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Metal-free carbocatalysis in advanced oxidation reactions

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This Account showcases the recent contributions to metal-free catalysis in advanced oxidation, including design of nanocarbon catalysts, exploration of intrinsic active sites, and identification of reactive species and reaction pathways, and offers perspectives on carbocatalysis for future environmental applications.
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ConspectusCatalytic processes have remarkably boosted the rapid industrializations in chemical production, energy conversion, and environmental remediation. As one of the emerging applications of carbocatalysis, metal-free nanocarbons have demonstrated promise as catalysts for green remediation technologies to overcome the poor stability and undesirable metal leaching in metal-based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). Since our reports of heterogeneous activation of persulfates with low-dimensional nanocarbons, the novel oxidative system has raised tremendous interest for degradation of organic contaminants in wastewater without secondary contamination. In this Account, we showcase our recent contributions to metal-free catalysis in advanced oxidation, including design of nanocarbon catalysts, exploration of intrinsic active sites, and identification of reactive species and reaction pathways, and we offer perspectives on carbocatalysis for future environmental applications.The journey starts with the dis...

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Intrinsic defects enhanced biochar/peroxydisulfate oxidation capacity through electron-transfer regime

TL;DR: In this article , graphitic biochar (GBC) was firstly prepared and then post annealed to tailor the degree of intrinsic defects in GBC to regulate the intrinsic defects.
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Carbocatalytic ozonation toward advanced water purification

TL;DR: In this paper, a review summarizes the recent development of structural control and surface modification of carbocatalysts and their applications in catalytic ozonation, and the structure-performance relations and mechanisms are elucidated by a novel model based on the interaction intensity between reactants and carbon surface.
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Role of adsorption and oxidation in porous carbon aerogel/persulfate system for non-radical degradation of organic contaminant

TL;DR: The study presented the preparation and application of a green catalyst to activate PS, which is very promising for the development of the technology and the treatment of phenolic wastewater.
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Degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride through efficient peroxymonosulfate activation by B, N co-doped porous carbon materials derived from metal-organic frameworks: Nonradical pathway mechanism

TL;DR: In this paper , a metal-free activated peroxymonosulfate (PMS) based advanced oxidation process has been proved to be an efficient method for Antibiotic treatment.
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Preparation of nitrogen self-doped hierarchical porous carbon with rapid-freezing support for cooperative pollutant adsorption and catalytic oxidation of persulfate.

TL;DR: The catalyst (CA-900Q 1-1) obtained after rapid-freezing and KOH activation treatment show excellent persulfate activation ability and has excellent electrical conductivity, which enables pollutants adsorbed on the catalyst surface to transfer electrons to the Persulfate through the N-doped sp2-hybrid carbon network faster.
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Sulfur and Nitrogen Dual-Doped Mesoporous Graphene Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction with Synergistically Enhanced Performance†

TL;DR: In this paper, Mesoporous graphene doped with both N and S atoms (N-S-G) was prepared in one step and studied as an electrochemical catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR).
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Generation of sulfate radical through heterogeneous catalysis for organic contaminants removal: Current development, challenges and prospects

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a state-of-the-art review on the development in heterogeneous catalysts including single metal, mixed metal, and nonmetal carbon catalysts for organic contaminants removal, with particular focus on peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation.
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Environmental applications of carbon-based nanomaterials.

TL;DR: This review critically assesses the contributions of carbon-based nanomaterials to a broad range of environmental applications: sorbents, high-flux membranes, depth filters, antimicrobial agents, environmental sensors, renewable energy technologies, and pollution prevention strategies.
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Iron Encapsulated within Pod‐like Carbon Nanotubes for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

TL;DR: Chainmail for catalysts: a catalyst with iron nanoparticles confined inside pea-pod-like carbon nanotubes exhibits a high activity and remarkable stability as a cathode catalyst in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC), even in presence of SO(2).
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Nanocarbons for the Development of Advanced Catalysts

TL;DR: This poster presents a probabilistic procedure to evaluate the response of the H2O/O2 mixture to various pyrolysis conditions and shows promising results in both the horizontal and the vertical domain.
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