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The recent advances in the mechanical properties of self-standing two-dimensional MXene-based nanostructures: Deep insights into the supercapacitor
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MDPI AG
, 2020 , Article)
MXenes have emerged as promising materials for various mechanical applications due to their outstanding physicochemical merits, multilayered structures, excellent strength, flexibility, and electrical conductivity. Despite ...
Unveiling fabrication and environmental remediation of mxene-based nanoarchitectures in toxic metals removal from wastewater: Strategy and mechanism
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MDPI AG
, 2020 , Article)
Efficient approaches for toxic metal removal from wastewater have had transformative impacts to mitigating freshwater scarcity. Adsorption is among the most promising purification techniques due to its simplicity, low cost, ...
Catalytic methane decomposition to carbon nanostructures and cox-free hydrogen: A mini-review
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MDPI AG
, 2021 , Article Review)
Catalytic methane decomposition (CMD) is a highly promising approach for the rational production of relatively COx-free hydrogen and carbon nanostructures, which are both important in multidisciplinary catalytic applications, ...
Porous multi-metallic Pt-based nanostructures as efficient electrocatalysts for ethanol oxidation: A mini-review
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2022 , Article Review)
Porous multi-metallic Pt-based nanostructures (PM-Pt-Ns) electrocatalysts possess various unique structural and compositional merits that facilitate their utilization in ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR), which is one of ...
Porous high-entropy alloys as efficient electrocatalysts for water-splitting reactions
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2022 , Article)
Porous high-entropy alloys (HEAs) have emerged as promising electrocatalysts for water-splitting reactions, owing to their rich dissimilar active sites, elemental diversity, and multiple functionalities. The rational design ...
Efforts at Enhancing Bifunctional Electrocatalysis and Related Events for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries
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John Wiley and Sons Inc
, 2021 , Other)
Invited for this month's cover picture is the group of Prof. Dr. Kenneth I. Ozoemena at the University of the Witwatersrand and collaborators from Qatar University and Peking University. The Front Cover illustrates the ...
Tailoring the defects of sub-100 nm multipodal titanium nitride/oxynitride nanotubes for efficient water splitting performance
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Royal Society of Chemistry
, 2021 , Article)
Deciphering the photocatalytic-defect relationship of photoanodes can pave the way towards the rational design for high-performance solar energy conversion. Herein, we rationally designed uniform and aligned ultrathin ...
Data on the fabrication of hybrid calix [4]arene-modified natural bentonite clay for efficient selective removal of toxic metals from wastewater at room temperature
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2021 , Other)
Fresh water resources on the earth are less than 0.2%; meanwhile, around 80% of the freshwater is consumed daily in agriculture, industries, and household activities [1–2]. There is an essential need to develop efficient ...
Data on the synthesis and characterizations of carboxylated carbon-based catalyst from eucalyptus as efficient and reusable catalysts for hydrolysis of eucalyptus
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2020 , Other)
The presented article reports the preparation and characterization of heterogeneous carbon catalyst enriched with carboxylic group denoted as (ECS) from Eucalyptus as an efficient catalyst for the hydrolysis of woody ...
Rational synthesis, characterization, and application of environmentally friendly (polymer–carbon dot) hybrid composite film for fast and efficient UV-assisted Cd2+ removal from water
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Springer
, 2020 , Article)
Background: Carbon dots (CDs) are of particular interest in numerous applications. However, their efficiency for heavy metal removal from wastewater was not yet reported. Herein, we rationally synthesized CDs from petroleum ...