Ionic liquid derived electrocatalysts for electrochemical water splitting
April 2024
Hydrogen production from electrochemical water splitting is a promising strategy to generate green energy, which requires the development of efficient and stable electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution...
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Alcohol solvent effect on the self-assembly behaviors of lignin oligomers
April 2024
The interactions between lignin oligomers and solvents determine the behaviors of lignin oligomers self-assembling into uniform lignin nanoparticles (LNPs). Herein, several alcohol solvents, which readily...
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Recent advances and future prospects on Ni3S2-Based electrocatalysts for efficient alkaline water electrolysis
April 2024
Green hydrogen (H2) produced by renewable energy powered alkaline water electrolysis is a promising alternative to fossil fuels due to its high energy density with zero-carbon emissions. However, efficient...
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Crystallinity-defect matching relationship of g-C3N4: Experimental and theoretical perspectives
April 2024
Good crystallinity can reduce the charge recombination centers caused by defects, whilst structures with strong polycondensation have high charge mobility, leading to more charge transfer to the material...
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Dual-Selective Silver Recovery Strategy by Simultaneous Adsorption-Reduction Boosted by In-situ Magnetic Field
Available online 22 April 2024
The mainstream silver recovery has problems such as resource waste, weak silver selectivity, and complicated operation. Here, self-propelled magnetic enhanced capture hydrogel (magnetic NbFeB/MXene/GO,...
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g-C3N4 nanosheets coupled with CoSe2 as co-catalyst for efficient photooxidation of xylose to xylonic acid
Available online 20 April 2024
Photocatalysis has emerged as an effective approach to sustainably convert biomass into value-added products. CoSe2 is a promising non-precious, efficient cocatalyst for photooxidation, which can facilitate...
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Self-sustaining Alkaline Seawater Electrolysis via Forward Osmosis Membranes
Available online 17 April 2024
Seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production faces inherent challenges, including side reactions, corrosion, and scaling, stemming from the intricate composition of seawater. In response, researchers...
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Triazine-COF@Silicon nanowire mimicking plant leaf to enhance photoelectrocatalytic CO2 reduction to C2+ chemicals
Available online 16 April 2024
Converting CO2 and water into valuable chemicals like plant do is considered a promising approach to address both environmental and energy issues. Taking inspiration from the structures of natural leaves,...
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Insights into novel indium catalyst to kW scale low cost, high cycle stability of iron-chromium redox flow battery
Available online 15 April 2024
Iron-chromium flow batteries (ICRFBs) have emerged as an ideal large-scale energy storage device with broad application prospects in recent years. Enhancement of the Cr3+/Cr2+ redox reaction activity...
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Preparation and performance of highly-conductive dual-doped Li7La3Zr2O12 solid electrolytes for thermal batteries
Available online 11 April 2024
Garnet Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) electrolytes have been recognized as a promising candidate to replace liquid/molten-state electrolytes in battery applications due to their exceptional performance, particularly...
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Energy transfer enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution in organic heterostructure nanoparticles via flash nanoprecipitation processing
Available online 10 April 2024
Organic nanophotocatalysts are promising candidates for solar fuels production, but they still face the challenge of unfavorable geminate recombination due to the limited exciton diffusion lengths....
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Construction of an artificial zinc alloy layer toward stable zinc-metal anode
Available online 4 April 2024
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) present a promising option for next-generation batteries given their high safety, eco-friendliness, and resource sustainability. Nonetheless, the practical application...
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Accelerating the practical application of MOFs for hydrogen storage—from performance-driven to application-oriented
Available online 2 April 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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Facile preparation and efficient MnxCoy porous nanosheets for the sustainable catalytic process of soot
March 2024
The pursuit of high-performance is worth considerable effort in catalysis for energy efficiency and environmental sustainability. To develop redox catalysts with superior performance for soot combustion,...
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New insights into the pre-lithiation kinetics of single-crystalline Ni-rich cathodes for long-life Li-ion batteries
March 2024
Developing single-crystalline Ni-rich cathodes is an effective strategy to improve the safety and cycle life of Li-ion batteries (LIBs). However, the easy-to-loss of Li and O in high-temperature lithiation...
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Critical approaches in the catalytic transformation of sugar isomerization and epimerization after Fischer－History, challenges, and prospects
March 2024
The transformation of aldose to ketose or common sugars into rare saccharides, including rare ketoses and aldoses, is of great value and interest to the food industry and for saccharidic biomass utilization,...
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Few-layered hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets stabilized Pt NPs for oxidation promoted adsorptive desulfurization of fuel oil
March 2024
A few-layered hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets stabilized platinum nanoparticles (Pt/h-BNNS) is engineered for oxidation-promoted adsorptive desulfurization (OPADS) of fuel oil. It was found that...
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Direct capture and separation of CO2 from air
March 2024
Direct air capture (DAC) has attracted increasing interest and investment over the past few years. There are a fast-growing number of companies that entered the field and demonstrated DAC carbon removal...
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Synthesizing active and durable cubic ceria catalysts (<6 nm) for fast dehydrogenation of bio-polyols to carboxylic acids coproducing green H2
March 2024
Dehydrogenation is considered as one of the most important industrial applications for renewable energy. Cubic ceria-based catalysts are known to display promising dehydrogenation performances in this...
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Grapevine-like high entropy oxide composites boost high-performance lithium sulfur batteries as bifunctional interlayers
March 2024
Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) with high energy densities have been demonstrated the potential for energy-intensive demand applications. However, their commercial applicability is hampered by hysteretic...
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Oxidation of emerging organic contaminants by in-situ H2O2 fenton system
March 2024
The existence and risk of emerging organic contaminants (EOCs) have been under consideration and paid much effort to degrade these pollutants. Fenton system is one of the most widely used technologies...
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