Micro-nano-fabrication of green functional materials by multiphase microfluidics for environmental and energy applications
August 2024
Multiphase microfluidic has emerged as a powerful platform to produce novel materials with tailor-designed functionalities, as microfluidic fabrication provides precise controls over the size, component,...
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Rapid and stable calcium-looping solar thermochemical energy storage via co-doping binary sulfate and Al–Mn–Fe oxides
August 2024
Solar thermochemical energy storage based on calcium looping (CaL) process is a promising technology for next-generation concentrated solar power (CSP) systems. However, conventional calcium carbonate...
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Current collectors’ effects on the electrochemical performance of LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 suspension electrodes for lithium slurry battery
August 2024
Take after the advantages of lithium-ion battery (LIB) and redox flow battery (RFB), semi-solid flow battery (SSFB) is a promising electrochemical energy storage device in renewable energy utilization....
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Ordered mesoporous materials for water pollution treatment: Adsorption and catalysis
August 2024
To meet the growing emission of water contaminants, the development of new materials that enhance the efficiency of the water treatment system is urgent. Ordered mesoporous materials provide opportunities...
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Biomass-based production of trimellitic and trimesic acids
August 2024
The production of industrial chemicals with renewable biomass feedstock holds potential to aid the world in pursuing a carbon-neutral society. Trimellitic and trimesic acids are important commodity...
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Indispensable gutter layers in thin-film composite membranes for carbon capture
August 2024
Industrial thin-film composite (TFC) membranes achieve superior gas separation properties from high-performance selective layer materials, while the success of membrane technology relies on high-performance...
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Tailoring Ni based catalysts by indium for the dehydrogenative coupling of ethanol into ethyl acetate
August 2024
Exploring stable and robust catalysts to replace the current toxic CuCr based catalysts for dehydrogenative coupling of ethanol to ethyl acetate is a challenging but promising task. Herein, novel NiIn...
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Accelerating the practical application of MOFs for hydrogen storage—from performance-driven to application-oriented
August 2024
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are highly promising porous materials known for their exceptional porosity, extensive surface area, and customizable pore structures, making them an ideal solution for...
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Homovalent doping: An efficient strategy of the enhanced TiNb2O7 anode for lithium-ion batteries
August 2024
The low energy density, unsatisfied cycling performance, potential safety issue and slow charging kinetics of the commercial lithium-ion batteries restrained their further application in the fields...
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Facet effects on bimetallic ZnSn hydroxide microcrystals for selective electrochemical CO2 reduction
August 2024
Employing crystal facets to regulate the catalytic properties in electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction (eCO2RR) has been well demonstrated on electrocatalysts containing single metals but...
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Armoring lithium metal anode with soft–rigid gradient interphase toward high-capacity and long-life all-solid-state battery
August 2024
Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) are highly promising for realizing high-capacity, low-cost, and safe Li metal batteries. However, the Li dendritic growth and side reactions between Li and SPEs also...
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Reversible aqueous aluminum metal batteries enabled by a water-in-salt electrolyte
July 2024
Aluminum (Al), the most abundant metallic element on the earth crust, has been reckoned as a promising battery material for its the highest theoretical volume capacity (8046 mAh cm−3). Being rechargeable...
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FCF-LDH/BiVO4 with synergistic effect of physical enrichment and chemical adsorption for efficient reduction of nitrate
July 2024
Photoelectrochemical NO3− reduction (PEC NITRR) not only provides a promising solution for promoting the global nitrogen cycle, but also converts NO3− to the important chemicals (NH3). However, it is...
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Bimetallic CoNi single atoms supported on three-dimensionally ordered mesoporous chromia: highly active catalysts for n-hexane combustion
July 2024
Developing the alternative supported noble metal catalysts with low cost, high catalytic efficiency, and good resistance toward carbon dioxide and water vapor is critically demanded for the oxidative...
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Surface-neutralization engineered NiCo-LDH/phosphate hetero-sheets toward robust oxygen evolution reaction
July 2024
Developing highly active oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts with robust durability is essential in producing high-purity hydrogen through water electrolysis. Layered double hydroxide (LDH)...
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Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to syngas
July 2024
While carbon dioxide (CO2) is a major greenhouse gas, it is also an important C1 resource. In the trend of energy conservation and emission reduction, electrocatalytic reduction has become a very promising...
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CAOSA-extracted lignin improves enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose
July 2024
The conversion of biomass into sugar platform compounds is very important for the biorefinery industry. Pretreatment is essential to the biomass of the sugar platform, however, the lignin obtained by...
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Tailoring NH4+ storage by regulating oxygen defect in ammonium vanadate
July 2024
Defect engineering is an effective strategy for modifying the energy storage materials to improve their electrochemical performance. However, the impact of oxygen defect and its content on the electrochemical...
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Methanol steam reforming for hydrogen production driven by an atomically precise Cu catalyst
July 2024
Plasmon-induced hot-electron transfer from metal nanostructures is being intensely pursed in current photocatalytic research, however it remains elusive whether molecular-like metal clusters with excitonic...
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Facile synthesis of accordion-like porous carbon from waste PET bottles-based MIL-53(Al) and its application for high-performance Zn-ion capacitor
July 2024
It is of great scientific and economic value to recycle waste poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) into high-value PET-based metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and further convert it into porous carbon...
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Advanced oxidation via the synergy of C-defective/ C–O band modified ultrathin porous g-C3N4 and PMS for efficient photothermal degradation of bisphenol pollutants and lignin derivatives
July 2024
This work uses thermal polymerization of urea nitrate, oxyacetic acid and urea as the raw material to prepare ultra-thin porous carbon nitride with carbon defects and C–O band (OA-UN-CN). Density functional...
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