Activation and Impregnation of Chars — Nutshells and Pinewood Sawdust by Maria C.M. Alvim-Ferraz, Carla M.T.B. Gaspar

“…In nutshell carbons, the metal species remained dispersed in micropores with a smaller volume but a larger size and in the mesoporous texture with a larger volume. Sawdust carbons retained a microporous texture with narrow pores in which the deposition of catalysts did not occur.…”
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Preparation and Characterization of Ni-Doped Calcium Silicate Hydrate Based on Steel Slag: Adsorption Capacity for Rhodamine B from Aqueous Solution by Lu Zeng, Ligang Yang

“…The addition of Ni(NO3)2 had great influence on microstructure of the composites, and SCSH possesses a mesoporous structure with slit-shaped pores, but NSCSH has narrow distributions of pore size. …”
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Preparation and Structural Properties of Bimetallic Noble Metals Nanoparticles in SBA-15 Systems by M. Zienkiewicz-Strzałka, S. Pikus

“…New noble bimetallic materials composed of platinum/silver, platinum/palladium and palladium/silver arrangements of nanoparticles supported on mesoporous ordered silica support were obtained and characterized. …”
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Evaluation of sorption properties of biochar produced by hydrothermal liquefaction of Phragmites australis by Natalia A. Muravieva, Yuliya V. Kulikova, Olga O. Babich

“…Based on the results of porous structure evaluation, the mesoporous structure of the obtained coals was discovered. …”
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Mechanistic and Experimental Aspects of the Structural Characterization of Some Model and Real Systems by Nitrogen Sorption and Mercury Porosimetry by Carlos Felipe, Fernando Rojas, Isaac Kornhauser, Matthias Thommes, Giorgio Zgrablich

“…Several mechanistic and phenomenological aspects of mercury intrusion and nitrogen sorption processes involving some model and real mesoporous systems were studied. The experimental pore systems examined consisted of two substrates: (a) a globular solid composed of monodisperse silica spheres in a perfect rhombohedral arrangement and (b) a controlled pore glass solid. …”
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Functionalized Activated Carbon Derived from Biomass for Photocatalysis Applications Perspective by Samira Bagheri, Nurhidayatullaili Muhd Julkapli, Sharifah Bee Abd Hamid

“…The catalytic treatment corresponding to mild condition provided a bulk, mesoporous, and nanostructure AC materials. These characteristics of AC materials are necessary for the low energy and efficient photocatalytic system. …”
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Electrochemical Characterization of Nanoporous Nickel Oxide Thin Films Spray-Deposited onto Indium-Doped Tin Oxide for Solar Conversion Scopes by Muhammad Awais, Denis P. Dowling, Franco Decker, Danilo Dini

“…This scalable procedure allowed the attainment of NiOx films with mesoporous morphology and reticulated structure. The electrochemical characterization showed that NiOx electrodes possess large surface area (about 1000 times larger than their geometrical area). …”
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Removal of Nickel(II) from Aqueous Solutions by Adsorption with Modified ZSM- 5 Zeolites by P. Panneerselvam, V. Sathya Selva Bala, N. Thinakaran, P. Baskaralingam, M. Palanichamy, S. Sivanesan

“…Experiments were carried out as a function of solute concentration and different temperatures. Mesoporous material of ZSM-5 zeolite was modified with phosphoric acid by wet method. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of CeO2-SiO2 Nanoparticles by Microwave-Assisted Irradiation Method for Photocatalytic Oxidation of Methylene Blue Dye by R. M. Mohamed, E. S. Aazam

“…The materials were characterized by N2 adsorption, XRD, UV-vis/DR, and TEM. All solids showed mesoporous textures with high surface areas, relatively small pore size diameters, and large pore volume. …”
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Heterogeneous UV/Fenton-Like Degradation of Methyl Orange Using Iron Terephthalate MIL-53 Catalyst by Pham Dinh Du, Huynh Thanh Danh, Pham Ngoc Hoai, Nguyen Mau Thanh, Vo Thang Nguyen, Dinh Quang Khieu

“…It was found that the obtained material shares an identical pattern of the MIL-53 structure with high crystallinity and also demonstrates the mesoporous phase with a pore diameter of around 4.2 nm and specific surface area, SBET, of 88.2 m2·g−1. …”
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Equilibrium Studies of Fluoride Adsorption onto a Ferric Poly−mineral from Kenya by EW Wambu, CO Onindo, W Ambusso, GK Muthakia

“…The adsorption data also correlated to Langmuir and Freundlich models indicating that F adsorption onto FPM was a mixed process involving chemisorption onto surface sites followed by gradual intra-particle penetration of F into mesoporous structure of the mineral. High mean Langmuir adsorption capacity of 10.8 mg/g, indicate that the mineral could be of use as an inexpensive substrate for the removal of F from aqueous streams. …”
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Statistical Modeling and Kinetic Studies on the Adsorption of Reactive Red 2 by a Low-Cost Adsorbent: Grape Waste-Based Activated Carbon Using Sulfuric Acid Activator-Assisted Ther... by Seyyed Alireza Mousavi, Davood Shahbazi, Arezoo Mahmoudi, Parviz Mohammadi, Tooraj Massahi

“…The results of characterization indicate the successful conversion of grape waste into mesoporous AC with desirable surface area consist of different functional groups. …”
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Production and Digital Image Correlation Analysis of Titanium Foams with Different Pore Morphologies as a Bone-Substitute Material by Mohammed Shbeh, Elif Oner, Ammar Al-Rubaye, Russell Goodall

“…Ti foams are mesoporous structured materials that are characterized by their high surface area and interconnected porosity with a huge potential for biomedical applications. …”
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Fabrication, Characterization, and Optimization of CdS and CdSe Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells with Quantum Dots Prepared by Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction by H. K. Jun, M. A. Careem, A. K. Arof

“…The quantum dots (QDs) were coated on the surface of mesoporous TiO2 layer deposited on FTO substrate using the successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method. …”
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Erratum for “Woods Charred at Low Temperatures and Their Modification for the Adsorption of Cr(VI) Ions from Aqueous Solution” by Zhenze Li, Takeshi Katsumi, Toru Inui and Shigeyos...

“…Adsorption Capacities and Affinities of Various Adsorbents Adsorbent Adsorption capacity (mg g −1 ) Adsorption affinity (l mg −1 ) Reference Aerobic granules functionalized with polyethylenimine 401.5 7.6 ∞ 10 −3 Sun et al . (2010) Amino-functionalized mesoporous silica 109.6 4.4 ∞ 10 −3 Li et al . (2008) Sawdust-activated carbon 44.0 0.2215 Karthikeyan et al . (2005) Layered double hydroxides 31.2 2.7 ∞ 10 −4 Das et al . (2004) Humic acid extracted from coal 20.8 – Arslan et al . (2010) Carbon nano-tube 20.56 – Di et al . (2004) Granular activated carbon 7.0 – Di Natale et al . (2007) Magnetic Fe 3 O 4 nano- particles 2.95 – Begum and Anantharaman (2009) Bentonite 0.052 – Khan et al . (1995) Wood char (200 °C) 31.96 1.45 ∞ 10 −2 This study Ferric-laden char 53.45 1.3 ∞ 10 −3 This study…”
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Developing non-aqueous slurry for CO2 capture by Sahar Foorginezhad, Xiaoyan Ji

“…Here, [MEACl][EDA] with (1:5) molar ratio is mixed with ethylene glycol (EG) to form a non-aqueous DES solution, and the DES is further immobilized into the mesoporous silica to form a composite and then mixed with the DES-EG solution to make a slurry. …”
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Gold–Ceria SBA-15-Supported Catalyst for CO Preferential Oxidation: Surface and Reactivity Studies by Álvaro Reyes-Carmona, Aldo Talon, Elisa Moretti, Maurizio Lenarda, Antonio Jiménez-López, Enrique Rodríguez-Castellón

“…In this article, the preparation and application of gold and cerium catalysts supported on zirconium-doped mesoporous silica SBA-15 was studied. These materials have been prepared by two different methods and characterized to investigate their textural properties, dispersion of the active phases and oxidation states. …”
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Equilibrium, Kinetic, and Thermodynamic Studies on the Adsorption of Cadmium from Aqueous Solution by Modified Biomass Ash by Lei Xu, Xuebo Zheng, Hongbiao Cui, Zhenqiu Zhu, Jiani Liang, Jing Zhou

“…Natural biomass ash of agricultural residuals was collected from a power plant and modified with hexagonal mesoporous silica and functionalized with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane. …”
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Carbon Dioxide Capture by MgO-modified MCM-41 Materials by Xin Fu, Ning Zhao, Junping Li, Fukui Xiao, Wei Wei, Yuhan Sun

“…MgO/MCM-41 materials with weak basic sites were synthesized by dispersing MgO onto mesoporous Si-MCM-41. Such MgO-modified MCM-41 materials were characterized by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), temperature programmed desorption (TPD), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and N 2 adsorption/desorption measurements. …”
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Study of effective removal of nickel and cobalt from aqueous solutions by FeO@mSiO2 nanocomposite by Wahran M. Saod, Nisreen Jassam Alaallah, Ekhlas A. Abdulkareem, Nahla Naji Hilal, Mohammad I. AlBiajawi

“…Iron oxide loaded with mesoporous silica (FeO@mSiO2) was effectively synthesized and characterized through the use of FTIR, SEM, TGA, XRD, and UV–visible spectral analysis. …”
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