Adsorption removal of elemental mercury on Cu-loaded carbon nitride nanosheet
LIU Dong-jing1, ZHANG Zhen2, WU Jiang2
1. School of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China;
2. College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China
Carbon nitride nanosheet (CNNS) was synthesized via a facile thermal exfoliation approach and employed for adsorption removal of gaseous elemental mercury (Hg0) at low temperature. The sorbents were characterized by nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) techniques. The results showed that CNNS performed well toward Hg0 adsorption with a removal efficiency around 54.2% at 120℃. The Hg0 removal efficiency of CNNS could be greatly enhanced by Cu-modification to more than 82.3% at the temperature range of 40 to 240℃ due to the intimate contact of copper and carbon nitride. Calcination temperature had a big influence on Hg0 capture ability of Cu-modified CNNS. The optimal annealing temperature was 200℃. CNNS could be efficiently activated by Cu-modification and its Hg0 oxidation ability was enhanced, probably attributed to the Mott-Schottky electron transfer effect between Cu ions and carbon nitrides. SO2 and H2O can inhibit Cu-modified CNNS's Hg0 removal performance.
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