Interfacial friction induced capillary flow within nanofiber-supported ionic liquid droplets
May 2024
As global economic growth increases, the demand for energy sources boosts. While fossil fuels have traditionally satisfied this demand, their environmental influence and limited reserves require alternatives....
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Application of deep learning for informatics aided design of electrode materials in metal-ion batteries
May 2024
To develop emerging electrode materials and improve the performances of batteries, the machine learning techniques can provide insights to discover, design and develop battery new materials in high-throughput...
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Covalency competition induced selective bond breakage and surface reconstruction in manganese cobaltite towards enhanced electrochemical charge storage
May 2024
Manganese cobaltite (MnCo2O4) is a promising electrode material because of its attractive redox chemistry and excellent charge storage capability. Our previous work demonstrated that the octahedrally-coordinated...
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Recent progress in ternary mixed matrix membranes for CO2 separation
May 2024
Mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) could combine the advantages of both polymeric membranes and porous fillers, making them an effective alternative to conventional polymer membranes. However, interfacial...
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Potential industrial applications of photo/electrocatalysis: Recent progress and future challenges
May 2024
Nowadays, the rapid development of the social economy inevitably leads to global energy and environmental crisis. For this reason, more and more scholars focus on the development of photocatalysis and/or...
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Synthesis of crystalline g-C3N4 with rock/molten salts for efficient photocatalysis and piezocatalysis
May 2024
Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is emerging as a promising visible-light photocatalyst while the low crystallinity with sluggish charge separation/migration dynamics significantly restricts its practical...
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Tetrathiafulvalene esters with high redox potentials and improved solubilities for non-aqueous redox flow battery applications
May 2024
The exploitation of high performance redox-active substances is critically important for the development of non-aqueous redox flow batteries. Herein, three tetrathiofulvalene (TTF) derivatives with...
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An efficient and mild recycling of waste melamine formaldehyde foams by alkaline hydrolysis
May 2024
Melamine formaldehyde foam (MFF) generates many poisonous chemicals through the traditional recycling methods for organic resin wastes. Herein, a high MFF degradation ratio of ca. 97 wt.% was achieved...
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Sustainable, thermoplastic and hydrophobic coating from natural cellulose and cinnamon to fabricate eco-friendly catering packaging
May 2024
Non-degradable polymers cause serious environmental pollution problem, such as the widely-used while unrecyclable coatings which significantly affect the overall degradation performance of products....
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The structure-directing role of heterologous seeds in the synthesis of zeolite
May 2024
Zeolites have been widely used as catalysts, ion-exchangers, and adsorbents in chemical industries, detergent industry, steel industry, glass industry, ceramic industry, medical and health field, and...
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Development of sustainable and efficient recycling technology for spent Li-ion batteries: Traditional and transformation go hand in hand
May 2024
Clean and efficient recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has become an urgent need to promote sustainable and rapid development of human society. Therefore, we provide a critical and comprehensive...
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A general descriptor for guiding the electrolysis of CO2 in molten carbonate
April 2024
Molten carbonate is an excellent electrolyte for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to carbonaceous materials. However, the electrolyte–electrode-reaction relationship has not been well understood....
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Low carbon alcohol fuel electrolysis of hydrogen generation catalyzed by a novel and effective Pt–CoTe/C bifunctional catalyst system
April 2024
Low carbon alcohol fuels electrolysis under ambient conditions is promising for green hydrogen generation instead of the traditional alcohol fuels steam reforming technique, and highly efficient bifunctional...
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Aqueous-phase reforming of hydroxyacetone solution to bio-based H2 over supported Pt catalysts
April 2024
Aqueous-phase reforming (APR) is an attractive process to produce bio-based hydrogen from waste biomass streams, during which the catalyst stability is often challenged due to the harsh reaction conditions....
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Engineering hierarchical quaternary superstructure of an integrated MOF-derived electrode for boosting urea electrooxidation assisted water electrolysis
April 2024
Controllable design of the catalytic electrodes with hierarchical superstructures is expected to improve their electrochemical performance. Herein, a self-supported integrated electrode (NiCo-ZLDH/NF)...
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F-doped orthorhombic Nb2O5 exposed with 97% (100) facet for fast reversible Li+-Intercalation
April 2024
Orthorhombic Nb2O5 (T-Nb2O5) is attractive for fast-charging Li-ion batteries, but it is still hard to realize rapid charge transfer kinetics for Li-ion storage. Herein, F-doped T-Nb2O5 microflowers...
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Carbon-doped CuFe2O4 with C--O--M channels for enhanced Fenton-like degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride: From construction to mechanism
April 2024
Carbon-doped copper ferrite (C–CuFe2O4) was synthesized by a simple two-step hydrothermal method, which showed enhanced tetracycline hydrochloride (TCH) removal efficiency as compared to the pure CuFe2O4...
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An aqueous magnesium-ion hybrid supercapacitor operated at −50 °C
April 2024
The recent advances in aqueous magnesium-ion hybrid supercapacitor (MHSC) have attracted great attention as it brings together the benefits of high energy density, high power density, and synchronously...
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Pairing nitroxyl radical and phenazine with electron-withdrawing/-donating substituents in “water-in-ionic liquid” for high-voltage aqueous redox flow batteries
April 2024
Aqueous redox-active organic materials-base electrolytes are sustainable alternatives to vanadium-based electrolyte for redox flow batteries (RFBs) due to the advantages of high ionic conductivity,...
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Bilayer separator enabling dendrite-free zinc anode with ultralong lifespan >5000 h
April 2024
Aqueous zinc (Zn) batteries with Zn metal anodes are promising clean energy storage devices with intrinsic safety and low cost. However, Zn dendrite growth severely restricts the use of Zn anodes. To...
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Pyridinic-N doping carbon layers coupled with tensile strain of FeNi alloy for activating water and urea oxidation
April 2024
Exploitation of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and urea oxidation reaction (UOR) catalysts with high activity and stability at large current density is a major challenge for energy-saving H2 production...
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