AbstractsResiduals of antibacterial drugs (ADs) threaten human health and ecological equilibrium, whereas few efficient treatments have been developed. Herein a high-efficiency photocatalytic treatment was reported to eliminate moxifloxacin (MOX) as a fourth-generation quinolone, using a...

Chlorinated organic compounds (COCs) are persistent organic pollutants (POPs) often found in groundwater near industrial sites or in industrial wastewaters. Adsorption on activated carbon is a common strategy to remediate these waters but spent activated carbon results in a toxic residuum to...

The interface coupling of crystalline catalytic materials exhibits unique functions in removing pollutants and purifying water resources; however, little attention has been paid to the effect of different crystal surface coupling on photogenerated charge separation. In this study, different...

In this study, ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) was evaluated as a viable carbon support in place of widely used high surface area (HSC or Ketjenblack® EC-300J) and Vulcan supports. The OMC carbon has significant mesoporous (pore diameter from 2-5 nm) volume in an ordered fashion thereby...

Soil nitrogen (N) status is pivotal information for evaluating the role of the forest N cycle in forest function evolution with environmental changes. However, soil N levels and processes in forests receiving high anthropogenic N inputs remain less investigated, which hinders understanding the...

Soil enzymes are the most potent bioactive components of forest ecosystems. They are involved in carbon and nutrient cycling, and the ratio of ligninase to cellulase activity can be used to effectively track changes in the soil carbon (C) pools for microbial assimilation. However, our...

Corrosion performance of stainless steels 316L and 347H, and nickel alloys 625 and 800H were investigated in molten sodium carbonate/potassium carbonate eutectic salt, which is a promising phase change material for use in thermal energy storage applications, at 750 °C under argon and CO2...

Coal gangue is a solid waste produced in coal mining. China is a large coal producing country, which produces a large amount of coal gangue every year but lacks utilization. In this work, MCM-41 and amine-modified MCM-41 were prepared from coal gangue for CO 2 capture. MCM-41 were prepared at...

The influence of hydrogen addition (0-100%) on combustion and emission characteristics (NO and CO emission characteristics) of laminar-premixed methane flame under gas turbine relevant operating conditions was numerically studied. The PREMIX code of ANSYS CHEMKIN-PRO and the GRI-Mech 3.0 were...

The effort to implement more environmental-friendly fuels has been enhanced not only to reduce the greenhouse effect but also for public health issues. This paper studies the effects on pollutant emissions from a light-duty Euro 6 vehicle of four types of fuel: diesel (fossil origin, used as...