A review on carbon materials production from plastic wastes

L Dai, O Karakas, Y Cheng, K Cobb, P Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Approximately 36 million tons of waste plastics are generated in the United States each
year, most of which are discharged into the environment and end in landfills. This is …

Understanding synthesis–structure–performance correlations of nanoarchitectured activated carbons for electrochemical applications and carbon capture

S Zhang, M Zheng, Y Tang, R Zang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Activated carbons are one of the most important classes of high‐surface‐area porous
materials. Owing to their unique structure, low price, and large‐scale production technology …

Challenges and opportunities in sustainable management of microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment

B Sarkar, PD Dissanayake, NS Bolan, JY Dar… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The accumulation of microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) in terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems has raised concerns because of their adverse effects on ecosystem functions …

A review on covalent organic frameworks as adsorbents for organic pollutants

AA Aslam, A Irshad, MS Nazir, M Atif - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have attained substantial attention as promising
candidate for pollutant adsorption due to extraordinary behavior in tunable porosity, large …

Graphene in photocatalysis: a review

X Li, J Yu, S Wageh, AA Al‐Ghamdi, J Xie - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, heterogeneous photocatalysis has received much research interest because
of its powerful potential applications in tackling many important energy and environmental …

Research progress for plastic waste management and manufacture of value-added products

D Pan, F Su, C Liu, Z Guo - Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 2020 - Springer
Nowadays, plastic products are closely related to human life. While it brings convenience to
human beings, there are also great health and environmental threats. Most of the plastic …

[HTML][HTML] Carbonaceous materials as adsorbents for CO2 capture: synthesis and modification

X Gao, S Yang, L Hu, S Cai, L Wu, S Kawi - Carbon Capture Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Greenhouse effects and global warming mainly result from the CO 2 generation by rapid
industrialization and economic development. Exploitation of highly efficient and robust …

Rational design of high‐performance bilayer solar evaporator by using waste polyester‐derived porous carbon‐coated wood

N Liu, L Hao, B Zhang, R Niu, J Gong… - Energy & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wood‐based bilayer solar evaporators, which possess cooperative advantages of natural
wood and photothermal conversion coating including fast water transportation, low heat …

Thermochemical conversion of plastic waste into fuels, chemicals, and value‐added materials: a critical review and outlooks

RX Yang, K Jan, CT Chen, WT Chen… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plastic waste is an emerging environmental issue for our society. Critical action to tackle this
problem is to upcycle plastic waste as valuable feedstock. Thermochemical conversion of …

[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 …