Nitrogen-doped bamboo-like carbon nanotubes with Ni encapsulation for persulfate activation to remove emerging contaminants with excellent catalytic stability

Nitrogen-doped bamboo-like carbon nanotubes encapsulated with nickel nanoparticles (Ni@NCNTs) were feasibly fabricated by a one-pot pyrolysis route. The characterization techniques revealed the surface morphology, structure and chemical composition of the as-prepared catalysts synthesized in differe...

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Main Authors: Kang, J., Duan, Xiaoguang, Wang, C., Sun, H., Tan, X., Tade, Moses, Wang, Shaobin
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2018
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103026
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59216
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author Kang, J.
Duan, Xiaoguang
Wang, C.
Sun, H.
Tan, X.
Tade, Moses
Wang, Shaobin
author_facet Kang, J.
Duan, Xiaoguang
Wang, C.
Sun, H.
Tan, X.
Tade, Moses
Wang, Shaobin
author_sort Kang, J.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description Nitrogen-doped bamboo-like carbon nanotubes encapsulated with nickel nanoparticles (Ni@NCNTs) were feasibly fabricated by a one-pot pyrolysis route. The characterization techniques revealed the surface morphology, structure and chemical composition of the as-prepared catalysts synthesized in different conditions. Ni@NCNTs were employed as both adsorbents and catalysts for activating persulfate to remove an emerging pollutant, antibiotic sulfachloropyridazine. The nitrogen modification enhanced both adsorption capacity and catalytic ability of Ni@NCNTs and proved to be a promising alternative to metal oxides and other carbon catalysts. Moreover, Ni@NCNTs showed an excellent stability because of nitrogen heteroatom doping and Ni nanoparticle encapsulation. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and classical radical quenching tests discovered a simultaneous radical/non-radical mechanism in Ni@NCNTs/persulfate system. The results indicated that the novel nano-architectured catalyst materials can show emerging functionalities for environmental remediation processes.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-592162022-10-26T07:17:33Z Nitrogen-doped bamboo-like carbon nanotubes with Ni encapsulation for persulfate activation to remove emerging contaminants with excellent catalytic stability Kang, J. Duan, Xiaoguang Wang, C. Sun, H. Tan, X. Tade, Moses Wang, Shaobin Nitrogen-doped bamboo-like carbon nanotubes encapsulated with nickel nanoparticles (Ni@NCNTs) were feasibly fabricated by a one-pot pyrolysis route. The characterization techniques revealed the surface morphology, structure and chemical composition of the as-prepared catalysts synthesized in different conditions. Ni@NCNTs were employed as both adsorbents and catalysts for activating persulfate to remove an emerging pollutant, antibiotic sulfachloropyridazine. The nitrogen modification enhanced both adsorption capacity and catalytic ability of Ni@NCNTs and proved to be a promising alternative to metal oxides and other carbon catalysts. Moreover, Ni@NCNTs showed an excellent stability because of nitrogen heteroatom doping and Ni nanoparticle encapsulation. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and classical radical quenching tests discovered a simultaneous radical/non-radical mechanism in Ni@NCNTs/persulfate system. The results indicated that the novel nano-architectured catalyst materials can show emerging functionalities for environmental remediation processes. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59216 10.1016/j.cej.2017.09.102 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103026 Elsevier BV fulltext
spellingShingle Kang, J.
Duan, Xiaoguang
Wang, C.
Sun, H.
Tan, X.
Tade, Moses
Wang, Shaobin
Nitrogen-doped bamboo-like carbon nanotubes with Ni encapsulation for persulfate activation to remove emerging contaminants with excellent catalytic stability
title Nitrogen-doped bamboo-like carbon nanotubes with Ni encapsulation for persulfate activation to remove emerging contaminants with excellent catalytic stability
title_full Nitrogen-doped bamboo-like carbon nanotubes with Ni encapsulation for persulfate activation to remove emerging contaminants with excellent catalytic stability
title_fullStr Nitrogen-doped bamboo-like carbon nanotubes with Ni encapsulation for persulfate activation to remove emerging contaminants with excellent catalytic stability
title_full_unstemmed Nitrogen-doped bamboo-like carbon nanotubes with Ni encapsulation for persulfate activation to remove emerging contaminants with excellent catalytic stability
title_short Nitrogen-doped bamboo-like carbon nanotubes with Ni encapsulation for persulfate activation to remove emerging contaminants with excellent catalytic stability
title_sort nitrogen-doped bamboo-like carbon nanotubes with ni encapsulation for persulfate activation to remove emerging contaminants with excellent catalytic stability
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103026
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59216