Catalytic transformation of 4-nitrophenol into 4-aminophenol over ZnO nanowire array-decorated Cu nanoparticles
June 2024
To realize economical and effective removal of hazardous 4-nitrophenol from the environment, we developed an easily recyclable ZnO nanowire array decorated with Cu nanoparticles. Its salix argyracea-shaped...
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Alternative technology for the recovery of butyl acetate with low concentration: high capacity adsorbent and high efficiency adsorption
June 2024
Industrial pharmaceutical wastewater usually contains butyl acetate (BA) with a concentration of 1 wt%–7 wt%, and the traditional method for BA recovery is distillation with high energy consumption....
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Low-concentration and multi-component NMHCs capture from oil field exhaust using porous ZIF-8/iso-hexadecane slurry
June 2024
Non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) are a common type of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) pollutant in the petrochemical industry and have attracted widespread attention because of their adverse health...
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Construction of conjugated scaffolds driven by mechanochemistry towards energy storage applications
June 2024
Mechanochemistry has been recognized as an efficient and sustainable methodology to provide a unique driven force and reaction environments under ambient and neat conditions for the construction of...
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Recent advances in the biosynthesis of coumarin and its derivatives
June 2024
Coumarin and its derivatives, presenting in many organisms (plants, fungi, and bacteria), are critical metabolites composed of fused benzene and α-pyrone rings. With unique biological and chemical properties,...
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Dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles for enzyme immobilization
June 2024
Dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles (DMSNs) are a new class of solid porous materials used for enzyme immobilization support due to their intrinsic characteristics, including their unique open...
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The stability of MOFs in aqueous solutions—research progress and prospects
June 2024
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are favored in the fields of adsorption, separation, catalysis, electrochemistry, and magnetism due to their advantages of large specific surface area, high porosity,...
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Can the Bass innovation diffusion model describe adsorption breakthrough curves of pharmaceutical contaminants?
June 2024
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Application of efficient and sustainable freeze-dissolving technology in manufacturing of KHCO3 ultrafine particles
June 2024
The development of ultrafine particles provided a new way to solve problems in the fields of energy, environment, and medicine, and had become one of the most promising technologies. Therefore, the...
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OFC: Outside Front Cover
June 2024
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Sequential pyrolysis for understanding specific influence of cellulose- and lignin-derived volatiles on properties of counterpart char
June 2024
Interactions of cellulose- and lignin-derived intermediates have been well documented during pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass. The reaction network for the interactions is rather complex, as cellulose-derived...
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Selective cyclohexane oxidation enhancement by electronic structures regulation of metal-poly(ionic liquid)s
June 2024
Poly(ionic liquids) (PILs) combined with the macromolecular structure and unique properties of ionic liquids show unlimited potential in catalysis. In this work, a series of metal-based PIL with different...
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Rapid chemical recycling of waste polyester plastics catalyzed by recyclable catalyst
June 2024
Waste plastics are serious environmental threats due to their low degradability and low recycling rate. Rapid and efficient waste plastics recycling technologies are urgently demanded for a sustainable...
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Deep eutectic solvent-induced controllable synthesis of bifunctional Ni-Fe-P catalysts for electrochemical water splitting
Available online 10 April 2024
Developing electrocatalysts with excellent activity, high stability, and low cost is vital for large-scale hydrogen production through electrochemical water splitting. Herein, a bifunctional Ni-Fe-P...
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Deep eutectic solvents for fractionation and valorization of lignocellulose
Available online 6 April 2024
Deep eutectic solvents (DES) are recognized as an emerging green solvent that can be applied to lignocellulosic biomass fractionation and valorization. A deep understanding of the physicochemical properties...
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The different structure and properties of protic ionic liquid in alcohol from acid and base: butylammonium butyrate mixing with butanol, butyric acid, and butylamine respectively
Available online 4 April 2024
Solvents are commonly added into protic ionic liquids (PILs) to reduce viscosity, thereby improving their practical application. Understanding the relationship between the structure and properties of...
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OFC: Outside Front Cover
March 2024
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A systematic COSMO-RS study on mutual solubility of ionic liquids and C6-hydrocarbons
March 2024
When considering the usage of ionic liquids (ILs) for reactions and separations involving non-polar or weak-polar hydrocarbons, the knowledge of the mutual solubility behaviors of ILs and hydrocarbons...
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Morphology effect on catalytic performance of ebullated-bed residue hydrotreating over Ni–Mo/Al2O3 catalyst: A kinetic modeling study
March 2024
Upgrading of vacuum residue is of prime industrial significance due to the increasing demand for light oils. Elucidating the effect of catalyst morphology on vacuum residue hydrotreating performance...
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Highly efficient catalyzed by imidazolium-based dual-sulfonic acid functionalized ionic liquids for liquid phase Beckmann rearrangement: experiments and COSMO-RS calculations
March 2024
A production technique with the high yield and environmentally friendly process need be developed for ε-Caprolactam (CPL) in the chemical industry. This technology is highly desired to design and synthesize...
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The significance of resource recycling for coking wastewater treatment: based on environmental and economic life cycle assessment
March 2024
The sustainability of the coking industry is supported by reasonable production profit and environmental quality requirements. The traditional measures substantially increased the related costs for...
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Electrocatalytic NAD(P)H regeneration for biosynthesis
March 2024
The highly efficient chemoselectivity, stereoselectivity, and regioselectivity render enzyme catalysis an ideal pathway for the synthesis of various chemicals in broad applications. While the cofactor...
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Deep eutectic solvent-driven self-assembly of metal mercaptide complexes with enzyme-mimicking activities for detection of uric acid through one-step cascade catalytic reaction
March 2024
This work presents a generic strategy to create a series of metal mercaptides complexes via coordination self-assembly between transition metals (Mn, Cu, Co, Fe, and Ni) and cysteine (Cys) by forming...
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Phase transfer-based high-efficiency recycling of precious metal electrocatalysts
March 2024
Recycling precious metals with high-efficiency is undoubtedly beneficial to optimize resource utilization for environmental remediation and sustainable development. Herein, we report an efficient route...
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Bioinspired anti-freezing 3D-printable conductive hydrogel microfibers for highly-sensitive and wide-range detection of ultralow and high strains
March 2024
Soft strain sensors that can transduce stretch stimuli into electrical readouts are promising as sustainable wearable electronics. However, most strain sensors cannot achieve highly-sensitive and wide-range...
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