Factors Affecting the Performance of Membranes for H2/CH4 Separation from the Perspective of Separation Mechanisms
Available online 8 April 2025
The production of high-purity H2 is the building block of hydrogen economy, which can greatly promote the construction of related technologies and infrastructure. Efficient H2/CH4 separation is a necessary...
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Multicomponent high-entropy assisted high-rate and air-stable layered cathode for sodium ion batteries
Available online 5 April 2025
Sodium-based O3-type layered oxide materials are attractive for Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) due to their simple synthesis, affordability, and high capacity. However, challenges remain, including limited...
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Recent advances in cellulose-based separators for zinc-based batteries: performances, mechanism and perspectives
Available online 3 April 2025
Zinc-based batteries have attracted widespread attention due to their inherent safety, notable cost-effectiveness and consistent performance, etc. However, the advancement of zinc-based battery technology...
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Techno-Economic Assessment of Plasma-driven Air Oxidation Coupled with Electroreduction Synthesis of Ammonia
Available online 3 April 2025
Recently, the plasma-driven air oxidation coupled with electrocatalytic NOx reduction reaction (pAO-eNOxRR) technology for sustained NH3 synthesis displays the promise in tackling the high energy-consumption...
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Facilitated transport membranes in post-combustion carbon capture: Recent advancements in polymer materials and challenges towards practical application
March 2025
Facilitated transport membranes for post-combustion carbon capture are one of the technologies to achieve efficient and large-scale capture. The central principle is to utilize the affinity of CO2 for...
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Stabilization of active ultrathin amorphous ruthenium oxide via constructing electronically interacted heterostructure for acidic water oxidation
March 2025
Amorphous RuOx (a-RuOx) with disordered atomic arrangement and abundant coordinatively unsaturated Ru sites possesses high intrinsic electrocatalytic activity for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). However,...
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Interfacial modulation of nano Li7La3Zr2O12 composite electrolytes prepared by solvent-free method
March 2025
Solid-state batteries (SSBs) with high safety are promising for the energy fields, but the development has long been limited by machinability and interfacial problems. Hence, self-supporting, flexible...
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Designing carboxymethyl cellulose based hydrogel electrolyte membranes enhanced by inorganic nanoparticle toward stable zinc anode
March 2025
Aqueous zinc metal batteries have garnered substantial attention ascribing to affordability, intrinsic safety, and environmental benignity. Nevertheless, zinc metal batteries yet are challenged with...
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Transformation of discarded biomass into value-added flexible electronic materials
March 2025
The development of electronic products and increased electronic waste have triggered a series of ecological problems on Earth. Meanwhile, amidst energy crises and the pursuit of carbon neutrality, the...
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Microfluidic reactors for paired electrosynthesis: Fundamentals, applications and future prospects
March 2025
Paired electrosynthesis has received considerable attention as a consequence of simultaneously synthesizing target products at both cathode and anode, whereas the related synthetic efficiency in batch...
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TiO2–Cu7S4 modified with a carbazole-based conjugated porous polymer for adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A
March 2025
Adsorption-photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in water is an advantageous method for environmental purification. Herein, a feasible strategy is developed to construct a novel dual S-scheme...
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Mechanism of Brønsted-acid-promoted self-photosensitized [2+2] cycloaddition for synthesis of high-performance bio-spiral fuel
March 2025
Photoinduced [2 + 2] cycloaddition of biomass-derived cycloolefin is a promising approach to synthesize high-energy bio-fuels, however, the conversion efficiency and selectivity are still low. Herein,...
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Selective hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural triggered bya high Lewis acidic Ni-based transition metal carbide catalyst
March 2025
The high-efficiency conversion of biomass resources to biofuels has attracted widespread attention, and the active sites and synergistic effect of catalysts significantly impact their surface arrangement...
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Improving electrochemical performance of silicon anode through building “soft-hard” double-layer coating
March 2025
Silicon is believed to be a critical anode material for approaching the roadmap of lithium-ion batteries due to its high specific capacity. But this aim has been hindered by the quick capacity fading...
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Constructing ether-rich and carboxylate hydrogen bonding sites in protic ionic liquids for efficient and simultaneous membrane separation of H2S and CO2 from CH4
March 2025
Removing H2S and CO2 is of great significance for natural gas purification. With excellent gas affinity and tunable structure, ionic liquids (ILs) have been regarded as nontrivial candidates for fabricating...
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Research progress on lithium isotopes separation by chemical exchange with crown ethers decorated materials
March 2025
The separation of lithium isotopes (6Li and 7Li) is of great importance for the nuclear industry. The lithium amalgam method is the only lithium isotopes separation process in industry, and the extensive...
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Self-sustaining alkaline seawater electrolysis via forward osmosis membranes
March 2025
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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Activation of persulfate using a biochar polyacrylic acid composite loaded with nanoscale zero-valent iron for the in situ remediation of anthracene-contaminated soil
Available online 17 March 2025
Synthesizing highly efficient, low toxicity catalysts for the remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contaminated soils is crucial. Nanoscale zero-valent iron (n-ZVI) is widely used...
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Constructing multiple sites porous organic polymers for highly efficient and reversible adsorption of triiodide ion from water
Available online 15 March 2025
The utilization of nuclear power will persist as a prominent energy source in the foreseeable future. However, it presents substantial challenges concerning waste disposal and the potential emission...
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Limiting cationic mixing and lattice oxygen loss of single-crystalline Ni-rich Co-poor cathodes for high-voltage Li-ion batteries
Available online 14 March 2025
Developing cost-effective single-crystalline Ni-rich Co-poor cathodes operating at high-voltage is one of the most important ways to achieve higher energy Li-ion batteries. However, the Li/O loss and...
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Recent progress in hydrophobic pervaporation membranes for phenol recovery
Available online 14 March 2025
Phenol is extensively utilized in various industries involving paints, rubber, textiles, explosives, plastics, etc. Compared to the conventional distillation or extraction technologies, pervaporation...
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