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TiO2 Nanostructures for Photoelectrocatalytic Degradation of Acetaminophen

2019

[EN] Advanced oxidation processes driven by renewable energy sources are gaining attention in degrading organic pollutants in waste waters in an efficient and sustainable way. The present work is focused on a study of TiO2 nanotubes as photocatalysts for photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) degradation of acetaminophen (AMP) at different pH (3, 7, and 9). In particular, different TiO2 photocatalysts were synthetized by stirring the electrode at different Reynolds numbers (Res) during electrochemical anodization. The morphology of the photocatalysts and their crystalline structure were evaluated by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and Raman confocal laser microscopy (RCLM). These a…

Facile synthesis of sustainable activated biochars with different pore structures as efficient additive-carbon-free anodes for lithium- and sodium-io…

2022

The present work elucidates facile one-pot synthesis from biomass forestry waste (Norway spruce bark) and its chemical activation yielding high specific surface area (SBET) biochars as efficient lithium- and sodium-ion storage anodes. The chemically activated biochar using ZnCl2 (Biochar-1) produced a highly mesoporous carbon containing 96.1% mesopores in its structure as compared to only 56.1% mesoporosity from KOH-activated biochars (Biochar-2). The latter exhibited a lower degree of graphitization with disordered and defective carbon structures, while the former presented more formation of ordered graphite sheets in its structure as analyzed from Raman spectra. In addition, both biochars…

Coupling of proton translocation through ATPase incorporated into supported lipid bilayers to an electrochemical process

1997

Abstract H+-ATPase is incorporated into solid-supported lipid bilayers separated from the gold support by a peptide spacer. The translocation of protons across the lipid film to the inner side is coupled to the discharge of protons at the gold surface. The overall process is investigated by square wave voltammetry (SWV) and double potential-pulse chronoamperometry (CA). As a result, the formation of a proton gradient is monitored by SWV whereas currents measured by CA monitor the stationary state when the enzyme activity is directly coupled to the charge transfer at the electrode. These currents markedly depend on the number of ATPases present in the bilayer.

Electrochemical C−H Functionalization of (Hetero)Arenes—Optimized by DoE

2020

Abstract A novel approach towards the activation of different arenes and purines including caffeine and theophylline is presented. The simple, safe and scalable electrochemical synthesis of 1,1,1,3,3,3‐hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) aryl ethers was conducted using an easy electrolysis setup with boron‐doped diamond (BDD) electrodes. Good yields up to 59 % were achieved. Triethylamine was used as a base as it forms a highly conductive media with HFIP, making additional supporting electrolytes superfluous. The synthesis was optimized using Design of Experiment (DoE) techniques giving a detailed insight to the significance of the reaction parameters. The mechanism was investigated by cyclic volt…

Electrodynamic Control of the Combustion Characteristics and Heat Energy Production

2015

ABSTRACTElectric field effects (EFE) on combustion characteristics, heat energy production, and composition of polluting emissions have been investigated experimentally for different types of fuels (natural gas, biomass) providing experimental study of the EFE in a district heating boiler and complex modeling experiments in a small-scale pilot device. The DC field-induced variations of the produced heat energy, efficiency of heat energy production, flame characteristics, and the composition of polluting emissions have been studied for a positively biased axially inserted electrode and negatively biased (grounded) heat surfaces by varying the applied DC voltage, net current, and consumed ele…

A26-5 Electrical performances of a 2MM2 steroid electrode

2003

Reduced muscle inactivity, sedentary time and cardio-metabolic benefits : effectiveness of a one-year family-based cluster randomized controlled trial

2016

A driving hypothesis of the evolving field of sedentary behavior is that frequent muscle activity short-circuits detrimental physiological effects of sedentary time. However, the field relies mostly on observational health associations of proxy measures of muscle inactivity, like television viewing or lack of accelerometer-derived impacts. This study tested effectiveness of a family-based cluster-randomized controlled trial aimed at reducing and breaking up sedentary time at work and leisure time of families on muscle inactivity patterns, sedentary time and cardio-metabolic biomarkers. The intervention consisted of a lecture, face-to-face tailored counseling, two follow-up calls and five em…

Cu-B alloy - analysis of use possibility as fuel cell cathode catalyst

2016

In recent years there has been a development of non-conventional and renewable sources of energy. One such sources of energy are fuel cells. Fuel cells are ecological and high efficiency sources of electric energy. However, the use of fuel cells on a large scale is limited, mainly by the high cost of catalysts. Platinum is most commonly used as the catalyst. But due to the high price of platinum there’s a need for finding other catalysts. Replacement of platinum will contribute to the fast development of green energy sources. This paper presents a study of possibility of using Cu-B alloy as catalyst for oxygen electrode in fuel cells. Researches were done in glass vessel, on a copper electr…

Wastewater treatment and electricity production in a microbial fuel cell with Cu–B alloy as the cathode

2019

The possibility of wastewater treatment and electricity production using a microbial fuel cell with Cu&ndash

Efficient Monolithic Perovskite/Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells

2016

Thin-film solar cells suffer from various types of recombination, of which leakage current usually dominates at lower voltages. Herein, we demonstrate first a three-order reduction of the shunt loss mechanism in planar methylammonium lead iodide perovskite solar cells by replacing the commonly used hole transport layer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) with a better hole-selective polyarylamine. As a result, these cells exhibit superior operation under reduced light conditions, which we demonstrate for the extreme case of moonlight irradiance, at which open-circuit voltages of 530 mV can still be obtained. By the shunt removal we also observe the VOC to dro…