Graphene-based catalysts for biodiesel production: Characteristics and performance

EK Nazloo, NR Moheimani, H Ennaceri - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is a promising alternative to reduce the dependency on fossil fuels. However,
biodiesel's cost is still higher than its petroleum counterpart, hence its production process …

Functionalized organic–inorganic hybrid porous coordination polymer-based catalysts for biodiesel production via trans/esterification

H Zhang, L Chen, Y Li, Y Hu, H Li, CC Xu, S Yang - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Considering the increasing heavy energy demands and severe environmental issues,
researchers have been searching for an alternative renewable source of energy, aiming to …

Cobalt-doped CaO catalyst synthesized and applied for algal biodiesel production

V Das, AM Tripathi, MJ Borah, NT Dunford, D Deka - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Microalgal biomass is a potential feedstock for biofuel production because of its oleaginous
nature and fast growth rate. Furthermore, its cultivation does not compete with crop …

Epoxy homopolymerization as a tool to tune the thermo-mechanical properties and fracture toughness of vitrimers

K Tangthana-Umrung, QA Poutrel, M Gresil - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Epoxy/dicarboxylic acid vitrimer was prepared by the solvent-free reaction of diglycidyl ether
of bisphenol A (DGEBA) and 1, 4-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid (CHDA) with the addition of …

Renewable Non‐Isocyanate Based Thermoplastic Polyurethanes via Polycondensation of Dimethyl Carbamate Monomers with Diols

M Unverferth, O Kreye, A Prohammer… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
1, 5, 7‐Triazabicyclo [4.4. 0] dec‐5‐ene (TBD)‐catalyzed polycondensation reactions of fatty
acid derived dimethyl dicarbamates and diols are introduced as a versatile, non‐isocyanate …

Crown ether decorated silicon photonics for safeguarding against lead poisoning

L Ranno, YZ Tan, CS Ong, X Guo, KN Koo, X Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Lead (Pb2+) toxification is a concerning, unaddressed global public health crisis
that leads to 1 million deaths annually. Yet, public policies to address this issue have fallen …

2D graphene derivatives as heterogeneous catalysts to produce biofuels via esterification and trans-esterification reactions

AS Roy, AC Poulose, A Bakandritsos, RS Varma… - Applied Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
The shortage of fossil fuels and burgeoning global warming has increased the demand for
clean energy making biodiesel a promising alternative to conventional fuels. Heterogeneous …

Kinetics models of transesterification reaction for biodiesel production: A theoretical analysis

R Ezzati, S Ranjbar, A Soltanabadi - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The kinetics of the transesterification reaction has been explored theoretically. A general
rate equation (GRE) was obtained for kinetics modeling of transesterification at the entire …

Metal modified graphene oxide composite catalyst for the production of biodiesel via pre-esterification of Calophyllum inophyllum oil

TMM Marso, CS Kalpage, MY Udugala-Ganehenege - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
Biodiesel production from high free fatty acid (FFA) containing feedstock through direct base
catalyzed transesterification is not desirable due to the yield reduction caused by …

SnF2-catalyzed glycerol ketalization: A friendly environmentally process to synthesize solketal at room temperature over on solid and reusable Lewis acid

MJ da Silva, F de Ávila Rodrigues, AA Júlio - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Solid SnF 2 was able to catalyze the glycerol ketalization with propanone giving solketal (ie
2, 2-dimethyl-1, 3-dioxolane-4-methanol) in reactions with high conversions and …