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Bavnhøj CG, Knopp MM, Löbmann K. Effect of Drug Loading in Mesoporous Silica on Amorphous Stability and Performance. Pharmaceutics 2024; 16:163. [PMID: 38399225 PMCID: PMC10891643 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16020163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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The encapsulation of drugs within mesoporous silica (MS) has for several years been a subject of research. Previous studies proposed that drug loadings up to the monomolecular loading capacity (MLC) are the optimal choice for maintaining the drug in an amorphous form, whereas filling the pores above the monolayer and up to the pore filling capacity (PFC) may introduce some physical instabilities. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of drug loading in MS-based amorphous formulations on the stability of the amorphous form of the drug as well as the dissolution. In particular, the following drug loadings were investigated: below MLC, at MLC, between MLC and PFC and at PFC. The drug-loaded MS formulations were analyzed directly after preparation and after 18 months of storage under accelerated conditions (40 °C in both dry and humid conditions). The MLC and PFC for the drug celecoxib (CEL) on the MS ParteckSLC500 (SLC) were determined at 33.5 wt.% and 48.4 wt.%, respectively. This study found that SLC can effectively preserve the amorphous form of the drug for 18 months, provided that the loading is below the PFC (<48.4 wt.%) and no humidity is present. On the other hand, drug loading at the PFC showed recrystallization even when stored under dry conditions. Under humid conditions, however, all samples, regardless of drug loading, showed recrystallization upon storage. In terms of dissolution, all freshly prepared formulations showed supersaturation. For drug loadings below PFC, a degree of supersaturation (DS) around 15 was measured before precipitation was observed. For drug loadings at PFC, the DS was found to be lower and only 6-times compared to the crystalline solubility. Lastly, for those samples that remained amorphous during storage for 18 months, the release profiles were found to be the same as the freshly loaded samples, with similar Cmax, Tmax and dissolution rate.
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Lee HJ, Park JE, Hong BU. Effects of Adsorption and Desorption of Low-Boiling-Point Total Hydrocarbon Gases on Activated Carbon. Materials (Basel) 2024; 17:384. [PMID: 38255552 PMCID: PMC10820054 DOI: 10.3390/ma17020384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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In this study, we selected materials that efficiently adsorb total hydrocarbons (THCs) from petrochemical storage facilities and applied four types of activated carbons to adsorb THCs to evaluate their properties. Four gases with low boiling points, namely, ethylene, ethane, propylene, and propane, generated via petrochemical storage facilities, were selected and mixed to a constant concentration with four types of materials and used to investigate the adsorption capacities and desorption properties. The adsorbents comprised two raw materials and two chemically activated materials. The specific surface areas of activated palm (2085 m2/g) and coal (1752 m2/g), which are chemically activated carbons, exhibited a twofold increase compared to those of raw palm (1232 m2/g) and coal (946 m2/g). Thus, we identified the correlations between the physical properties of the activated carbon adsorption materials and their adsorption capacities for four low-boiling-point THCs generated by petrochemical storage facilities.
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- Center for Bio Resource, Institute for Advanced Engineering, Yongin-si 17180, Republic of Korea; (H.-J.L.); (J.-E.P.)
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Goldberg MA, Antonova OS, Donskaya NO, Fomin AS, Murzakhanov FF, Gafurov MR, Konovalov AA, Kotyakov AA, Leonov AV, Smirnov SV, Obolkina TO, Kudryavtsev EA, Barinov SM, Komlev VS. Effects of Various Ripening Media on the Mesoporous Structure and Morphology of Hydroxyapatite Powders. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2023; 13:418. [PMID: 36770379 PMCID: PMC9919035 DOI: 10.3390/nano13030418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Mesoporous hydroxyapatite (HA) materials demonstrate advantages as catalysts and as support systems for catalysis, as adsorbent materials for removing contamination from soil and water, and as nanocarriers of functional agents for bone-related therapies. The present research demonstrates the possibility of the enlargement of the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller specific surface area (SSA), pore volume, and average pore diameter via changing the synthesis medium and ripening the material in the mother solution after the precipitation processes have been completed. HA powders were investigated via chemical analysis, X-ray diffraction analysis, Fourier-transform IR spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning (SEM) electron microscopy. Their SSA, pore volume, and pore-size distributions were determined via low-temperature nitrogen adsorption measurements, the zeta potential was established, and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy was performed. When the materials were synthesized in water-ethanol and water-acetone media, the SSA and total pore volume were 52.1 m2g-1 and 116.4 m2g-1, and 0.231 and 0.286 cm3g-1, respectively. After ripening for 21 days, the particle morphology changed, the length/width aspect ratio decreased, and looser and smaller powder agglomerates were obtained. These changes in their characteristics led to an increase in SSA for the water and water-ethanol samples, while pore volume demonstrated a multiplied increase for all samples, reaching 0.593 cm3g-1 for the water-acetone sample.
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- Margarita A. Goldberg
- A.A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia
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- A.A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia
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- A.A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia
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- A.A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia
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- Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, 18 Kremlevskaya Str., Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, 18 Kremlevskaya Str., Kazan 420008, Russia
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- A.A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia
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- A.A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- A.A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia
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- A.A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia
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- Joint Research Center of Belgorod State National Research University «Technology and Materials», Belgorod State National Research University, Pobedy Str., 85, Belgorod 308015, Russia
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- A.A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia
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- A.A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia
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Gao H, Lan Y, Guo N. Pore Structural Features of Granite under Different Temperatures. Materials (Basel) 2021; 14:ma14216470. [PMID: 34771994 PMCID: PMC8585390 DOI: 10.3390/ma14216470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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To explore the effects of thermal actions on the pore structural features of granite, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and mercury injection experiments were carried out on granite after thermal treatment (25 °C to 400 °C). The pore structure was investigated from various perspectives, including the capillary pressure curve, the pore–throat ratio, the median saturation pressure, the median pore–throat radius, the porosity, the pore volume, and the pore size distribution. Based on mercury intrusion test data, the Winland model of permeability prediction was modified for a high-temperature tight granite reservoir. The results showed that: (1) As the temperature rose, the mercury injection curve was gradually flattened, and the mercury ejection efficiency gradually increased. Meanwhile, the pore–throat ratio and the median saturation pressure decreased exponentially, and the pore connectivity was enhanced. (2) The median pore–throat radius and the porosity of granite increased exponentially as the temperature increased. Above 200 °C, the median pore–throat radius and the porosity increased substantially. (3) The pore volumes of the transitional pores, mesopores and macropores, and the total pore volume inside the granite, increased as the temperature rose. Especially above 200 °C, the transitional pores and the mesopores were prominently developed, and the pore volumes of the transitional pores and the mesopores took up a significantly greater proportion of the total pore volume. (4) As the temperature rose, the pore size distribution of granite became more extensive, the pore–throat structure was obviously developed, and the pore–throat connectivity was enhanced. (5) The relationship between the micropores’ characteristic parameters and the macro-permeability in engineering was established though a modified Winland model, and the modified Winland model had a better prediction effect. The findings provide a solid basis for rock geothermal mining projects and related geotechnical engineering.
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- Hongmei Gao
- School of Civil Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China;
- School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Heilongjiang University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150022, China
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- College of Mining Engineering, Heilongjiang University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150022, China;
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- School of Civil Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China;
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Tomita Y, Yoneyama A, Choi H, Inoue M, Kim J, Choi H, Sudoh Y. Evaluation of Mechanical and Shrinkage Behavior of Lowered Temperatures Cementitious Mortars Mixed with Nitrite-Nitrate Based Accelerator. Materials (Basel) 2020; 13:E3686. [PMID: 32825477 DOI: 10.3390/ma13173686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Recently, calcium nitrite (Ca(NO2)2) and calcium nitrate (Ca(NO3)2) have been increasingly used as the main components of salt- and alkali-free anti-freezing agents, for promoting concrete hydration in cold-weather concreting. With an increase in the amount of nitrite-based accelerator, the hydration of C3A, C3S, and βC2S in the cement is accelerated, thereby improving its early strength and effectively preventing the initial frost damage. Meanwhile, with an increase in the amount of nitrite-based accelerator, the expansion and shrinkage of the concrete—and, therefore, the crack occurrence—are expected to increase. In this study, various experiments were conducted on shrinkage, crack initiation, and the development of mortar containing a considerable amount of a nitrite-based accelerator. The result confirmed that, as the amount of nitrite-based accelerator was increased, the shrinkage was increased, and cracking in early age was more likely to occur, compared to the cases without the addition of this accelerator.
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Lotfy VF, Basta AH. Electiveness of agro-pulping process in the sustainable production of black liquor-based activated carbons. R Soc Open Sci 2019; 6:190173. [PMID: 31218058 PMCID: PMC6549982 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.190173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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During the production of paper pulp, the waste water loaded with organic materials from pulping process is discharged. Therefore, water treatment should be performed before disposing of such effluent. The use of such effluent for production of activated carbon will be effective in omitting the wastewater treatment and in obtaining the product required in many industries. In this respect, this paper deals with evaluating the performance of activated carbons (ACs) produced from black liquors (BLs) as by-products from three pulping processes of rice straw (RS) and sugar-cane bagasse (SCB), namely: alkaline, sulfite and neutral sulfite, which are coded SP, SSP and NSP, respectively. Elemental analysis and thermal analysis (TGA and DTGA) are carried out on the BLs, while the surface area (S BET), micro-/mesoporous distribution, adsorption capacity of methylene blue (MB) and iodine (I2-value), as well as Fourier transform infrared spectra (FT-IR) and scanning electron micrograph (SEM) are studied on synthesizing ACs. The optimal pulping approach for achieving BL-based AC, with the following characteristics: specific surface area (S BET) ∼ 921 and 545 m2 g-1, MB adsorption capacity 238 and 370 mg g-1, and I2-value 928 and 1255 mg g-1 of BL-based ACs, are from neutral sulfite pulping of SCB (B-NSP) and RS (RS-NSP), respectively. These finding data are ascribed to the carbon content of BL, as well as greatest total volume (VT 0.786 and 0.701 cm3 g-1) together with decreasing the volume of micropores/total (38 and 48%) of BL-NSP-ACs. It is interesting to note that the AC provided from RS-NSP has greater adsorption capacity for I2 and MB than the AC produced from RS-pulp fibres.
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- Cellulose and Paper Department, National Research Centre, Dokki-12622 Cairo, Egypt
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Estevez L, Prabhakaran V, Garcia AL, Shin Y, Tao J, Schwarz AM, Darsell J, Bhattacharya P, Shutthanandan V, Zhang JG. Hierarchically Porous Graphitic Carbon with Simultaneously High Surface Area and Colossal Pore Volume Engineered via Ice Templating. ACS Nano 2017; 11:11047-11055. [PMID: 29045779 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b05085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Developing hierarchical porous carbon (HPC) materials with competing textural characteristics such as surface area and pore volume in one material is difficult to accomplish, particularly for an atomically ordered graphitic carbon. Herein we describe a synthesis strategy to engineer tunable HPC materials across micro-, meso-, and macroporous length scales, allowing the fabrication of a graphitic HPC material (HPC-G) with both very high surface area (>2500 m2/g) and pore volume (>11 cm3/g), the combination of which has not been attained previously. The mesopore volume alone for these materials is up to 7.53 cm3/g, the highest ever reported, higher than even any porous carbon's total pore volume, which for our HPC-G material was >11 cm3/g. This HPC-G material was explored for use both as a supercapacitor electrode and for oil adsorption, two applications that require either high surface area or large pore volume, textural properties that are typically exclusive to one another. We accomplished these high textural characteristics by employing ice templating not only as a route for macroporous formation but as a synergistic vehicle that enabled the significant loading of the mesoporous hard template. This design scheme for HPC-G materials can be utilized in broad applications, including electrochemical systems such as batteries and supercapacitors, sorbents, and catalyst supports, particularly supports where a high degree of thermal stability is required.
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- Luis Estevez
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
- Energy Technologies and Materials Division, University of Dayton Research Institute , 300 College Park Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45469, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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Yang Y, Shi C, Zhang Y, Ye J, Zhu H, Huang K. Characterizing Adsorption Performance of Granular Activated Carbon with Permittivity. Materials (Basel) 2017; 10:ma10030269. [PMID: 28772628 PMCID: PMC5503362 DOI: 10.3390/ma10030269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Revised: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A number of studies have achieved the consensus that microwave thermal technology can regenerate the granular activated carbon (GAC) more efficiently and energy-conservatively than other technologies. In particular, in the microwave heating industry, permittivity is a crucial parameter. This paper developed two equivalent models to establish the relationship between effective complex permittivity and pore volume of the GAC. It is generally based on Maxwell-Garnett approximation (MGA) theory. With two different assumptions in the model, two quantificational expressions were derived, respectively. Permittivity measurements and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) testing had been introduced in the experiments. Results confirmed the two expressions, which were extremely similar. Theoretical and experimental graphs were matched. This paper set up a bridge which links effective complex permittivity and pore volume of the GAC. Furthermore, it provides a potential and convenient method for the rapid assisted characterization of the GAC in its adsorption performance.
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- Yang Yang
- College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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Zhang S, Ikoma A, Li Z, Ueno K, Ma X, Dokko K, Watanabe M. Optimization of Pore Structure of Cathodic Carbon Supports for Solvate Ionic Liquid Electrolytes Based Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2016; 8:27803-27813. [PMID: 27668510 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b09989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are a promising energy-storage technology owing to their high theoretical capacity and energy density. However, their practical application remains a challenge because of the serve shuttle effect caused by the dissolution of polysulfides in common organic electrolytes. Polysulfide-insoluble electrolytes, such as solvate ionic liquids (ILs), have recently emerged as alternative candidates and shown great potential in suppressing the shuttle effect and improving the cycle stability of Li-S batteries. Redox electrochemical reactions in polysulfide-insoluble electrolytes occur via a solid-state process at the interphase between the electrolyte and the composite cathode; therefore, creating an appropriate interface between sulfur and a carbon support is of great importance. Nevertheless, the porous carbon supports established for conventional organic electrolytes may not be suitable for polysulfide-insoluble electrolytes. In this work, we investigated the effect of the porous structure of carbon materials on the Li-S battery performance in polysulfide-insoluble electrolytes using solvate ILs as a model electrolyte. We determined that the pore volume (rather than the surface area) exerts a major influence on the discharge capacity of S composite cathodes. In particular, inverse opal carbons with three-dimensionally ordered interconnected macropores and a large pore volume deliver the highest discharge capacity. The battery performance in both polysulfide-soluble electrolytes and solvate ILs was used to study the effect of electrolytes. We propose a plausible mechanism to explain the different porous structure requirements in polysulfide-soluble and polysulfide-insoluble electrolytes.
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- Shiguo Zhang
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Yokohama National University , 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Yokohama National University , 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Yokohama National University , 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Yokohama National University , 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Yokohama National University , 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Yokohama National University , 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Yokohama National University , 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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Veksha A, Bhuiyan TI, Hill JM. Activation of Aspen Wood with Carbon Dioxide and Phosphoric Acid for Removal of Total Organic Carbon from Oil Sands Produced Water: Increasing the Yield with Bio-Oil Recycling. Materials (Basel) 2016; 9:E20. [PMID: 28787817 DOI: 10.3390/ma9010020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2015] [Revised: 12/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Several samples of activated carbon were prepared by physical (CO₂) and chemical (H₃PO₄) activation of aspen wood and tested for the adsorption of organic compounds from water generated during the recovery of bitumen using steam assisted gravity drainage. Total organic carbon removal by the carbon samples increased proportionally with total pore volume as determined from N₂ adsorption isotherms at -196 °C. The activated carbon produced by CO₂ activation had similar removal levels for total organic carbon from the water (up to 70%) to those samples activated with H₃PO₄, but lower yields, due to losses during pyrolysis and activation. A method to increase the yield when using CO₂ activation was proposed and consisted of recycling bio-oil produced from previous runs to the aspen wood feed, followed by either KOH addition (0.48%) or air pretreatment (220 °C for 3 h) before pyrolysis and activation. By recycling the bio-oil, the yield of CO₂ activated carbon (after air pretreatment of the mixture) was increased by a factor of 1.3. Due to the higher carbon yield, the corresponding total organic carbon removal, per mass of wood feed, increased by a factor of 1.2 thus improving the overall process efficiency.
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Song W, Li X, Qian J, Lv G, Yan Y, Su J, Wei J. Mesoporous calcium-silicon xerogels with mesopore size and pore volume influence hMSC behaviors by load and sustained release of rhBMP-2. Int J Nanomedicine 2015; 10:1715-26. [PMID: 25784801 PMCID: PMC4356665 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s70934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Mesoporous calcium-silicon xerogels with a pore size of 15 nm (MCS-15) and pore volume of 1.43 cm(3)/g were synthesized by using 1,3,5-mesitylene (TMB) as the pore-expanding agent. The MCS-15 exhibited good degradability with the weight loss of 50 wt% after soaking in Tris-HCl solution for 56 days, which was higher than the 30 wt% loss shown by mesoporous calcium-silicon xerogels with a pore size of 4 nm (MCS-4). The pore size and pore volume of MCS-15 had significant influences on load and release of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2). The MCS-15 had a higher capacity to encapsulate a large amount of rhBMP-2; it could adsorb 45 mg/g of rhBMP-2 in phosphate-buffered saline after 24 hours, which was more than twice that with MCS-4 (20 mg/g). Moreover, the MCS-15 system exhibited sustained release of rhBMP-2 as compared with MCS-4 system (showing a burst release). The MCS-15/rhBMP-2 system could promote the proliferation and differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells, showing good cytocompatibility and bioactivity. The results indicated that MCS-15, with larger mesopore size and higher pore volume, might be a promising carrier for loading and sustained release of rhBMP-2, which could be used as bone repair material with built-in osteoinduction function in bone reconstruction.
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- Wenhua Song
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
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- Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Physical characteristics of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) can have a significant impact on the processability of a high drug loading formulation. This paper provides an example where different micromeritic properties of an API were obtained by crystallization under different conditions, resulting in different tableting behavior. While the API form purity was maintained during the crystallization process change, significant changes were incurred in the surface geometry, porosity and surface area of the API. The batches consisting of particles with greater surface irregularity and porosity gave tablets of higher mechanical strength.
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- Dilbir S Bindra
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Drug Product Science and Technology , New Brunswick, NJ , USA and
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