Due to its low cost, diverse sources, and sustainable benefits, biomass-derived activated
carbon has gotten much attention recently. An overview of the activation methods and …

MXenes exhibit a special combination of high hydrophilicity and metallic conductivity
rendered by the existence of surface terminations (–O,–F, and–OH) and transition metal …

Cotton stalk (CS) was successively treated via one-step and two-step activation process to
synthesize activated carbons (ACs), which were utilized for electrode substances in the …

Developing an efficient approach of transforming biomass waste to functional carbon-based
electrode materials applied in supercapacitor offers an important and high value-added …

In circular economy, useful plastic materials are kept in circulation as opposed to being
landfilled, incinerated, or leaked into the natural environment. Pyrolysis is a chemical …

A series of nitrogen and boron co-doped porous carbon composites (BNCs) were obtained
using quick, easy and environmentally microwave-assisted hydrothermal treatment …

Practical utilisation of renewable energy from intermittent sustainable sources such as solar
and wind relies on safe, reliable, cost-effective, and high-capacity energy storage systems to …

Plastic waste consumption increases exponentially every year, mainly in the last three years
due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The rapid growth of plastic products has exceeded the …

Despite the important advances on B/N co-doped porous carbons (BNCs), integrating high
B/N-doping content and hierarchical porosity into carbon nanosheets remains a challenging …

The ultra-selective extraction of thorium ions (Th (IV)) from lanthanides is of significance to
both solve the radioactive pollution issue in rare earth (RE) production and sustainably …