Towards carbon neutrality of calcium carbide-based acetylene production with sustainable biomass resources
June 2024
Acetylene is produced from the reaction between calcium carbide (CaC2) and water, while the production of CaC2 generates significant amount of carbon dioxide not only because it is an energy-intensive...
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Construction of Pd-doped RuO2 nanosheets for efficient and stable acidic water oxidation
June 2024
RuO2 has been considered a potential alternative to commercial IrO2 for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) due to its superior intrinsic activity. However, its inherent structure dissolution in acidic...
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June 2024
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Understanding the failure mechanism towards developing high-voltage single-crystal Ni-rich Co-free cathodes
June 2024
Benefited from its high process feasibility and controllable costs, binary-metal layered structured LiNi0.8Mn0.2O2 (NM) can effectively alleviate the cobalt supply crisis under the surge of global electric...
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Reviewing electrochemical stability of ionic liquids-/deep eutectic solvents-based electrolytes in lithium-ion, lithium-metal and post-lithium-ion batteries for green and safe energy
June 2024
Sustainable energy is the key issue for the environment protection, human activity and economic development. Ionic liquids (ILs) and deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are dogmatically regarded as green...
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Progress of semitransparent emerging photovoltaics for building integrated applications
June 2024
With the rapid development of emerging photovoltaics technology in recent years, the application of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs) has attracted the research interest of photovoltaic communities....
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Biomimetic MXene membranes with negatively thermo-responsive switchable 2D nanochannels for graded molecular sieving
June 2024
Negatively thermo-responsive 2D membranes, which mimic the stomatal opening/closing of plants, have drawn substantial interest for tunable molecular separation processes. However, these membranes are...
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Mapping out the reaction network of humin formation at the initial stage of fructose dehydration in water
June 2024
The formation of humins hampers the large-scale production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in biorefinery. Here, a detailed reaction network of humin formation at the initial stage of fructose-to-HMF...
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Reversible solid-liquid conversion enabled by self-capture effect for stable non-flow zinc-bromine batteries
June 2024
Non-flow aqueous zinc-bromine batteries without auxiliary components (e.g., pumps, pipes, storage tanks) and ion-selective membranes represent a cost-effective and promising technology for large-scale...
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An efficient recycling strategy to eliminate the residual “impurities” while heal the damaged structure of spent graphite anodes
June 2024
The recycling of graphite from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is overlooked due to its relatively low added value and the lack of efficient recovering methods. To reuse the spent graphite anodes,...
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Advantageous properties of halide perovskite quantum dots towards energy-efficient sustainable applications
June 2024
As lead halide perovskite (LHP) semiconductors have shown tremendous promise in many application fields, and particularly made strong impact in the solar photovoltaic area, low dimensional quantum dot...
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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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