Achieving affordable and clean energy through conversion of waste plastic to liquid fuel

O Awogbemi, DV Von Kallon - Journal of the Energy Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
Millions of tons of waste plastic are generated worldwide every year. These waste plastics
are nonbiodegradable and are inappropriately disposed thereby constituting sanitary and …

Electrochemical conversion of biomass-derived aldehydes into fine chemicals and hydrogen: A review

J Theerthagiri, K Karuppasamy, J Park… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
The decrease in fossil fuel usage and the projected 28% increase in the global energy
demand by 2040 are calling for advanced methods to convert modern biomass into fine …

Regulating the thickness of the carbon coating layer in iron/carbon heterostructures to enhance the catalytic performance for oxygen evolution reaction

T Gao, S Yu, Y Chen, X Li, X Tang, S Wu, B He… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The exploration of high-performance electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction
(OER) is crucial and urgent for the fast development of green and renewable hydrogen …

Functional carbon-supported nanocatalysts for biomass conversion

Y Li, Y Wu, SA Delbari, A Kim, AS Namini, Q Van Le… - Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
The practical benefits of sustainable catalysts have incessantly increased their demand over
the past few decades. For chemical processes, extended carbon supported nanocatalysts …

Electrochemical reduction of gaseous nitric oxide into ammonia: a review

J Theerthagiri, K Karuppasamy, AH Mahadi… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Electrochemical reduction of gaseous nitric oxide gas is an appealing approach for
simultaneously recycling nitric oxide and producing value-added ammonia. Indeed …

Environmentally-friendly preparation of natural hollow carbon spheres derived from a biomass puffball for in situ upgrading of lignin-derived vanillin

C Chen, X Ji, Y Xiong, J Jiang - Green Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomass appears to be a potential candidate for the preparation of porous carbon materials
with wide applications for catalytic fields due to its low price, green sustainability and natural …

Cow leather-derived N/O codoped hard carbon as a high-performance anode material for sodium-ion batteries

X Chen, L Tong, J He, Z Yuan, Y Wang, X Li… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have gained increasing attention owing to the abundant and
cost-effective availability of sodium precursors. However, the quest for cost-effective and …

Biomass-derived carbon-based catalysts for lignocellulosic biomass and waste valorisation: a circular approach

M Belluati, S Tabasso, EC Gaudino, G Cravotto… - Green …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The growing demand for alternative clean energy sources and environmental crises are
causing great concern for humankind. Researchers have devoted effort to finding cheap …

Review on application of algae-based biochars in environmental remediation: Progress, challenge and perspectives

Y Wang, C Ma, D Kong, L Lian, Y Liu - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Algae-based biochar has great developmental potential in environmental remediation
because of its cheap and extensive sources of raw materials. This paper reviewed the new …

Fabrication of hierarchical flower-like NiMo bimetallic catalyst for valorization of biomass platforms

G Zhang, L Ma, Y Dong, Y Fang, X Kong - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The rational design of catalysts with 3D open structures is vitally important to enhance
catalytic performance through exposing the active sites. Herein, the hierarchical flower-like …