Chemical recycling of plastic waste via thermocatalytic routes

J Lee, EE Kwon, SS Lam, WH Chen, J Rinklebe… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of plastics is closely associated with modern life. However, plastics are very slowly
degraded in nature, and current recycling of used plastic materials is inefficient, which raises …

[HTML][HTML] Plastic wastes derived carbon materials for green energy and sustainable environmental applications

Z Chen, W Wei, BJ Ni, H Chen - Environmental Functional Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastic waste has become a serious environmental issue and has attracted increasing
attention. Various treatment technologies have been developed for the remediation of this …

Supercapacitors production from waste: A new window for sustainable energy and waste management

SA Bhat, V Kumar, S Kumar, AE Atabani, IA Badruddin… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
This article deals with the general concepts of new developments in production of high-
value activated porous carbon from various types of wastes for use in supercapacitors …

[HTML][HTML] One-step green synthesis of biomass-derived graphene quantum dots as a highly selective optical sensing probe

A Abbas, S Rubab, A Rehman, S Irfan… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have gained a significant amount of research interest due
to their good biocompatibility, low toxicity, incredible fluorescence, and intriguing …

Microbial electrosynthesis: carbonaceous electrode materials for CO 2 conversion

GS Lekshmi, K Bazaka, S Ramakrishna… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) is a sustainable approach to address greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions using anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) as a building block to create …

Sustainable energy and waste management: how to transform plastic waste into carbon nanostructures for electrochemical supercapacitors

EP da Silva, VH Fragal, EH Fragal, T Sequinel… - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic waste consumption increases exponentially every year, mainly in the last three years
due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The rapid growth of plastic products has exceeded the …

Conversion of plastic waste to carbon-based compounds and application in energy storage devices

L Yaqoob, T Noor, N Iqbal - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
At present, plastic waste accumulation has been observed as one of the most alarming
environmental challenges, affecting all forms of life, economy, and natural ecosystems …

Application of graphene nanoplatelets in supercapacitor devices: a review of recent developments

EA Worsley, S Margadonna, P Bertoncello - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
As worldwide energy consumption continues to increase, so too does the demand for
improved energy storage technologies. Supercapacitors are energy storage devices that are …

Synergistic effect between the graphene electrodes and the BiFeO3-BaTiO3 composite to overcome the limit of capacitance in eco-friendly supercapacitors made with …

L Ojeda, J Oliva, A Reyes-Montero, AI Oliva… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
To reduce the contamination of the water/soil by wasted polyethylene (generated by daily
products), we propose here the fabrication of efficient and flexible supercapacitors (SCs) …

Role of precursor microstructure in the development of graphene quantum dots from biomass

A Abbas, S Abbas, TA Tabish, SJ Bull, AN Phan… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Renewable, green and cheap biomass could meet the urgent need of cost-effective
graphene quantum dots (GQDs) if microstructure and quality can be precisely controlled …