Recent developments in processing techniques and morphologies of bulk macroporous ceramics for multifunctional applications

S Roy - Materials Today Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
Porous ceramics combine the advantages of both ceramics and porous materials. Due to
their excellent combination of properties, such as lightweight, high surface area, excellent …

Bioinspired self‐standing, self‐floating 3d solar evaporators breaking the trade‐off between salt cycle and heat localization for continuous seawater desalination

H Liu, B Chen, Y Chen, M Zhou, F Tian, Y Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Facing the global water shortage challenge, solar‐driven desalination is considered a
sustainable technology to obtain freshwater from seawater. However, the trade‐off between …

Enhancing sustainability in concrete construction: A comprehensive review of plastic waste as an aggregate material

HM Hamada, A Al-Attar, F Abed, S Beddu… - Sustainable Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the proliferation of the population and the evolution of lifestyles, the issue of plastic
waste has emerged as a significant environmental challenge due to its non-biodegradable …

Efficient recovery of highly viscous crude oil spill by superhydrophobic ocean biomass-based aerogel assisted with solar energy

Y Guan, D Qiao, L Dong, X Chen, Z Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The crude oil spills is one of the crucial ocean environmental disaster. The low fluidity of
high-viscosity crude oil poses significant challenges for its penetration into conventional …

MXene/Graphene modified cellulose aerogel for photo-electro-assisted all-weather cleanup of high-viscous crude oil from spill

B Bi, Y Guan, D Qiao, X Chen, M Bao, Z Wang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The frequent occurrence of oil spills has led to serious environmental pollution and
ecological issues. Given the high-viscosity of crude oil, it is essential to develop sorbents …

Ambilateral convergent directional freeze casting meta-structured foams with a negative Poisson's ratio for high-performance piezoresistive sensors

H Liu, Y Li, M Zhou, B Chen, Y Chen, W Zhai - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Flexible piezoresistive sensors show broad application value in wearable electronic skin,
health monitoring and motion detection. The practical range of conventional piezoresistive …

Corn stalk pith-based hydrophobic aerogel for efficient oil sorption

D Peng, J Zhao, X Liang, X Guo, H Li - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Bio-based aerogel has become an attractive sorbent for spilled oil and organic pollutants
because of its light weight, high porosity and strong sorption capacity. However, the current …

Magnetically responsive and durable super-hydrophobic melamine sponge material

H Dong, Y Zhan, A Sun, Y Chen, X Chen - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Developing the super-wetting sponge materials with high selectivity and multitasking
separation performance is essential for treatment of the complicated oily wastewater in …

Highly robust and hydrophobic aerogel beads with dandelion-like structure for water treatment

X Dong, Q Liu, Y Zhao, W Zhai - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays the human living environment faces grave challenges raised by a series of
environmental issues, including water pollution and the greenhouse effect. These crises call …

Facile, green and scalable preparation of low-cost PET-PVDF felts for oil absorption and oil/water separation

M Hao, T Zhang, X Hu, Z Chen, B Yang, X Wang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D felt materials with pore structures have the advantages of high absorption
performance and recyclability in oily wastewater treatment and chemical leakage. However …