Comprehensive treatment strategy for diesel truck exhaust.

At present, diesel vehicles still play an irreplaceable role in the traditional energy field in China. Diesel vehicle exhaust contains hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter, which can lead to haze weather, photochemical smog, and the greenhouse effect; endanger human health; and damage the ecological environment. In 2020, the number of motor vehicles in China reached 372 million, and the number of automobiles reached 281 million, of which 20.92 million are diesel vehicles, accounting for only 5.6% of the number of motor vehicles and 7.4% of the number of automobiles. Nevertheless, diesel vehicles emitted 88.8% of nitrogen oxides and 99% of particulate matter in total vehicle emissions. Diesel vehicles, especially diesel trucks, have become the top priority of motor vehicle pollution control. However, there are few reviews on the comprehensive treatment of diesel vehicle exhaust. This review provides an overview of exhaust gas composition, hazards, and treatment techniques. Phytoremediation, three-way catalytic conversion, rare earth catalytic degradation, and nanoscale TiO2 catalytic degradation are briefly described.

Osmium(ii) complexes for light-driven aerobic oxidation of amines to imines.

Herein, we describe the synthesis and characterization of three Os(ii) complexes (i.e., [Os(fptz)2(PPhMe2)2] (1, fptzH = 3-trifluoromethyl-5-pyridyl-1,2,4-triazole), [Os(fptz)2(CO)(L1)] (2, L1 = PPh3; 3, L1 = pyridine)) that have been successfully utilized as good photocatalysts to promote aerobic oxidative coupling of amines to imines with molecular oxygen in air as a green oxidant. Complex 1 is the most effective catalyst for the oxidative coupling of benzylamine with molecular O2 (air) as the oxidant because of the complex's strong absorption of visible light and long-lived triplet state. The application of a low catalyst loading (0.06 mol%) of complex 1 to the oxidative coupling of a wide range of amines affords the corresponding imines efficiently and selectively in most cases. The reaction mechanism was investigated via relevant control and quenching experiments. The results indicated that the reaction occurs via an active (1)O2-involved pathway. The (1)O2-generating ability of complex 1 as a photosensitizer was evaluated using 9,10-dimethylanthracene (DMA) as a chemical trap for (1)O2.

Adjusting the Crystallinity of Mesoporous Spinel CoGa2O4 for Efficient Water Oxidation.

Effective and stable electrocatalysts (ECs) are of great importance for the modification of semiconductor (SC) photoanodes, to achieve efficient photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. Herein we demonstrate that the low-crystallinity mesoporous spinel CoGa2O4 oxygen evolution catalyst (OEC), exhibiting excellent bulk electrocatalytic stability and activity for oxygen-evolving reaction (OER), obviously improved water oxidization on a-Fe2O3 photoanode. Low crystallinity not only balances the stability and activity for ECs themselves but facilitates formation of adjustable Schottky junctions between ECs and SCs. Those would contribute to surface state passivation and photogenerated hole extraction, leading to lower onset potential and larger photocurrent. Thus, our finding suggests that low crystallinity could serve as a beneficial feature of ECs to achieve efficient PEC water splitting, owing to its preponderant tendency for the improvement of interface reaction kinetics.