Li2FeSiO4/C and Li1.97Mg0.03FeSiO4/C composites were successfully prepared by a solid-state method. Both samples were systematically investigated by X-ray diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscopy(SEM), the charge-discharge test and electrochemical impedance spectra measurement, respectively. It was found that the Li1.97Mg0.03FeSiO4/C composite exhibited an excellent rate capability with a discharge capacity of 144mAh g-1 at 0.2C and 97mAh g-1 at 5C, and after 100 cycles at 1 C, 96% of its initial capacity was retained.

A composite of pyrolytic Triarrhena biochar loading with TiO2 nanoparticles has been synthesized by the sol-gel method. The composite shows a well-developed hollow mesoporous and macropore structure as characterized by XRD, BET, and SEM. When used as an absorbent to remove Congo red from aqueous solution, it was found that as-prepared composite performed better absorption capacity than single biochar or TiO2. The results suggest that biochar loading with TiO2 could be promisingly implemented as an environmentally friendly and inexpensive adsorbent for Congo red removal from wastewater.

Spinel Li4-xKxTi5O12(x=0, 0.03) were successfully synthesized by a traditional solid-state method and systematically investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the charge-discharge test, respectively. The results demonstrated that Li3.97K0.03Ti5O12exhibited much better rate performance in comparsion with Li4Ti5O12. At 0.2 C and 10 C, it delivered a discharge capacity of 173 mAh g-1and 124 mAh g-1respectively, and after 100 cycles at 10 C, 96.1% of its initial capacity was retained.

The present study provides results describing the degradation performance of ciprofloxacin antibiotic via Fenton treatment. The effect of reaction conditions including the initial pH value, and dosages of ferrous ions and hydrogen peroxide on ciprofloxacin and COD removal was investigated. Ciprofloxacin removal efficiency of more than 90% was achieved under optimum reaction conditions of pH value of 2, dosages of 0.75 mmol/L of ferrous ion, and 2.0 mmol/L of hydrogen peroxide after 10min. However, the change of COD in aqueous solution was not obvious and further study about intermediate products during oxidation process should be carried out in the future.

Li2-xFeSiO4/C (x=0.01, 0.05, 0.1) were successfully synthesized by a traditional solid-state method and systematically investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the charge-discharge test, respectively. The results demonstrated that Li2-xFeSiO4exhibited the best electrochemical performance among the three as-synthsied samples. it delivered a specific discharge capacity of 142 mAh g-1, 112 mAh g-1at 0.2 C and 2 C, respectively. After 100 cycles at the rate of 1 C, the discharge capacity remained 95.1% of its initial value.