Organic polymer membranes have been widely used for wastewater treatment.Due to occurrence of irreversible membrane contamination,the replacement of the membrane after the performance decay leads to the generation of a large number of discarded membranes.How to realize the reuse of these waste polymer films has important economic and environmental value.In this study,a carbonaceous material with both ultramicroporous,mesoporous,and macroporous structures was prepared by a simple pyrolysis remodeling reaction using waste hollow fiber membranes as a template.The differences in the adsorption performance of the waste membrane?derived activated carbon and commercial activated carbon were investigated based on the structural characterizations of the carbonaceous materials.The kinetic and thermodynamic processes for the adsorption removal of typical aromatic hydrocarbon organic contaminants and antibiotics from water were investigated.It was found that the the waste membrane carbon with hierarchical pore structure had a higher removal capacity for aromatic hydrocarbon organic pollutants than commercial carbon,while the adsorption performance for antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin,carbamazepine and sulfadiazine was lower than that of commercial carbon.

The efficient removal of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from contaminated water remains a challenge due to the very stable carbon?fluorine bonds in perfluorinated compounds.In this experiment,nanosecond pulsed dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma was used to degrade PFOA,a difficult?to?degrade organic pollutant in water,and the effects of discharge parameters such as discharge atmosphere,discharge power,gas flow rate,and liquid flow rate,as well as the reaction conditions,on the removal rate of PFOA were investigated in the reaction.The experimental results showed that under the conditions of the discharge atmosphere of argon,discharge power of 11.84 W,gas flow rate of 3.33 L/min,and liquid flow rate of 0.28 L/min,DBD had a better degradation effect on PFOA,and the removal rate could reach more than 94.0% after 60 min of reaction.Combined with emission spectroscopy and free radical burst analysis,it was determined that e^-,?OH,H₂O₂, and O₃ were the main active species to break the molecular structure of PFOA and realize the efficient degradation of the reactants,and thus could provide an effective solution for the removal of PFOA in water.

The development of clean and renewable energy technologies is seen as the key to addressing energy and environmental issues.Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) plays key roles in storage intermittent energy,such as solar and wind,from water splitting.Recently, OER under neutral conditions receives considerable interests due to its environmental friendliness.However,the efficiency of OER under neutral environment is far below that under alkaline or acidic condition.In this review,the current researchers' understanding of the mechanism of OER under mild pH conditions is firstly outlined.Thereafter,several important characterisation techniques for in situ tracking of the electrocatalytic process of OER are presented,which is crucial to reveal the OER mechanism under neutral conditions.Moreover,an overview over catalytic materials towards neutral OER,including Co?,Ni?,and Mn?based catalysts,is provided.Finally,a brief outlook on the remaining challenges and possible strategies for promoting neutral OER is given.

The large?scale use of fossil fuels has led to excessive CO₂ emissions, resulting in a series of problems such as rising temperatures, melting glaciers, and the accumulation of diseases and pests. Using electrochemical reduction of CO₂ (CO₂RR) to convert CO₂ into valuable chemicals and fuels has become a way to realize the carbon cycle. Over the years, good progress has been made in using metals and their oxides, carbon based materials, monatomic catalysts and other electrocatalysts for CO₂RR, but rare earth metals as "industrial vitamins" have been rarely reported for CO₂RR. This paper summarizes the application of rare earth elements as carriers, main catalysts and cocatalysts in CO₂RR, and explores the catalytic performance of rare earth materials in CO₂RR, so as to promote practical research of industrial application.

Metal?nitrogen doped carbon is an emerging class of non?precious metal electrocatalysts used in carbon dioxide reduction reactions(CO₂RR).Metal?nitrogen doped carbon is an emerging class of non?precious metal electrocatalysts in carbon dioxide reduction reactions(CO₂RR).Current preparation methods mainly use impregnation?based post?processing,which often involves multiple preparation steps and limited types of metals.In this work,an iron?copper(FeCu) and nitrogen doped carbon catalyst was prepared through a coordination competition strategy.In the preparation,4,4?bipyridine served as ligand and iron nitrate and copper chloride as metal sites to form FeCu coordination polymers,which was directly transformed into FeCu?nitrogen doped porous carbon catalysts.The physicochemical properties such as morphological structure,metal species state and pore structure were characterized by SEM,TEM,XRD and N₂ adsorption?desorption,respectively.The performance of different FeCu?nitrogen doped carbon catalysts in electrocatalytic CO₂RR to syngas was examined in a three?electrode system.The regulation of n(CO)/n(H₂) in syngas was studied by adjusting the metal composition,metal combination and pyrolysis temperature,etc.The n(CO)/n(H₂) generated in the wide potential range of -0.7 V to -1.3 V can be regulated in the range of 0.15~3.33,which can meet the supply gas ratios for important reactions such as methanol synthesis,Fischer?Tropsch reaction and syngas fermentation.

The precursor NiMoO₄ nanorod arrays were prepared on nickel foam by a hydrothermal method using ammonium molydate tetrahydrate [(NH₄)₆Mo₇O₂₄·4H₂O] as the Mo source and nickel nitrate hexahydrate [Ni(NO₃)₂·6H₂O] as the Ni source, and subsequently were nitrogenized via a thermal treatment to obtain the NiMoN with rod?like array structure.The phase structure and surface morphology of the catalytic electrode material were characterized by X?ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).Besides,the half?reaction oxygen evolution reaction (OER),hydrogen evolution reaction (HER),and overall water electrolysis performance of the material were evaluated by adopting various electrochemical characterizations,including linear scanning voltammetry (LSV),Tafel slope, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS).The test results show that the NiMoN?9 catalytic electrode material has both high OER and HER activities.The OER overpotentials for this material to reach 100.00 mA/cm² are only 293 mV and 340 mV respectively in alkaline fresh water and alkaline simulated seawater,while the corresponding HER overpotentials are 361 mV and 400 mV.In addition,the NiMoN?9 material also exhibits good activities in both water electrolysis and seawater electrolysis with the cell voltages of 2.016 V and 2.032 V respectively to obtain 100.00 mA/cm² as well as robust stabilities over 55 h.

The intrinsic flame retardant mechanism of bio?based epoxy resin containing pyridazinone structure was explored through resin ablation experiment, scanning electron microscope,X?ray photoelectron spectrometer,thermogravimetry?infrared simultaneous thermal analyzer,and other characterization methods.The results show that compared with the most commonly used petroleum?based bisphenol A epoxy resin, the resultant bio?based epoxy resin is more likely to form a large amount of intumescent carbon layer structure during combustion and release a large amount of non?combustible gases such as CO₂ and NH₃ with less combustible gases.The intrinsic flame retardant bio?based epoxy resin containing pyridazinone structure exhibits a condensed phase?gas phase synergistic flame retardant mechanism. This study provides new ideas for constructing high?performance intrinsic flame retardant epoxy resin.