efficient removal of estrogenic pollutants from water by using beta- and gamma-cyclodextrin polymers

10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.127

2018-03-23

The existence of estrogenic hormones in water systems has a potential adverse impact on the environment and public health. Cyclodextrin (CD) can encapsulate small molecules to form host-guest complexes with high stability; thus, it is being applied to remove ...

Dimensionless analysis on liquid-liquid flow patterns and scaling law on slug hydrodynamics in cross-junction microchannels

10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.119

2018-03-23

Liquid-liquid flow patterns and slug hydrodynamics were experimentally studied in non-circular glass microchannels with water-butanol, water-toluene, water-oil and water-hexane systems, considering various hydraulic diameters (600 µm, 400 µm, 200 µm), inlet j...

A Highly Efficient Magnetic Chitosan “Fluid” Adsorbent with a High Capacity & Fast Adsorption Kinetics for Dyeing Wastewater Purification

10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.115

2018-03-23

A novel magnetic fluid adsorbent (magnetic chitosan “fluid”, MCF) was prepared via a one-step in situ co-precipitation procedure using inexpensive and environmentally friendly chitosan (CS) and iron precursor. The resultant ultrafine colloid was characterized...

Intensification of the O3/H2O2 advanced oxidation process using a continuous tubular reactor filled with static mixers: proof of concept

10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.112

2018-03-22

An innovative implementation of the O3/H2O2 advanced oxidation process was proposed to intensify the hydroxyl radical generation. Natural or drinking waters, containing atrazine as a probe compound, were spiked with H2O2 and further continuously mixed to a pr...

Tailor-made Thin Film Nanocomposite Membrane Incorporated with Graphene Oxide using Novel Interfacial Polymerization Technique for Enhanced Water Separation

10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.116

2018-03-22

In this work, tailor-made graphene oxide (GO) incorporated thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes based on novel interfacial polymerization (IP) technique were presented. The embedment of GO nanosheets within ultrathin cross-linked polyamide (PA) layer was s...

A newly synthesized Au/GO-Co3O4 composite effectively inhibits the replication of tetracycline resistance gene in water

10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.108

2018-03-22

A novel Au-graphene oxide (GO)-Co3O4 hollow sphere (Au/GO-Co3O4) was synthesized and its potential in binding with antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and inhibiting their replication was examined in this study. Tetracycline-resistant genes (tetA) with two amp...

NiAl2O4 spinel-type catalysts for deoxygenation of palm oil to green diesel

10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.118

2018-03-22

NiAl2O4 spinel-type catalyst was successfully prepared by an incipient wetness impregnation method accompanied with high-temperature calcination at 1273 K for 10 h. The effect of reduction temperatures (773, 923, and 1073 K) on the catalytic activity for palm...