Browsing by Subject "Catalysts"
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A precious-metal-free Fe-intercalated carbon nitride porous-network with enhanced activity for the oxygen reduction reaction and methanol-tolerant oxygen reduction reaction
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2020 , Article)The economical cost of the catalyst material has remained a challenging task in traditional fuel cells (FCs) and in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). However, replacement of noble metals with precious metal-free materials ... -
Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Soybean Straw Biomass for Glycolaldehyde-Rich Bio-oil Production and Subsequent Extraction
( American Chemical Society , 2021 , Article)In this study, soybean straw (SS) as a promising source of glycolaldehyde-rich bio-oil production and extraction was investigated. Proximate and ultimate analysis of SS was performed to examine the feasibility and suitability ... -
The catalytic thermo-oxidative decomposition of glimepiride using the isoconversional method
( Springer , 2022 , Article)Applying the isoconversional method to data obtained from thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) can provide vital kinetic information. In this work, the thermal decomposition and oxidation of the antidiabetic drug glimepiride ... -
Combustion synthesis: A novel method of catalyst preparation
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2019 , Article)In this chapter, we summarize work accomplished primarily by the authors on the use of solution combustion synthesis (SCS) in catalysis. Research in combustion synthesis at University of Notre Dame started with the group ... -
Engineering of nickel based catalyst for direct urea fuel cell-energy from municipal liquid waste (Mlw)
( Nova Science Publishers, Inc. , 2019 , Book chapter)Alternatives to conventional fuels are required to meet the global energy demand, urea is a relatively non-toxic crystalline substance that is perhaps best known for its presence in municipal liquid waste (MLW) and ... -
Ethanol Decomposition and Dehydrogenation for Hydrogen Production: A Review of Heterogeneous Catalysts
( American Chemical Society , 2021 , Article Review)Biowaste derived ethanol is an important feedstock for carbon neutral hydrogen production. It is liquid at atmospheric conditions, has a high hydrogen to carbon ratio, and it can be generated from biomass, lignocellulosic ... -
Facile Microwave Synthesis of Hierarchical Porous Copper Oxide and Its Catalytic Activity and Kinetics for Carbon Monoxide Oxidation
( American Chemical Society , 2022 , Article)The synthesis of copper oxide (CuO)-based nanomaterials has received a tremendous deal of interest in recent years. Particularly, the design and development of novel CuO structures with improved physical and chemical ... -
Freestanding eggshell membrane-based electrodes for high-performance supercapacitors and oxygen evolution reaction
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2015 , Article)A type of freestanding, light-weight eggshell membrane-based electrode is demonstrated for supercapacitors and for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysis. As a widely available daily waste, eggshell membranes have unique ... -
Highly active, durable and pH-universal hybrid oxide nanocrystals for efficient oxygen evolution
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2017 , Article)The development of an active, durable, and low-cost catalyst remains hitherto a grand challenge in energy conversion technologies. Herein, hybrid Ptx-NiMnO3 nanocrystals (NCs) (x = 0.1, 0.5, and 1.0 mM) were synthesized ... -
Myriophyllum -like hierarchical TiN@Ni3N nanowire arrays for bifunctional water splitting catalysts
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Article)Inspired by Myriophyllum, a natural plant, we report an efficient electrochemical water splitting device based on hierarchical TiN@Ni3N nanowire arrays. The bifunctional TiN@Ni3N nanowire arrays serve as both hydrogen ... -
Pt-Ru nanoparticles functionalized mesoporous carbon nitride with tunable pore diameters for DMFC applications
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)Mesoporous carbon nitrides (MCN) with different pore diameters are prepared by a nano-hard-templating strategy using SBA-15 with tunable pore diameters as templates through a simple polymerization of carbon tetrachloride ... -
Rational design of porous binary Pt-based nanodendrites as efficient catalysts for direct glucose fuel cells over a wide pH range
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2017 , Article)The development of porous bi-metallic Pt-based nanocrystals (NCs) as efficient catalysts for the glucose oxidation reaction (GOR) over a wide pH range is still a grand challenge. Triggered by this challenge, we report the ... -
Role of catalyst type in the selective separation of olefinic and paraffinic hydrocarbons using xerogel-based adsorbents
( Elsevier , 2008 , Article)Resorcinol-Formaldehyde (RF)-based activated carbon xerogels are typically synthesized using a homogeneous, sodium-based, catalyst solution. In this work, the synthesis of RF-based carbon xerogels using other, non-typical, ... -
Unveiling one-pot scalable fabrication of reusable carboxylated heterogeneous carbon-based catalysts from eucalyptus plant with the assistance of dry ice for selective hydrolysis of eucalyptus biomass
( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article)Biomass is the most abundant source for organic carbon-based substances on the earth; however, its utilization as sources for heterogeneous catalysts for biorefineries is rarely reported. Herein, a simple approach was ...