Critical evaluation of feature importance assessment in FFNN-based models for predicting Kamlet-Taft parameters
September 2025
Mohan et al. developed a feed-forward neural network (FFNN) model to predict Kamlet-Taft parameters using quantum chemically derived features, achieving notable predictive accuracy. However, this study...
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pH-tuneable simultaneous and selective dye wastewater remediation with digestate-derived biochar: adsorption behaviour, mechanistic insights and potential application
September 2025
The use of biochar for organic pollutants adsorption has emerged as a key component in wastewater remediation research. In this study, biochar prepared from digestate was subjected to nitric acid functionalization...
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Optimization strategies and diagnostic techniques for water management in proton exchange membrane fuel cells
September 2025
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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Exploring the chemical space of ionic liquids for CO2 dissolution through generative machine learning models
September 2025
For discovering uncharted chemical space of ionic liquids (ILs) for CO2 dissolution, a reliable generative framework combining re-balanced variational autoencoder (VAE), artificial neural network (ANN),...
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Efficient removal and reusage of acid soluble oil in waste H2SO4 of isobutane alkylation by low-temperature carbonization process
September 2025
Waste H2SO4 from industrial isobutane alkylation, a hazardous thick liquid with a high concentration of acid soluble oil (ASO) impurities, poses challenges in the regeneration process. Herein, an innovative...
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Synergistic enhancement of pollutant removal from high-salt wastewater using coagulation-flotation combined process
September 2025
Sufficient treatment of industrial organic wastewater with high salt and large amounts of suspended particulate matter remains a challenge worldwide. In this work, a novel coagulation-flotation combined...
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Oxoammonium salt mediated conversion of cyclohexylamine toward cyclohexanone with water as the oxygen source
September 2025
Cyclohexylamine is a key byproduct during the production of cyclohexanone oxime, which is an important bulk chemical in material industry. Here we report a highly efficient approach to oxidize cyclohexylamine...
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Screening HFC/HFO and ionic liquid for absorption refrigeration at the atomic scale by the prediction model of machine learning
September 2025
Absorption refrigeration is a highly effective method for utilizing renewable energy, as it can be driven by low-grade heat sources such as industrial waste heat, solar energy, and geothermal energy....
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Synergistic coordination-regulated separation of nickel and cobalt from spent Ni(II) and Co(II) bearing choline chloride/ethylene glycol electrolyte: theoretical and experimental investigations
September 2025
Developing efficient and environmentally friendly metal recovery technologies from secondary resources is crucial for enhancing resource utilization and promoting environmental sustainability. However,...
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Constructing potassium and hydroxyl co-doped dual-dipole structures on highly active 3D g-C3N4 surfaces for highly boosting photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production efficiency in pure water
September 2025
Producing hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) through visible-light-driven photocatalytic oxygen reduction in pure water is crucial for sustainable ecological applications but poses significant challenges. It...
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Establishing a generalized model for accurate prediction of higher heating values of substances with large ash fractions
September 2025
The higher heating value (HHV) of biomass is a crucial property for design calculations and numerical simulations in bioenergy utilization. However, existing models for HHV prediction faced challenges...
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Evaluation of gum arabic and gelatine coacervated microcapsule morphology and core oil encapsulation efficiency by combining the spreading coefficient and two component surface energy theory
September 2025
Microcapsules containing various flavour/fragrance oils with different properties were fabricated using gelatine and gum arabic by complex coacervation. The surface properties (surface polarity and...
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CO2 capture and conversion using graphene-based materials: a review on recent progresses and future outlooks
September 2025
Rapidly increasing global atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration poses a serious threat to life on Earth. Conventional CO2 capture methodologies which rely on using sorbents to capture CO2 from...
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OFC: Outside Front Cover
September 2025
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Innovative approaches to navigate the challenges in photocatalytic oxidation desulfurization of fuel: A systematic review
Available online 27 August 2025
Photocatalytic oxidative desulfurization (PODS) has emerged as a promising green technology for sulfur removal, utilizing light-driven photocatalysts that operate under mild conditions, eliminating...
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Augmenting off-the-shelf enzyme activities by multiple folds with a supramolecular complex additive
Available online 19 August 2025
We discovered that simply adding two chemical additives can augment many enzyme activities above their native range in their usual reaction buffers, leading to around 1.5-4 times higher reaction rates...
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+Controllable etching construction of nickel-based Prussian blue analog nanocages for stabilized energy storage in aqueous nickel-zinc batteries
Available online 18 August 2025
Aqueous nickel-zinc batteries (NZBs) are well-suited for large-scale energy storage owing to their safety and low cost. Yet, their nickel-based cathodes encounter issues like particle fragmentation...
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Marine Antifouling Coating with Dual Antifouling Mechanism based on Medetomidine
Available online 5 August 2025
Marine fouling has seriously hindered the development of the marine economy. Antifouling coating is an effective protective method. Here, a composite coating (SiEP-MM@HMSNs) was developed, characterized...
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Economical N/P co-doped Graphite Nanosheets for Electrocatalytic Bifunctional HER and OER
Available online 25 July 2025
Graphite as an important carbon material is widely used in several fields owing to its excellent thermal/electrical conductivity, robust chemical stability, abundant availability and low cost. A lot...
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Enhanced Energy Harvesting via Pore-Engineered Ultrathin Ni Foam: NiCo LDH-Coated Hydrovoltaic Generator
Available online 24 July 2025
Water-driven energy harvesting has emerged as a sustainable approach to address the increasing global demand for renewable energy by utilizing abundant and eco-friendly resources. Nickel foam (Ni foam)...
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Boosting photocatalytic hydrogen evolution via interfacial photothermal evaporation on a CdS/CoFe2O4 p-n heterojunction
Available online 19 July 2025
Photocatalytic water splitting emerges as a promising technology for transforming solar energy into hydrogen fuel. Nevertheless, challenges such as inadequate light absorption, substantial heat loss,...
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Biomass-Ethanol Conversion to Ethyl Acetate via One-Step Catalysis
Available online 16 July 2025
As the sole renewable organic carbon source in nature, biomass holds irreplaceable strategic significance in sustainable energy systems. The catalytic conversion of biomass-derived ethanol into high-value...
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A deep eutectic solvent-based green strategy for lignin fractionation and thermochemical valorization
Available online 9 July 2025
In this work, an efficient and green strategy for selective extraction and high-value utilization of lignin was proposed. Most of the hemicellulose in the feedstock was first removed by alkali pretreatment...
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Rigorous modelling and multi-objective optimization for hybrid absorption-adsorption separation process of CH4/C2H6 using ZIF-8/iso-hexadecane slurry
Available online 4 July 2025
Efficient separation of CH4 and C2H6 remains a critical challenge in the recovery of light hydrocarbons from natural gas. So we developed a zeolite imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8)/iso-hexadecane slurry...
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Controllable fabrication of biocompatible microhelices based on the liquid rope coiling effect due to the phase viscosity difference
Available online 3 July 2025
Microhelices with unique structures can perform numerous functions mimicking micromotor systems and thus attract increasing attention across various fields, especially in biomedical engineering. However,...
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