Mesoporous materials for clean energy technologies

N Linares, AM Silvestre-Albero, E Serrano… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Alternative energy technologies are greatly hindered by significant limitations in materials
science. From low activity to poor stability, and from mineral scarcity to high cost, the current …

Valorization of biomass to hydroxymethylfurfural, levulinic acid, and fatty acid methyl ester by heterogeneous catalysts

SS Chen, T Maneerung, DCW Tsang, YS Ok… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biomass conversion to value-added chemicals and fuels over heterogeneous catalysts is
one of the top issues in green chemistry. This review focuses on recent advances in the …

Large-Scale Synthesis of SnO2 Nanosheets with High Lithium Storage Capacity

C Wang, Y Zhou, M Ge, X Xu, Z Zhang… - Journal of the American …, 2010 - ACS Publications
In this communication, we successfully synthesized a new SnO2 nanoarchitecture:
extremely thin sheets, with minimum thicknesses of 1.5− 3.0 nm. The products were …

Soft templating strategies for the synthesis of mesoporous materials: Inorganic, organic–inorganic hybrid and purely organic solids

N Pal, A Bhaumik - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2013 - Elsevier
With the discovery of MCM-41 by Mobil researchers in 1992 the journey of the research on
mesoporous materials started and in the 21st century this area of scientific investigation …

Ultrathin SnO2 Nanosheets: Oriented Attachment Mechanism, Nonstoichiometric Defects, and Enhanced Lithium-Ion Battery Performances

C Wang, G Du, K Ståhl, H Huang… - The Journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We successfully synthesized large-scale and highly pure ultrathin SnO2 nanosheets (NSs),
with a minimum thickness in the regime of ca. 2.1 nm as determined by HRTEM and in good …

Oxide nanomaterials: synthetic developments, mechanistic studies, and technological innovations

GR Patzke, Y Zhou, R Kontic… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Oxide nanomaterials are indispensable for nanotechnological innovations, because they
combine an infinite variety of structural motifs and properties with manifold morphological …

Utility of silver nanoparticles embedded covalent organic frameworks as recyclable catalysts for the sustainable synthesis of cyclic carbamates and 2-oxazolidinones …

S Ghosh, TS Khan, A Ghosh… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The present work introduces the favorable synthesis of porous functionalized nanomaterials
with excellent surface area, porosity, and high CO2 capture ability to facilitate cyclizative …

IrO2 and Pt Doped Mesoporous SnO2 Nanospheres as Efficient Electrocatalysts for the Facile OER and HER

P Bhanja, B Mohanty, AK Patra, S Ghosh… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalytic hydrogen and oxygen evolutions via water splitting are very demanding in
the context of renewable energy and sustainable environment. We first report the synthesis …

Nanoscale SnO2 Hollow Spheres and Their Application as a Gas-Sensing Material

F Gyger, M Hübner, C Feldmann, N Barsan… - Chemistry of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The use of nanoscale SnO2 hollow spheres as a redox-active sensor is investigated. The
underlying hollow spheres are prepared via a microemulsion approach and exhibit an outer …

Ag NPs decorated on a COF in the presence of DBU as an efficient catalytic system for the synthesis of tetramic acids via CO 2 fixation into propargylic amines at …

S Ghosh, RA Molla, U Kayal, A Bhaumik… - Dalton Transactions, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
CO2 fixation reactions by inserting it in reactive organic compounds are very challenging for
the utilization of this abundant and harmful gas present in air and thus to mitigate this …