Advances in single-atom catalysts/sorbents for elemental mercury removal from flue gas

W Zheng, Q Sun, W Yang, Z Yang, L Leng, Y Liu… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Developing high-performance materials and techniques to capture elemental mercury (Hg
0) from industrial flue gases is of great urgency to effectively mitigate anthropogenic Hg …

Engineering single-atom Pd sites in ZIF-derived porous Co3O4 for enhanced elementary mercury removal

J Yang, HQ Chen, F Qiao, X Zhu, T Wang… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Engineering metal-based nanoarchitectures and their atomic-scale arrangement is a
promising avenue for enhanced mercury adsorbent activities. Interactions between metal …

Simultaneous catalytic oxidation mechanism of NO and Hg0 over single-atom iron catalyst

S Dong, J Wang, C Li, H Liu, Z Gao, C Wu… - Applied Surface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Among the many pollutants emitted from coal-fired power plants, elemental mercury (Hg 0)
and nitrogen oxides (NO x) are widely concerned and regarded as a global environmental …

Graphitic carbon nitride for gaseous mercury emission control: a review

D Liu, L Yang, Y Ling, J Wu, B Li, C Li - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
Mercury emissions from combustion of coal, biomass, and solid waste threaten human life
and the environment. As the principal mercury species in flue gas, elemental mercury (Hg0) …

Coordination engineering for single-atom catalysts in bifunctional oxidation NO and mercury

W Yang, B Zhou, L Chen, R Shi, H Li, X Liu, Z Gao - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Catalytic oxidation of NO and Hg 0 in flue gas is essential for environmental protection.
Some state-of-the-art single-atom catalysts (SACs) have shown good catalytic performance …

Effect of flue gas components on the removal of cadmium pollutants by transition metal-modified activated carbon: Density functional theory and thermodynamic study

XY Zhou, JL Zhou, R Guo, Y Liu, Y Yu, B Zhang… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Removal of cadmium (Cd) pollutants from waste incineration (MSW) flue gas by modified
activated carbon (AC) is of great potential, yet the influence of flue gas composition on their …

New frontiers in heterogeneous Hg0 oxidation by O2 over catalytic single-Fe site on boron-vacancy of h-BN: A density functional theory study

H Liu, Z Zhang, Q Yuan, Y Zhou, J Liu, H Yang - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The single-atom catalysts (SACs) have shown tremendous potential in heterogeneous
catalytic process, because of their high atomic utilization efficiency and controllable …

Design of Single-Atom Catalysts for Hg0 Oxidation Using H2O2

W Yang, X Chen, L Chen, Y Feng, C Wu… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hg0 removal is the most difficult part in mercury purification due to its insolubility in water
and strong volatility. Catalytic oxidation is the main method for Hg0 removal. O2 and …

Theoretical insights into the oxidation of elemental mercury by O2 on graphene-based Pt single-atom catalysts

W Ji, Y Meng, X Fan, X Xiao, F Li - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Pt single-atom catalysts (SACs) exhibit good performance for oxygen activation, which plays
a significant role in the oxidation of Hg 0 by O 2 in flue gas. Density functional theory …

DFT simulation-based screening of single transition metals supported on g-C3N4 for the catalytic oxidation of Hg0

S Liu, M Xu, Y Chen, J Yu, C Pang, T Wu - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the adsorption and oxidation of elemental mercury by O 2 on a series of
buckled gC 3 N 4 monolayer-supported transition metals were investigated using Density …