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Berens MJ, Deen TW, Chun CL. Bioelectrochemical reactor to manage anthropogenic sulfate pollution for freshwater ecosystems: Mathematical modeling and experimental validation. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 357:142054. [PMID: 38642774 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/22/2024]
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Anthropogenic sulfate loading into otherwise low-sulfate freshwater systems can cause significant ecological consequences as a biogeochemical stressor. To address this challenge, in situ bioremediation technologies have been developed to leverage naturally occurring microorganisms that transform sulfate into sulfide rather than implementing resource-intensive physio-chemical processes. However, bioremediation technologies often require the supply of electron donors to facilitate biological sulfate reduction. Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) can be an alternative approach for supplying molecular hydrogen as an electron donor for sulfate-reducing bacteria through water electrolysis. Although the fundamental mechanisms behind BESs have been studied, limited research has evaluated the design and operational parameters of treatment systems when developing BESs on a scale relevant to environmental systems. This study aimed to develop an application-based mathematical model to evaluate the performance of BESs across a range of reactor configurations and operational modes. The model was based on sulfate transformation by hydrogenotrophic sulfate-reducing bacteria coupled with the recovery of solid iron sulfide species formed by the oxidative dissolution of dissolved ferrous iron from a stainless steel anode. Sulfate removal closely corresponded to the rate of electrolytic hydrogen production and hydraulic residence time but was less sensitive to specific microbial rate constants. The mathematical model results were compared to experimental data from a pilot-scale BES tested with nonacidic mine drainage as a case study. The close agreement between the mathematical model and the pilot-scale BES experiment highlights the efficacy of using a mathematical model as a tool to develop a conceptual design of a scaled-up treatment system.
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- Matthew J Berens
- Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, 55811, USA; Current Address: Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, 55811, USA; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, 55805, USA
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- Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, 55811, USA; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, 55805, USA.
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Sun B, Shi YE, Guo J, Wang Z. Fabrication of highly luminescent and thermally stable composites of sulfur nanodots through surface modification and assembly. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:3492-3497. [PMID: 38265090 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr06292a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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Sulfur nanodots (S-dots) have emerged as a promising luminescent material to excel over traditional heavy metal-based quantum dots. However, their relatively low emission efficiency and poor thermal stability in the solid state have limited their wide applications in photoelectric devices. In this work, highly luminescent, with a photoluminescence quantum yield higher than 50%, and thermally stable composites of S-dots were produced through modulating their surface states and aggregation behaviors by introducing pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) and benzoyleneurea (BEU), respectively. PMDA eliminated the relatively short-lived surface states and defects on the surface of S-dots and BEU regulated the aggregation states and facilitated the energy transfer from BEU to S-dots. The as-obtained composites also showed significantly improved thermal stability compared to S-dots, aided by the hydrophobic chemical groups and dense matrix of PMDA and BEU, which extended their applications in fabricating light-emitting diodes. Our presented results provide a new approach to produce highly luminescent S-dots, which widen their applications in the fields of bioimaging, sensing, photoelectric devices, and environmental science.
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- Bingye Sun
- State Key Laboratory of New Pharmaceutical Preparations and Excipients, Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of New Pharmaceutical Preparations and Excipients, Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of New Pharmaceutical Preparations and Excipients, Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of New Pharmaceutical Preparations and Excipients, Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, PR China.
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Malathy A, Manikandan V, Devanesan S, Farhat K, Priyadharsan A, Ragavendran C, Ragupathy S, Ranjith R, Sivakumar S. Development of biohybrid Ag 2CrO 4/rGO based nanocomposites with stable flotation properties as enhanced Photocatalyst for sewage treatment and antibiotic-conjugated for antibacterial evaluation. Int J Biol Macromol 2023:125303. [PMID: 37311516 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The proposed research outlines a facile method to synthesize Silver Chromate/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites (Ag2CrO4/rGO NCs) with a narrow dissemination size for the ecological treatment of hazardous organic dyes. The photodegradation performance toward the decontamination of model artificial methylene blue dye was assessed under solar light irradiation. The crystallinity, particle size, recombination of photogenerated charge carriers, energy gap and surface morphologies of synthesized nanocomposites were determined. The experiment objective is to use rGO nanocomposites to increase Ag2CrO4 photocatalytic efficiency in the solar spectrum. Tauc plots of ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectrum were used to calculate the optical bandgap energy of the produced nanocomposites ~1.52 eV, which resulted in a good photodegradation percentage of ~92 % after 60 min irradiation of Solar light. At the same time, pure Ag2CrO4 and rGO nanomaterials showed ~46 % and ~ 30 %, respectively. The ideal circumstances were discovered by investigating the effects of several parameters, including catalyst loading and different pH levels, on the degradation of dyes. However, the final composites maintain their ability to degrade for up to five cycles. According to the investigations, Ag2CrO4/rGO NCs are an effective photocatalyst and can be used as the ideal material to prevent water pollution. Furthermore, antibacterial efficacy for the hydrothermally synthesized nanocomposite was tested against gram-positive (+ve) bacteria viz. Staphylococcus aureus and gram-negative (-ve) bacteria viz. Escherichia coli. The maximum zone of inhibition for S. aureus and E. coli were 18.5 and 17 mm, respectively.
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- A Malathy
- Department of Chemistry, E.R.K Arts and Science College, Erumiyampatti, Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu 636 905, India
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Seoul Women's University, 621 Hwarangno, Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Cariology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai, Tamilnadu 600 077, India.
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- Department of Cariology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai, Tamilnadu 600 077, India
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- Department of Physics, E.R.K Arts and Science College, Erumiyampatti, Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu 636 905, India
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- Department of Physics, KSR College of Engineering, Thiruchengode 637 215, Tamilnadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, E.R.K Arts and Science College, Erumiyampatti, Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu 636 905, India.
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Kumar Y, Sharma K, Sudhaik A, Raizada P, Thakur S, Nguyen VH, Van Le Q, Ahamad T, Alshehri SM, Singh P. Fabrication of magnetically retrievable ZnIn2S4/Bi2O2CO3/ZnFe2O4 dual S-scheme heterojunction for superior photocatalytic activity. APPLIED NANOSCIENCE 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-022-02743-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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