Valorization of Camellia oleifera oil processing byproducts to value-added chemicals and biobased materials: A critical review
January 2024
The C. oleifera oil processing industry generates large amounts of solid wastes, including C. oleifera shell (COS) and C. oleifera cake (COC). Distinct from generally acknowledged lignocellulosic biomass...
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Superwetting Ag/α-Fe2O3 anchored mesh with enhanced photocatalytic and antibacterial activities for efficient water purification
January 2024
Superwetting materials have drawn unprecedented attention in the treatment of oily wastewater due to their preferable anti-fouling property and selective oil/water separation. However, it is still a...
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January 2024
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In-situ construction of abundant active centers on hierarchically porous carbon electrode toward high-performance phosphate electrosorption: Synergistic effect of electric field and capture sites
January 2024
Phosphate removal is crucial for eutrophication control and water quality improvement. Electro-assisted adsorption, an eco-friendly electrosorption process, exhibited a promising potential for wastewater...
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From the perspective of experimental practice: High-throughput computational screening in photocatalysis
January 2024
Photocatalysis, a critical strategy for harvesting sunlight to address energy demand and environmental concerns, is underpinned by the discovery of high-performance photocatalysts, thereby how to design...
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Thin polymer electrolyte with MXene functional layer for uniform Li+ deposition in all-solid-state lithium battery
January 2024
Solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) shows great potential for all-solid-state batteries because of the inherent safety and flexibility; however, the unfavourable Li+ deposition and large thickness hamper...
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Electro-spraying/spinning: A novel battery manufacturing technology
January 2024
Lithium-ion battery (LIB) industry seems to have met its bottle neck in cutting down producing costs even though much efforts have been put into building a complete industrial chain. Actually, manufacturing...
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Machine learning for membrane design and discovery
January 2024
Membrane technologies are becoming increasingly versatile and helpful today for sustainable development. Machine Learning (ML), an essential branch of artificial intelligence (AI), has substantially...
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A general synthetic strategy for N, P co-doped graphene supported metal-rich noble metal phosphides for hydrogen generation
January 2024
The exploitation of electrocatalysts with high activity and durability for HER is desirable for future energy systems, but it is still a challenge. NMPs have attracted increasing attentions, but the...
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Fullerenes and derivatives as electrocatalysts: Promises and challenges
January 2024
Carbon-based metal-free nanomaterials are promising alternatives to precious metals as electrocatalysts of key energy storage and conversion technologies. Of paramount significance are the establishment...
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January 2024
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Role of methoxy and Cα-based substituents in electrochemical oxidation mechanisms and bond cleavage selectivity of β-O-4 lignin model compounds
January 2024
In order to better understand the specific substituent effects on the electrochemical oxidation process of β-O-4 bond, a series of methoxyphenyl type β-O-4 dimer model compounds with different localized...
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Linear paired electrolysis of furfural to furoic acid at both anode and cathode in a multiple redox mediated system
January 2024
Implementing a new energy-saving electrochemical synthesis system with high commercial value is a strategy of the sustainable development for upgrading the bulk chemicals preparation technology in the...
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Suppress oxygen evolution of lithium-rich manganese-based cathode materials via an integrated strategy
January 2024
Improving the reversibility of anionic redox and inhibiting irreversible oxygen evolution are the main challenges in the application of high reversible capacity Li-rich Mn-based cathode materials. A...
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1+1>2: Learning from the interfacial modulation on single-atom electrocatalysts to design dual-atom electrocatalysts for dinitrogen reduction
December 2023
Developing efficient electrocatalysts for converting dinitrogen to ammonia through electrocatalysis is of significance to the decentralized ammonia production. Here, through high-throughput density...
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Advances in the structure design of substrate materials for zinc anode of aqueous zinc ion batteries
December 2023
Aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) demonstrate tremendous competitiveness and application prospects because of their abundant resources, low cost, high safety, and environmental friendliness. Although...
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Self-supported metal (Fe, Co, Ni)-embedded nitrogen-doping carbon nanorod framework as trifunctional electrode for flexible Zn-air batteries and switchable water electrolysis
December 2023
To meet the practical demand of wearable/portable electronics, developing high-efficiency and durable multifunctional catalyst and in-situ assembling catalysts into electrodes with flexible features...
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Synthesis strategies of covalent organic frameworks: An overview from nonconventional heating methods and reaction media
December 2023
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs), as an emerging class of porous crystalline materials constructed by covalent links between the building monomers, have gained tremendous attention. Over the past...
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Review on lithium metal anodes towards high energy density batteries
December 2023
Lithium metal anode (LMA) is a promising candidate for achieving next-generation high-energy-density batteries due to its ultrahigh theoretical capacity and most negative electrochemical potential....
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One-step floating conversion of biomass into highly graphitized and continuous carbon nanotube yarns
December 2023
The rapid growth of the demand for carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has greatly promoted their large-scale synthesis and development. However, the continuous production of CNT fibers by floating catalyst chemical...
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Selective hydrogenation of glucose to sorbitol with tannic acid-based porous carbon sphere supported Ni–Ru bimetallic catalysts
December 2023
Ni–Ru bimetallic porous carbon sphere (Ni–Ru@PCS) catalysts were synthesized via formaldehyde-assisted, metal-coordinated crosslinking sol–gel chemistry, in which biomass-derived tannic acid and F127...
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Hierarchically porous Fe/N/S/C nanospheres with high-content of Fe-Nx for enhanced ORR and Zn-air battery performance
December 2023
Heteroatom-doped carbon-based transition-metal single-atom catalysts (SACs) are promising electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, with the aid of hierarchically porous silica as...
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Ethylene purification in a metal–organic framework over a wide temperature range via pore confinement
December 2023
The separation of C2H4 from C2H6/C2H4 mixture is of great importance but difficult and energy intensive. Adsorptive separation provides an alternative approach to ameliorate this situation. Here, we...
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Heterogeneously-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of furfural to furancarboxylic acid with CuO-Promoted MnO2
December 2023
A cost-effective and sustainable noble-metal free catalyst system based on ubiquitously available Mn–Cu bimetallic oxides was served as efficient catalysts for furfural selective oxidation to furancarboxylic...
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Inverse-opal structured TiO2 regulating electrodeposition behavior to enable stable lithium metal electrodes
December 2023
Lithium metal anode is almost the ultimate choice for high-energy density rechargeable batteries, but its uneven electrochemical dissolution-deposition characteristics lead to poor cycle stability and...
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