Recent progress on plant extract-mediated biosynthesis of ZnO-based nanocatalysts for environmental remediation: Challenges and future outlooks

OA Zelekew, HH Haitosa, X Chen, YN Wu - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The plant extract mediated green synthesis of nanomaterials has attracts enormous interest
due to its cost-effectiveness, greener, and environmentally friendly. It is also considered as …

Recent developments in the adsorption of uranium ions from wastewater/seawater using carbon-based adsorbents

H Mittal, AM Alfantazi, SM Alhassan - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
The presence of uranium ions with extended half-life or heat emissions can lead to enduring
environmental damage. Moreover, they can potentially enter the food chain posing risks to …

Green Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nanoparticle Synthesis Using Mangrove Leaf Extract from Avicenna marina: Properties and Application for the Removal of Toxic Metal Ions (Cd2+ and …

BA Al-Mur - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
This work used a variety of experimental studies to explore the elimination of cadmium and
lead ions from aqueous solutions using a novel method for the biosynthesis of nanoparticles …

Advances in Metal Oxide‐based Nanocatalysts for Biodiesel Production: A Review

NC Joshi, P Gururani, P Bhatnagar… - ChemBioEng …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The demand for renewable fuels has risen as a result of increasing human population,
urbanization, industrialization, and transport systems. Biodiesel production using metal …

Hydroxyapatite-magnetite nanocomposites: synthesis and superior adsorption properties for lead ion removal, with insights into intraparticle diffusion, kinetic modeling …

AF Abdelmegeed, M Sayed, M Abbas… - Ceramics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Multifunctional superparamagnetic magnetite/hydroxyapatite (Fe 3 O 4/Ca 10 (PO 4) 6 (OH)
2 or MHAp) nano-composites were synthesized via a facile two-step co-precipitation method …

Cobalt/Iron Bimetallic Biochar Composites for Lead (II) Adsorption: Mechanism and Remediation Performance

J Zhao, Y Qin, Y Liu, Y Shi, Q Lin, M Cai, Z Jia, C Yu… - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
The performance of nano-zero-valent iron for heavy metal remediation can be enhanced via
incorporation into bimetallic carbon composites. However, few economical and green …

Plasma-engineered Mo2C catalysts for high-activity hydrogen evolution reaction

T Yang, Y Yan, J Li, H Wang, Y Chen, S Qin, T Jiang… - Vacuum, 2023 - Elsevier
As a typical hard alloy, Mo 2 C attracted most researchers' interests for excellent mechanical
stability, which reveals great potentials as robust electrocatalysts. However, the deviation of …

Amorphous co-modified catalyst based on interfacial coupling effect for efficient hydrogen production by water electrolysis

D Gao, S Ji, H Wang, X Wang, V Linkov… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of synthesis procedures of efficient amorphous heteroatom coupling
interfaces is important for the improvement of electrocatalyst performance. Herein, the Co/Ni …

[HTML][HTML] Hexavalent chromium removal using reduced graphene oxide-zinc oxide composite fabricated via simple pyrolysis method

RS Philip, N Aparna, M Mathew - Applied Surface Science Advances, 2024 - Elsevier
The contamination of water by heavy metals from various industrial effluents is a significant
factor contributing to the scarcity of clean water worldwide. To address this issue, there is a …

Progress and prospects of MXene-based hybrid composites for next-generation energy technology

S Chetana, MAAM Abdah, VN Thakur… - Journal of The …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
MXenes are an emerging class of two-dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides
with metallic conductivity and hydrophilic surfaces. The discovery of MXenes has opened …