Designing of porous carbon system for CO2 uptake has attracted a plenty of interest due to the ever-increasing concerns about climate change and global warming. Herein, a novel N rich porous carbon is prepared by in-situ chemical oxidation polyaniline (PANI) on a surface of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), and then activated with KOH. The porosity of such carbon materials can be tuned by rational introduction of MWCNTs, adjusting the amount of KOH, and controlling the pyrolysis temperature. The obtained M/P-0.1-600-2 adsorbent possesses a high surface area of 1017 m2 g−1 and a high N content of 3.11 at%. Such M/P-0.1-600-2 adsorbent delivers an enhanced CO2 capture capability of 2.63 mmol g−1 at 298.15 K and five bars, which is 14 times higher than that of pristine MWCNTs (0.18 mmol g−1). In addition, such M/P-0.1-600-2 adsorbent performs with a good stability, with almost no decay in a successive five adsorption-desorption cycles.

No abstract

The conversion of As­(III) to As­(V) in groundwater is an urgent issue, owing to the higher mobility, stronger toxicity, and weaker binding ability of As­(III). In this work, the electrocatalytic oxidation of As­(III) was efficiently achieved with a facile and environmentally benign method by using hierarchical MnO2-deposited TiO2 nanotube arrays (MnO2/TNAs) as the anode. The electrocatalytic oxidation performance of the as-fabricated MnO2/TNA-coated anode was systematically investigated. The results exhibited that such as-fabricated MnO2/TNAs had a high oxidation efficiency of 90% at a low concentration of As­(III) (1 mg L–1). Furthermore, the reaction mechanism was systematically studied by electron spin resonance and free radical capture experiments. The oxidation of As­(III) was accomplished via both direct oxidation on the anode surface and indirect oxidation of the reactive oxygen species. The highly efficient TNA-based anode offers a potentially promising advanced material for electrochemical oxidation of trace As­(III) in the practical field.

No abstract