Structured clay minerals-based nanomaterials for sustainable photo/thermal carbon dioxide conversion to cleaner fuels: a critical review

WK Fan, M Tahir - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
In efforts to achieve a sustainable development goal, the utilization of CO 2 to generate
renewable fuels is promising, as it is a sustainable technology that provides affordable and …

Production, characterization and performance of green geopolymer modified with industrial by-products

R Abbas, MA Abdelzaher, N Shehata, MA Tantawy - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Industrial by-products; have received a lot of attention as a possible precursor for cement
and/or concrete production for a more environmentally and economically sound use of raw …

Facile eggplant assisted mixed metal oxide nanostructures: A promising electrocatalyst for water oxidation in alkaline media

RA Qureshi, A Hanan, MI Abro, MS AlSalhi… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
In terms of efficiency and availability for electrochemical water splitting (EWS), producing
electrocatalytic material for hydrogen (H 2) fuel remains a difficulty. Furthermore, developing …

Green and low-cost synthesis of zeolites from kaolin: a promising technology or a delusion?

IM Zdretsov, AM Gerasimov - Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Aluminosilicate zeolites are indispensable in many branches of the chemical industry.
Conventionally, they are synthesised by the hydrothermal method from pure sources of SiO2 …

[HTML][HTML] Extraction and characterization of highly pure alumina (α, γ, and θ) polymorphs from waste beverage cans: A viable waste management approach

ML Rahman, MS Islam, MF Ahmed, B Biswas… - Arabian Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The recycling and recovery of important materials from inexpensive feedstock has now
become an intriguing area and vital from commercial and environmental viewpoints. In the …

Phosphoric acid based geopolymerization: Effect of the mechanochemical and the thermal activation of the kaolin

R Derouiche, S Baklouti - Ceramics International, 2021 - Elsevier
The purpose of this work was to study the effect of the mechanical activation of kaolin on the
mechanical properties, the microstructure and the structure of the phosphate-based …

Pressure leaching of aluminum from kaolin by HCl: Experimental and DFT study

M Al-Harahsheh, NA Olaem, O Tahat, M Altarawneh - Hydrometallurgy, 2023 - Elsevier
Kaolin is an important industrial mineral which has many industrial applications. It is also
considered as an important source of aluminum; however, great technical challenges are …

Kinetic analysis of dehydroxylation of Ethiopian kaolinite during calcination

AE Kassa, NT Shibeshi, BZ Tizazu - Journal of Thermal Analysis and …, 2022 - Springer
The calcination process is the dehydroxylation reaction of the kaolinite mineral into the
formation of amorphous metakaolinite phase. The dehydroxylation reaction of kaolinite is …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization and kinetics of alumina leaching from calcined Akpugo kaolinite for potential aluminum recovery

IA Nnanwube, OD Onukwuli - South African Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The kinetics study on alumina leaching from calcined Akpugo kaolinite was considered in
this study. The shrinking core model and other relevant kinetic models were used for kinetic …

Characterization and optimization of calcination process parameters for extraction of aluminum from Ethiopian kaolinite

AE Kassa, NT Shibeshi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The present study aimed to optimize the calcination process parameters (viz., temperature,
time, and particles size) for the extraction of aluminum from Ethiopian kaolinite. The kaolinite …