Graphene Oxide/BiOCl Nanocomposite Films as Efficient Visible Light Photocatalysts

A novel graphene oxide/BiOCl (GO/BiOCl) nanocomposite film was prepared via a spread coating method. In visible-light photocatalytically degrading Rhodamine B (RhB) experiments, 2 wt% GO/BiOCl could degrade 99% of RhB within 1.5 h and the rate constant was 12.2 times higher than that of pure BiOCl. The degradation efficiency still kept at 80% even after 4 recycles, evidencing the relatively good recyclability. The enhancement was attributed to the improvement of visible light adsorption and charge separation. Holes and superoxide radicals·O2- played a major role as reactive species. The values of conduction band and valence band for GO and BiOCl were calculated and a new photocatalytic mechanism of GO/BiOCl nanocomposite was proposed

EFECL: Feature encoding enhancement with contrastive learning for indoor 3D object detection

Abstract Good proposal initials are critical for 3D object detection applications. However, due to the significant geometry variation of indoor scenes, incomplete and noisy proposals are inevitable in most cases. Mining feature information among these “bad” proposals may mislead the detection. Contrastive learning provides a feasible way for representing proposals, which can align complete and incomplete/noisy proposals in feature space. The aligned feature space can help us build robust 3D representation even if bad proposals are given. Therefore, we devise a new contrast learning framework for indoor 3D object detection, called EFECL, that learns robust 3D representations by contrastive learning of proposals on two different levels. Specifically, we optimize both instance-level and category-level contrasts to align features by capturing instance-specific characteristics and semantic-aware common patterns. Furthermore, we propose an enhanced feature aggregation module to extract more general and informative features for contrastive learning. Evaluations on ScanNet V2 and SUN RGB-D benchmarks demonstrate the generalizability and effectiveness of our method, and our method can achieve 12.3% and 7.3% improvements on both datasets over the benchmark alternatives. The code and models are publicly available at https://github.com/YaraDuan/EFECL

Effects of Plant-Derived Glycerol Monolaurate (GML) Additive on the Antioxidant Capacity, Anti-Inflammatory Ability, Muscle Nutritional Value, and Intestinal Flora of Hybrid Grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus♀ × Epinephelus lanceolatus♂)

In a context where the search for plant-derived additives is a hot topic, glycerol monolaurate (GML) was chosen as our subject to study its effect on grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus♀ × Epinephelus lanceolatus♂). Seven gradient levels of GML (0, 600, 1200, 1800, 2400, 3000, and 3600 mg/kg) were used for the experiment. Based on our experiments, 1800 mg/kg GML significantly increased the final body weight (FBW) and weight gain rate (WGR). GML increased the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased malondialdehyde (MDA). Adding 1800 mg/kg GML also significantly increased the levels of lauric acid (C12:0) (LA), n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PFA), and the n-6 PFA-to-n-3/n-6 ratio, while significantly decreasing the levels of saturated fatty acids (SFA). Dietary supplementation with GML significantly inhibited the expression of pro-inflammatory factors and reduced the occurrence of inflammation. GML improved intestinal flora and the abundance of beneficial bacteria (Bacillus, Psychrobacter, Acinetobacter, Acinetobacter, Stenotrophomonas, and Glutamicibacter). It provides a theoretical basis for the application of GML in aquafeed and greatly enhances the possibility of using GML in aquafeed. Based on the above experimental results, the optimum level of GML in grouper feed is 1800 mg/kg

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<p>A novel graphene oxide/BiOCl (GO/BiOCl) nanocomposite film was prepared via a spread coating method. In visible-light photocatalytically degrading Rhodamine B (RhB) experiments, 2 wt% GO/BiOCl could degrade 99% of RhB within 1.5 h and the rate constant was 12.2 times higher than that of pure BiOCl. The degradation efficiency still kept at 80% even after 4 recycles, evidencing the relatively good recyclability. The enhancement was attributed to the improvement of visible light adsorption and charge separation. Holes and superoxide radicals·O2- played a major role as reactive species. The values of conduction band and valence band for GO and BiOCl were calculated and a new photocatalytic mechanism of GO/BiOCl nanocomposite was proposed.</p

Facile Fabrication of BiOI/BiOCl Immobilized Films With Improved Visible Light Photocatalytic Performance

HIGHLIGHTSA facial method was used to fabricate BiOI/BiOCl film at room temperature.30% BiOI/BiOCl showed an excellent photocatalytic activity and stability.Improvement of photocatalytic activity was owed to expanded visible light absorption and high separation efficiency of charge.Photocatalysis has been considered to be one of the most promising ways to photodegrade organic pollutants. Herein, a series of BiOI/BiOCl films coating on FTO were fabricated through a simple method at room temperature. The photocatalytic efficiency of 30%BiOI/BiOCl could reach more than 99% aiming to degrading RhB and MB after 90 and 120 min, respectively. Compared with BiOCl, 30%BiOI/BiOCl showed 12 times higher efficiency when degrading RhB. In comparison with BiOI, 30%BiOI/BiOCl showed 5 and 6 times higher efficiency when degrading RhB and MB, respectively. These obvious enhancements were attributed to expanded visible light absorption and high separation performance of photoinduced charge. Moreover, the photocatalytic activity of 30%BiOI/BiOCl had no obvious decrease after five recycles, suggesting that it was a promising photocatalyst for the removal of MB and RhB pollutants. Finally, the possible growth process for the BiOI/BiOCl thin films and photocatalysis mechanism were investigated in details. This work would provide insight to the reasonable construction of BiOX heterojunction and the photocatalytic mechanism in degrading organic pollutants

Preparation of cobalt-containing spinel oxides as novel adsorbents for efficient phosphate removal

In this paper, a series of cobalt-containing spinel oxides MCo2O4 (M = Mg, Mn, Cu) were prepared by a solution combustion method and used as novel adsorbents for phosphate for the first time. MgCo2O4 exhibited the highest adsorption capacity of up to 90.02 mg g(-1), which was much greater than that of MnCo2O4, CuCo2O4 and most phosphate adsorbents. The adsorption isotherm and kinetics of MgCo2O4 followed the Langmuir monolayer model and the pseudo-second-order model, respectively. The phosphate adsorption of MgCo2O4 was found to be endothermic and nonspontaneous. Coexisting ions Cl -, NO3-, SO32-, and HCO3- did not affect the adsorption of phosphate on MgCo2O4, but the presence of CO32- would significantly interfere with the adsorption. Little decrease in removal efficiency after three adsorption- desorption cycles suggested its excellent stability and recyclability. Leakages of Co3+ and Mg2+ from MgCo2O4 were negligible when pH was higher than 3.0 during the adsorption process. The mechanism study revealed that the adsorption mechanism involved precipitation, electrostatic interaction and ligand exchange. The large surface area, high surface hydroxyl group content and more positive zeta potential resulted in high adsorption capacity. This work provided an excellent reference to constructing novel phosphate adsorbents and a deep insight into the study of the phosphate adsorption mechanism

Adsorption of phosphate and photodegradation of cationic dyes with BiOI in phosphate-cationic dye binary system

Bismuth oxyiodide (BiOI) with 3D microspheres structure was prepared and used for adsorption of phosphate and photodegradation of dyes in phosphate-dye binary system for the first time. BiOI exhibited excellent adsorption capacity of phosphate up to 55.80 mg P/L and outstanding photocatalytic activities for all the cationic dyes in phosphate-cationic dye binary system. RhB was 100% photodegraded within 50 min, and the photodegradation rates of MB and FB reached 92% and 95% within 100 min, respectively. But in phosphate-anionic/neutral dye binary system, BiOI displayed only good adsorption performance of phosphate but showed no photodegradation performance for anionic or neutral dyes. The mechanism was proposed as that PO43- adsorbed on the surface of BiOI, which changed from being neutral into being negatively charged, and then the cationic dyes were absorbed due to electrostatic attraction for photodegradation. The photodegradation was confirmed that the photogenerated electrons from the conduction band (CB) of BiOI which could reduce O-2 to center dot O-2(-) and associate with h(+) oxidized the cationic dyes. This work established a new approach of photodegrading organic dyes and adsorbing phosphate in waterbodies, and provided a new insight into wastewater treatment with two or more pollutants

Key Technologies and Strategic Thinking for the Coal–Coking–Hydrogen–Steel Industry Chain in China

Energy resource-consuming industries such as coal, coking, and steel, are crucial for socio-economic development; however, they are also related to high energy consumption and environmental pollution. As carbon peak and carbon neutral goals were porposed, it becomes increasingly urgent to accelerate the revolution of energy production and consumption in China. To this end, we investigate the current status of coal-based hydrogen production technologies and propose a coal–coking–hydrogen–steel industrial chain in this study. The industrial chain is proposed considering the resource endowment, environmental capacity, and industry foundation in China,and it is expected to be green, low-carbon, secure, and highly efficient. Subsequently, we compare and evlatuate five technological paths for this industry chain from the aspects of economy, energy consumption, and carbon emissions, and analyze the potentials and path choices for coupling hydrogen production with direct reduced iron. Moreover, we elaborate the strategic goals and whole layout of the coal–coking–hydrogen–steel industry chain using Shanxi Province as an example. Furthermore, we suggest that a clean and lowcarbon development concept should be established to promote energy transformation in China, an overall development plan should be formulated for the industry chain, and policies, science, technologies, personnels, and market should be further integrated

Magnetic polymer-supported adsorbent with two functional adsorption sites for phosphate removal

In this paper, a new magnetic polymer-supported phosphate adsorbent MPVC-EDA-Ce was prepared by loading cerium (hydr)oxides onto ethylenediamine-functionalized polyvinyl chloride for the first time. MPVC-EDA-Ce showed excellent adsorption performances towards phosphate and easy recovery. The adsorption isotherm and kinetics of MPVC-EDA-Ce followed Langmuir monolayer model and the pseudo-second-order model, respectively. The pH results demonstrated that the MPVC-EDA-Ce could effectively remove phosphate in a wide range of pH with insignificant cerium leaching. Furthermore, analyses on adsorption mechanism and effect of competing anions demonstrated the formation of strong inner-sphere complexation between cerium (hydr)oxides and phosphate, which was a selective adsorption process, while positively charged quaternary ammonium groups adsorbed phosphate via relatively weak electrostatic attraction which was a non-selective adsorption process. The study provided a good reference to design novel phosphate adsorbents with two even more functional adsorption sites and a deep insight to investigate the adsorption mechanism towards phosphate