in recent years, the effects of heterogeneous catalysts for the oxidation of organic and inorganic pollutants in industrial wastewaters are spread. traditionally, these reactions are usually carried out using suspensions of photo-catalysts such as tio2. a chemical method including ticl4, al(no3)3, ethanol amine, ethyl acetoacetate and aqueous ammonia were used for the fabrication of tio2-al2o3 ...

the mono-metallic and bi-metallic catalysts have been prepared by impregnating with solutions containing a compound of h2ptcl6,wo3 and 1ml hcl (0.1 mol). it should be noted that the catalysts’ activity and selectivity have been determined under these conditions : 450-5000c ,and 15-25atm by h2. for converting n-heptane , the molar ratio h2/c7h16 is 5 , and lhsv is 1.5ml/h. it has been proved tha...

When reductive gases pass over the surface of nanosized catalysts, a kind of chemiluminescence named cataluminescence (CTL) can be generated due to the production of excited intermediates. Here we report the observation of an energy transfer process between excited intermediates and the nanosized catalysts. The CTL is quenched when introducing Ho3+, Co2+ and Cu2+ into the catalyst, while new in...

Biomass gasification and subsequent conversion of this syngas to liquid hydrocarbons using Fischer– Tropsch (F–T) synthesis is a promising source of hydrocarbon fuels. However, biomass-derived syngas is different from syngas obtained from other sources such as steam reforming of methane. Specifically the H2/CO ratio is less than 1/1 and the CO2 concentrations are somewhat higher. Here, we repor...

Artificial photosynthesis, specifically H2O dissociation for CO2 reduction with solar energy, is regarded as one of the most promising methods for sustainable energy and utilisation of environmental resources. However, a highly efficient conversion still remains extremely challenging. The hydrogenation of CO2 is regarded as the most commercially feasible method, but this method requires either ...

Plants are increasingly being employed to clean up environmental pollutants such as heavy metals; however, a major limitation of phytoremediation is the inability of plants to mineralize most organic pollutants. A key component of organic pollutants is halogenated aliphatic compounds that include 1,2-dichloroethane (1,2-DCA). Although plants lack the enzymatic activity required to metabolize th...

Among a wide range of pollutants, organic pollutants have given rise to major environmental concerns. Various methods have been considered to mitigate the damage, including catalytic reduction to less hazardous compounds. Catalysts that benefit from high surface area and suitable surface sites for various steps of the catalytic reaction have shown outstanding results in performing such duties. ...

immobilization of catalysts on the surface of some inert supports makes therecovering step easier. because of the specific physicochemical properties, zeolites are good candidate as catalyst supports. in this study, zeolite x was synthesized by natural kaolin and tio2 was incorporated into zeolite phase by impregnation method. degradation of safranin orange, methylene blue and 2,4–dinitroanilin...