{"title":"Ternary nanocomposites (SmFeO3/CuFe)/Co-BDC as high performance electrocatalysts for hydrogen storage: A systematic study","authors":"Fatemeh Farhadi, Mostafa Roudgar-Amoli, Zahra Shariatinia, Ebrahim Abedini","doi":"10.1016/j.jiec.2026.01.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2026.01.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145894641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-28DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2025.12.031
Amir Nouri, Ali Akbar Zinatizadeh, Sirus Zinadini, Mark Van Loosdrecht
{"title":"A single stage anaerobic/anoxic/aerobic hybrid airlift bio-electrochemical reactor (HALBER) for enhancing nitrogen removal from wastewater","authors":"Amir Nouri, Ali Akbar Zinatizadeh, Sirus Zinadini, Mark Van Loosdrecht","doi":"10.1016/j.jiec.2025.12.031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2025.12.031","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145845177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of PM2.5 prediction performance of CMAQ and AI models (LSTM and Transformer) in an operational air quality forecasting system","authors":"Ki-Hong Shin, Sung-Chul Hong, Jae-Bum Lee, Yonghee Lee, Seung-Hee Eun, Dae-Ryun Choi, Ji-Won Sung","doi":"10.1016/j.jiec.2025.12.028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2025.12.028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145822767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-09DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2025.12.007
Umar Farooq , Hadia Noor , Mohammad Ehtisham Khan , Fazlurrahman Khan , Faris Alfifi , Syed Kashif Ali , Gulam Rabbani , Wahid Ali , Abdulrahman Khamaj
The increasing presence of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), particularly 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2), in aquatic systems poses serious environmental and health risks. In this work, a novel Zn0.98Co0.02O/γ-Al2O3/CeO2/α-MoO3 S-scheme heterojunction, modified with guar gum/activated carbon (GGAC), was fabricated for efficient peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation and photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Comprehensive characterization (XRD, FTIR, XPS, SEM, TEM, BET, EIS, AFM, DLS, and zeta potential) confirmed successful synthesis, while high-resolution Ce 3d, Co 2p, and Mo 3d spectra verified oxygen-vacancy formation and interfacial charge modulation. Optimization using the RSM-CCD model identified optimal parameters (1.00 g L−1 catalyst, 2.42 mM PMS, pH 7.23, and 10 mg L−1 EE2), achieving 97.81 % degradation within 1 h (k = 0.169 min−1) and 89.28 % efficiency after 8 cycles. The reaction mechanism involved photo-assisted PMS activation, dominated by SO4•− and •OH radicals. Moreover, the heterojunction exhibited excellent CO2 photoreduction, achieving a CH4 production rate of 5837.49 µmol g−1h−1, far exceeding pristine materials. The enhanced activity arises from defect engineering and surface/interface coupling, providing a sustainable route for simultaneous pollutant degradation and carbon valorization, consistent with the surface science and catalytic materials.
{"title":"Dual-Function oxygen-vacancy-rich Zn0.98Co0. 02O/GGAC/γ-Al2O3/CeO2/α-MoO3 heterojunction with minimal metal leaching for PMS-Driven 17α-Ethinylestradiol degradation and CO2-to-CH4 conversion","authors":"Umar Farooq , Hadia Noor , Mohammad Ehtisham Khan , Fazlurrahman Khan , Faris Alfifi , Syed Kashif Ali , Gulam Rabbani , Wahid Ali , Abdulrahman Khamaj","doi":"10.1016/j.jiec.2025.12.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jiec.2025.12.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The increasing presence of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), particularly 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2), in aquatic systems poses serious environmental and health risks. In this work, a novel Zn<sub>0.98</sub>Co<sub>0.02</sub>O/γ-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/CeO<sub>2</sub>/α-MoO<sub>3</sub> S-scheme heterojunction, modified with guar gum/activated carbon (GGAC), was fabricated for efficient peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation and photocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction. Comprehensive characterization (XRD, FTIR, XPS, SEM, TEM, BET, EIS, AFM, DLS, and zeta potential) confirmed successful synthesis, while high-resolution Ce 3d, Co 2p, and Mo 3d spectra verified oxygen-vacancy formation and interfacial charge modulation. Optimization using the RSM-CCD model identified optimal parameters (1.00 g L<sup>−1</sup> catalyst, 2.42 mM PMS, pH 7.23, and 10 mg L<sup>−1</sup> EE2), achieving 97.81 % degradation within 1 h (k = 0.169 min<sup>−1</sup>) and 89.28 % efficiency after 8 cycles. The reaction mechanism involved photo-assisted PMS activation, dominated by SO<sub>4</sub><sup>•−</sup> and <sup>•</sup>OH radicals. Moreover, the heterojunction exhibited excellent CO<sub>2</sub> photoreduction, achieving a CH<sub>4</sub> production rate of 5837.49 µmol g<sup>−1</sup>h<sup>−1</sup>, far exceeding pristine materials. The enhanced activity arises from defect engineering and surface/interface coupling, providing a sustainable route for simultaneous pollutant degradation and carbon valorization, consistent with the surface science and catalytic materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry","volume":"154 ","pages":"Pages 835-854"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145924559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The growing need for effective and affordable water splitting has stimulated research on cost-effective metal electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). In the present work, NiS@WS2 was prepared using a hydrothermal process towards high-performance electrocatalytic water electrolysis in an alkaline environment. The as-synthesized NiS@WS2-2 electrocatalyst exhibited excellent electrocatalytic performance and durability in an alkaline medium, requiring overpotentials of 101 mV (HER) and 280 mV (OER) to deliver 10 mA cm−2. Furthermore, the NiS@WS2-2||NiS@WS2-2 cell requires only 1.55 V to derive 10 mA cm−2, representing exceptional water electrolysis. Its remarkable long-term durability was confirmed by a continuous 100-h stability test, during which the cell voltage remained nearly constant. The noteworthy electrocatalytic performance of the optimized NiS@WS2-2 electrocatalyst arise from its flake-like morphology, which facilitates mass and charge transport, and its optimized electronic structure, which promotes efficient electrocatalytic kinetics. The present study highpoints the potential of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides beyond WS2 as competitive electrocatalysts for overall water splitting.
对高效、经济的水分解的需求不断增长,刺激了对经济高效的析氧反应(OER)和析氢反应(HER)金属电催化剂的研究。在本工作中,利用水热法制备了在碱性环境下实现高性能电催化电解的NiS@WS2。合成的NiS@WS2-2电催化剂在碱性介质中表现出优异的电催化性能和耐久性,需要101 mV (HER)和280 mV (OER)的过电位才能输出10 mA cm -2。此外,NiS@WS2-2||NiS@WS2-2电池只需要1.55 V产生10 mA cm -2,代表特殊的水电解。连续100小时的稳定性测试证实了其卓越的长期耐久性,在此期间电池电压几乎保持恒定。优化后的NiS@WS2-2电催化剂具有显著的电催化性能,因为其片状形态有利于质量和电荷的输运,优化后的电子结构促进了高效的电催化动力学。本研究强调了WS2以外的二维过渡金属二硫族化合物作为整体水分解的竞争性电催化剂的潜力。
{"title":"Modulating the electronic structure of NiS@WS2 for efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts in alkaline water electrolysis","authors":"Athibala Mariappan , Ranjith Kumar Dharman , Huang-Mu Lo , Tae Hwan Oh","doi":"10.1016/j.jiec.2025.12.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jiec.2025.12.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The growing need for effective and affordable water splitting has stimulated research on cost-effective metal electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). In the present work, NiS@WS<sub>2</sub> was prepared using a hydrothermal process towards high-performance electrocatalytic water electrolysis in an alkaline environment. The as-synthesized NiS@WS<sub>2</sub>-2 electrocatalyst exhibited excellent electrocatalytic performance and durability in an alkaline medium, requiring overpotentials of 101 mV (HER) and 280 mV (OER) to deliver 10 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>. Furthermore, the NiS@WS<sub>2</sub>-2||NiS@WS<sub>2</sub>-2 cell requires only 1.55 V to derive 10 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>, representing exceptional water electrolysis. Its remarkable long-term durability was confirmed by a continuous 100-h stability test, during which the cell voltage remained nearly constant. The noteworthy electrocatalytic performance of the optimized NiS@WS<sub>2</sub>-2 electrocatalyst arise from its flake-like morphology, which facilitates mass and charge transport, and its optimized electronic structure, which promotes efficient electrocatalytic kinetics. The present study highpoints the potential of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides beyond WS<sub>2</sub> as competitive electrocatalysts for overall water splitting.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry","volume":"154 ","pages":"Pages 855-863"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145924560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-07DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2025.12.003
A. Alarcón, T. Andreu, J. Guilera
{"title":"Mechanistic-fuzzy kinetic model for CO2 methanation over Ni-CeO2/γ-Al2O3 catalyst under industrial reactor conditions","authors":"A. Alarcón, T. Andreu, J. Guilera","doi":"10.1016/j.jiec.2025.12.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2025.12.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145689857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design and synthesis of Coumarin–Pyrazole carbothioamide hybrid heterocyclic scaffolds: An integrated experimental and theoretical (DFT/MD) insight into corrosion inhibition, antioxidant, and antibacterial activities","authors":"Alaeddine Berkane, Houari Boumediene Ouici, Rania Addadi, Farouk Boudou, Abdelkrim Guendouzi","doi":"10.1016/j.jiec.2025.11.044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2025.11.044","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145658324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study focused on the development of PS-GO composites synthesized by combining waste polystyrene (PS) and different ratios of graphene oxide (GO) for the effective removal of an organic contaminant, methylene blue (MB). The composites were characterized and analyzed using various techniques to confirm their successful synthesis, structural integrity, and surface properties. The impact of independent parameters including solution pH, various GO ratios in the composite and initial MB concentration were evaluated to find the optimum conditions. In addition, Box-Behnken Design (BBD) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) models were applied in the design of experiments and in the examination of the adsorption efficiency of MB, as well as to predict and optimize MB removal. The optimum conditions were determined as pH 11, MB concentration 20 mg/L, GO ratio by weight in the composite as 5 %, and the highest MB removal of 99.98 % was achieved after 20 min. This value was predicted with high accuracy by BBD (98.97 %) and ANN (99.92 %). According to kinetic evaluations, MB adsorption exhibited pseudo-second-order behavior. Isotherm studies proved that the MB adsorption onto PS-GO composites followed the Langmuir isotherm model. Furthermore, thermodynamic evaluations indicated that the adsorption process was spontaneous and endothermic, while recyclability tests showed that the PS-GO composite maintained good adsorption performance over multiple adsorption–desorption cycles. The results demonstrated that the PS-GO composite prepared in this study can be proposed as a novel, sustainable, economical and industrially applicable adsorbent material for the treatment of organic pollutants from aquatic environments.
{"title":"Optimization and kinetics study for methylene blue adsorption with GO incorporated waste polystyrene: ANN and BBD studies","authors":"Tugba Hayri-Senel, Ebru Kahraman, Serhat Sezer, Nalan Erdol-Aydin, Gulhayat Nasun-Saygili","doi":"10.1016/j.jiec.2025.11.040","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jiec.2025.11.040","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study focused on the development of PS-GO composites synthesized by combining waste polystyrene (PS) and different ratios of graphene oxide (GO) for the effective removal of an organic contaminant, methylene blue (MB). The composites were characterized and analyzed using various techniques to confirm their successful synthesis, structural integrity, and surface properties. The impact of independent parameters including solution pH, various GO ratios in the composite and initial MB concentration were evaluated to find the optimum conditions. In addition, Box-Behnken Design (BBD) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) models were applied in the design of experiments and in the examination of the adsorption efficiency of MB, as well as to predict and optimize MB removal. The optimum conditions were determined as pH 11, MB concentration 20 mg/L, GO ratio by weight in the composite as 5 %, and the highest MB removal of 99.98 % was achieved after 20 min. This value was predicted with high accuracy by BBD (98.97 %) and ANN (99.92 %). According to kinetic evaluations, MB adsorption exhibited pseudo-second-order behavior. Isotherm studies proved that the MB adsorption onto PS-GO composites followed the Langmuir isotherm model. Furthermore, thermodynamic evaluations indicated that the adsorption process was spontaneous and endothermic, while recyclability tests showed that the PS-GO composite maintained good adsorption performance over multiple adsorption–desorption cycles. The results demonstrated that the PS-GO composite prepared in this study can be proposed as a novel, sustainable, economical and industrially applicable adsorbent material for the treatment of organic pollutants from aquatic environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry","volume":"155 ","pages":"Pages 916-942"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145609419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-25DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2025.11.033
Yang Xue, Jiarui Gu, Jingjing Qin, Xiaoming Liu, Mengfan Wang, Yinming Sun
{"title":"Synergistic enhancement of alkali and heavy metal removal via chlorination volatilization from metallurgical dust blended with MSWI FA","authors":"Yang Xue, Jiarui Gu, Jingjing Qin, Xiaoming Liu, Mengfan Wang, Yinming Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.jiec.2025.11.033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2025.11.033","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145593203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-25DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2025.11.034
Sadegh Kaviani
{"title":"Molecular dynamics and machine learning framework for predicting ion transport and mechanical properties of ionic liquid@polyvinylidene fluoride gel polymer electrolyte","authors":"Sadegh Kaviani","doi":"10.1016/j.jiec.2025.11.034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2025.11.034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145593205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}