Microalgae cultivation in photobioreactors: sustainable solutions for a greener future
Available online 21 October 2023
Microalgae cultivation in photobioreactors (PBRs) has emerged as a promising and sustainable approach to address various environmental and energy challenges, offering a multitude of benefits across...
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Thermochemical co-conversion of biomass-plastic waste to biochar: a review
March 2024
Biomass and plastics are two of the most common municipal solid wastes globally that have continuously placed a burden on the environment. It is therefore important that they are properly recycled....
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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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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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Deep eutectic solvents eutectogels: progress and challenges
December 2021
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have received widespread attention for their advantages of good electrical conductivity, stability, environmental friendliness, and easy preparation with a wide range of...
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Review in life cycle assessment of biomass conversion through pyrolysis-issues and recommendations
December 2022
Biomass, widespread and carbon-neutral energy, can provide electric energy and replace fossil fuel-derived production. Pyrolysis is the main way of converting biomass to different bioenergy products...
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Advancements in adsorption and photodegradation technologies for Rhodamine B dye wastewater treatment: fundamentals, applications, and future directions
Available online 30 December 2023
Organic dye pollutants present in wastewater pose a significant global challenge. Among pollutants, the synthetic dye Rhodamine B (RB) stands out due to its non-biodegradable nature and associated neurotoxic,...
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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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FTIR investigation of the interfacial properties and mechanisms of CO2 sorption in porous ionic liquids
December 2021
Porous liquids, which are liquids with permanent porosity, have received significant attention as a new class of materials with the potential for far-reaching impacts in a variety of applications including...
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CO2 capture and in-situ conversion: recent progresses and perspectives
September 2022
Global warming caused by excess carbon dioxide (CO2) emission has been a focus of the world. The development of neutral carbon technologies becomes a strategic choice for the sustainable human society....
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Polybenzimidazole (PBI) and benzimidazole-linked polymer (BILP) membranes
March 2021
Polybenzimidazoles (PBIs) and benzimidazole-linked polymers (BILPs) have exceptional thermal and chemical stability, and hence, their membranes were developed and used under harsh conditions. In this...
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Recent advances in carbon dioxide capture and utilization with amines and ionic liquids
September 2020
Global warming and climate change due to anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) have aroused significant concerns at the global scale due to rapid economic growth in industries and other fields. Therefore,...
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Recent advances in electrochemical carboxylation reactions using carbon dioxide
June 2022
From the viewpoint of abundance, economy, non-toxicity, and renewability, CO2 is the ideal C1 synthon in organic synthetic chemistry. Utilizing CO2 for chemical conversion to synthesize highly value-added...
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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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CO2 capture and utilization with solid waste
September 2022
Nowadays, the massive consumption of fossil fuels and the resulting excessive emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) have broken the original carbon balance of nature, resulting in global warming and the...
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Deep eutectic solvents for fractionation and valorization of lignocellulose
Available online 6 April 2024
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) 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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Optimization strategies and diagnostic techniques for water management in proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Available online 18 March 2024
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are efficient and zero emission energy conversion technology with promising application prospects towards carbon neutrality. The PEMFC's performance is largely...
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Numerical study on performance optimization and flow mechanism of a new cyclone separator
Available online 29 March 2024
This study proposed a new cyclone separator, using a designed nozzle inside the traditional cyclone separator, which significantly improved the efficiency of separating fine particles while maintaining...
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Revisiting greenness of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents
June 2021
Green solvents are one of the hot topics of green chemistry. Ionic liquids (ILs) and deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are deemed as green solvents to a certain extent, and they have been applied in many...
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Application and progress of techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment in biomanufacturing of fuels and chemicals
June 2023
To reduce the dependency on petroleum-based products and emission of greenhouse gas, renewable biofuels and chemicals play an important role to meet the unmatched energy demands of the rapidly growing...
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Recent advances in the microfluidic generation of shape-controllable hydrogel microparticles and their applications
March 2024
Hydrogel microparticles, generally accepted as significant green materials, have been widely used in chemical, biological, and biomedical fields owing to their excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability,...
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Understanding and optimizing the gasification of biomass waste with machine learning
March 2023
Gasification is a sustainable approach for biomass waste treatment with simultaneous combustible H2-syngas production. However, this thermochemical process was quite complicated with multi-phase products...
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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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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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Green production of sugar by membrane technology: How far is it from industrialization?
March 2021
Application of membrane filtration in sugar production is attractive because it can reduce the usage of chemicals, produce high-quality clarified juice, and obtain various high value-added products....
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