Ultrasonic enhancement of persulfate oxidation system governs emerging pollutants decontamination
November 2024
Emerging contaminants (ECs) are widely present in aquatic environments, posing potential risks to both ecosystems and human health. The ultrasound-assisted persulfate oxidation process has attracted...
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Valorization of spent lithium-ion battery cathode materials for energy conversion reactions
Available online 8 November 2024
With large-scale commercial applications of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), lots of spent LIBs will be produced and cause huge waste of resources and greatly increased environmental problems. Thus, recycling...
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Interfacial regulation for zinc metal anode of aqueous zinc-ion battery
Available online 8 November 2024
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) have attracted significant attention due to their high energy density, low cost, high efficiency, and environmental friendliness. Nevertheless, the development of...
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Dual-bonded Polyethyleneimine Network with Electron-withdrawing Groups at α, β-sites for Ultra-stable and Low-energy CO2 Capture in Harsh Environments
Available online 5 November 2024
As an innovative approach to addressing climate change, significant efforts have been dedicated to the development of amine sorbents for CO2 capture. However, the high energy requirements and limited...
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Recent advances in phenazine-linked porous catalysts toward photo/electrocatalytic applications and mechanism
October 2024
In recent years, porous organic catalysts have been developed and become research hotspots in photo/electrocatalysis due to their inherent pores, high specific surface area, chemical and thermal stability,...
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All-fluorinated electrolyte for non-flammable batteries with ultra-high specific capacity at 4.7 V
October 2024
Li metal batteries (LMBs) with LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2 (NMC811) cathodes could release a specific energy of >500 Wh kg−1 by increasing the charge voltage. However, high-nickel cathodes working at high voltages...
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Metal–organic cage as fluorescent probe for LiPF6 in lithium batteries
October 2024
Lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6), the most commonly used lithium battery electrolyte salt, is vulnerable to heat and humidity. Quantitative and qualitative determination the variation of LiPF6 have...
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An active learning workflow for predicting hydrogen atom adsorption energies on binary oxides based on local electronic transfer features
October 2024
Machine learning combined with density functional theory (DFT) enables rapid exploration of catalyst descriptors space such as adsorption energy, facilitating rapid and effective catalyst screening....
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Atomically dispersed calcium as solid strong base catalyst with high activity and stability
October 2024
Solid strong base catalysts are highly attractive for diverse reactions owing to their advantages of neglectable corrosion, facile separation, and environmental friendliness. However, their widespread...
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Novel Cs–Mg–Al mixed oxide with improved mobility of oxygen species for passive NOx adsorption
October 2024
The development of passive NOx adsorbers with cost-benefit and high NOx storage capacity remains an on-going challenge to after-treatment technologies at lower temperatures associated with cold-start...
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Flexible, thermal processable, self-healing, and fully bio-based starch plastics by constructing dynamic imine network
October 2024
The serious environmental threat caused by petroleum-based plastics has spurred more researches in developing substitutes from renewable sources. Starch is desirable for fabricating bioplastic due to...
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Mixed plastics waste valorization to high-added value products via thermally induced phase separation and spin-casting
October 2024
Plastic waste is an underutilized resource that has the potential to be transformed into value-added materials. However, its chemical diversity leads to cost-intensive sorting techniques, limiting recycling...
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Recent advances and key perspectives of in-situ studies for oxygen evolution reaction in water electrolysis
October 2024
Electricity-driven water splitting to produce hydrogen is one of the most efficient ways to alleviate energy crisis and environmental pollution problems, in which the anodic oxygen evolution reaction...
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Solar fuel production through concentrating light irradiation
October 2024
The climate crisis necessitates the development of non-fossil energy sources. Harnessing solar energy for fuel production shows promise and offers the potential to utilize existing energy infrastructure....
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Heterointerface of Nickel-ferric Hydroxide / Cobalt-phosphide-boride Boosting Hydrazine-assisted Water Electrolysis
Available online 19 October 2024
Sustainable H2 production based on hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and hydrazine oxidation reaction (HzOR) has attracted wide attention due to minimal energy consumption compared to overall water...
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Recent Progress and Future Perspectives of Ionic Liquid-Based Carbon Dioxide Capture and Conversion
Available online 15 October 2024
Carbon dioxide accounts for about 80 percent of greenhouse emissions and the increasing CO2 emission has been identified as a critical environmental issue. On the other hand, CO2 is a potentially renewable...
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Eco-friendly and facile nanomanufacturing of amorphous Co-Ce-Fe trimetallic molybdates composites for accelerated anodic oxygen evolution in alkaline water electrolysis: Evaluation of active sites performance
Available online 15 October 2024
Currently, endeavors to scale up the production of amorphous catalysts are still impeded by intricate synthesis conditions. Here, we have prepared a series of metal-based molybdate via one-step coprecipitation...
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Coupling adsorption and in-situ Fenton-like oxidation by iron-containing low-grade attapulgite clay towards organic pollutant removal: From batch experiment to continuous operation
Available online 12 October 2024
Coupling adsorption and in-situ Fenton-like oxidation process was developed for Methylene blue (MB) using refined iron-containing low-grade attapulgite (ATP) clay, and the removal mechanism was investigated....
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CCUS: A Panacea or a Placebo in the Fight Against Climate Change?
Available online 11 October 2024
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) is a groundbreaking technology that captures and stores underground carbon dioxide produced by human activities, the only carbon removal path besides...
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Poly (lactic acid)/Poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) Films with Simultaneous High Oxygen Barrier and Fast Degradation Properties
Available online 5 October 2024
Although poly (lactic acid) (PLA) is a good environmentally-friendly bio-degradable polymer which is used to substitute traditional petrochemical-based polymer packaging films, the barrier properties...
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