Turning waste into wealth: sustainable production of high-value-added chemicals from catalytic coupling of carbon dioxide and nitrogenous small molecules

S Liu, M Wang, Q Cheng, Y He, J Ni, J Liu, C Yan… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Carbon neutrality is one of the central topics of not only the scientific community but also the
majority of human society. The development of highly efficient carbon dioxide (CO2) capture …

Advances in state-of-art valorization technologies for captured CO2 toward sustainable carbon cycle

SY Pan, PC Chiang, W Pan, H Kim - Critical reviews in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Valorization of captured CO2 is an important but challenging topic since CO2 is a stable and
relatively inert compound. Nonetheless, CO2 valorization technologies should be sought …

Solar urea: towards a sustainable fertilizer industry

M Xia, C Mao, A Gu, AA Tountas, C Qiu… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Urea, an agricultural fertilizer, nourishes humanity. The century‐old Bosch–Meiser process
provides the world's urea. It is multi‐step, consumes enormous amounts of non‐renewable …

Emerging remediation potentiality of struvite developed from municipal wastewater for the treatment of acid mine drainage

V Masindi, E Fosso-Kankeu, E Mamakoa… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The valorisation of wastewaters for minerals recovery and their potential beneficiation has
gained enormous attention recently. In this study the removal of phosphate and ammonia …

Hydrothermal synthesis, morphology, magnetic properties and self-assembly of hierarchical α-Fe2O3 (hematite) mushroom-, cube-and sphere-like superstructures

D Trpkov, M Panjan, L Kopanja, M Tadić - Applied Surface Science, 2018 - Elsevier
We report on glycine-free and glycine-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of microsized
superstructures composed of self-assembled hematite nanoparticles. An X-ray powder …

[HTML][HTML] Green pathways for urea synthesis: A review from Australia's perspective

D Milani, A Kiani, N Haque, S Giddey… - Sustainable Chemistry for …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper discusses the status of the global fertilizer industry with a primary focus on
Australian market. The conventional energy-and carbon-intensive ammonia production …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in Electrocatalytic Urea Synthesis: From Fundamentals to Applications

Z Mo, J Mu, B Liu - Advanced Powder Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The electrocatalytic synthesis of urea (ESU) is a green and sustainable alternative to
conventional production methods, and the related research is still in its infancy. Up to now …

A review on sensing and catalytic activity of nano-catalyst for synthesis of one-step ammonia and urea: Challenges and perspectives

S Qureshi, M Mumtaz, FK Chong, A Mukhtar, S Saqib… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the most significant chemical operations in the past century was the Haber-Bosch
catalytic synthesis of ammonia, a fertilizer vital to human life. Many catalysts are developed …

Sustainability of one-dimensional nanostructures: fabrication and industrial applications

J Jeevanandam, A Sundaramurthy, V Sharma… - Sustainable nanoscale …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ever since the inception of the industrial revolution, artificial acceleration of swift economic
development has contributed to the continuous and ever-increasing demand for energy …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of electromagnetic energy on net spin orientation of nanocatalyst for enhanced green urea synthesis

B Alqasem, S Sikiru, EM Ali, KA Elraies, N Yahya… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Catalytic activity of nanomaterials under applied electromagnetic field is a green method
which is based on change in spin orientation of nanocatalyst. However, interaction of …