Adjusting accommodation microenvironment for Cu+ to enhance oxidation inhibition for thiophene capture

• Published in: AIChE journal Vol. 67; no. 10
• Main Authors: Li, Yu‐Xia, Jin, Meng‐Meng, Shi, Shu, Qi, Shi‐Chao, Liu, Xiao‐Qin, Sun, Lin‐Bing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.10.2021; American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Subjects: absorption; Activated carbon; Adsorptivity; composite materials; computational chemistry; Copper; Copper oxides; environmental engineering; fuels; Hydrophobicity; Moisture; Oxidation; Polydimethylsiloxane; Silica; Silicon dioxide; Stability

Cu+‐containing materials have great potentials in various applications like adsorptive desulfurization. Nevertheless, their applications are severely obstructed by poor stability of Cu+ in air. Here, we first clarify the mechanism of Cu+ oxidation by first‐principle calculations and demonstrate that...