In situ acid etching boosts mercury accommodation capacities of transition metal sulfides

Hailong Li; Jiaoqin Zheng; Wei Zheng; Hongxiao Zu; Hongmei Chen; Jianping Yang; Wenqi Qu; Lijian Leng; Yong Feng; Zequn Yang

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37140-5

Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

In situ acid etching boosts mercury accommodation capacities of transition metal sulfides

Hailong Li,
Jiaoqin Zheng,
Wei Zheng,
Hongxiao Zu,
Hongmei Chen,
Jianping Yang,
Wenqi Qu,
Lijian Leng,
Yong Feng,
Zequn Yang

Affiliations

Hailong Li: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University
Jiaoqin Zheng: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University
Wei Zheng: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University
Hongxiao Zu: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University
Hongmei Chen: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University
Jianping Yang: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University
Wenqi Qu: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University
Lijian Leng: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University
Yong Feng: Environmental Research Institute, South China Normal University
Zequn Yang: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37140-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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There is an urgent need to develop efficient strategies to remove elemental mercury from industrial flue gases. Here the authors develop a simple, versatile, and scalable strategy to obtain a 100-fold enhancement of the elemental mercury accommodation capacities of a wide range of transition metal sulfides by in situ acid etching.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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