Silk fibroin as sustainable advanced material: material properties and characteristics, processing, and applications

A Reizabal, CM Costa, L Pérez‐Álvarez… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biobased resources are proposed as next‐generation materials for advanced application.
Among them, silk fibroin, a protein‐based material generally obtained from Bombyx mori …

Controls and adaptive management of nitrification in agricultural soils

J Norton, Y Ouyang - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Agriculture is responsible for over half of the input of reactive nitrogen (N) to terrestrial
systems; however improving N availability remains the primary management technique to …

Urea‐based fuel cells and electrocatalysts for urea oxidation

W Xu, Z Wu, S Tao - Energy Technology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Urea is a new member of hydrogen‐storage materials for low‐temperature fuel cells. It
avoids issues of toxicity and safety compared to NH3 and hydrazine. The main limitation of …

Nickel-cobalt bimetallic anode catalysts for direct urea fuel cell

W Xu, H Zhang, G Li, Z Wu - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Nickel is an ideal non-noble metal anode catalyst for direct urea fuel cell (DUFC) due to its
high activity. However, there exists a large overpotential toward urea electrooxidation …

N2O emission from cropland field soil through fungal denitrification after surface applications of organic fertilizer

W Wei, K Isobe, Y Shiratori, T Nishizawa, N Ohte… - Soil Biology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Agricultural fields are one of the largest anthropogenic sources of atmospheric nitrous oxide
(N 2 O). Fungi have been suggested to contribute substantially to N 2 O emission in …

Influence of nitrogen fertilization on soil ammonia oxidizer and denitrifier abundance, microbial biomass, and enzyme activities in an alpine meadow

XF Tian, HW Hu, Q Ding, MH Song, XL Xu… - Biology and fertility of …, 2014 - Springer
Terrestrial ecosystems are predicted to experience an increasing level of atmospheric
nitrogen (N) deposition, which may cause significant shifts in plant community composition …

Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI): Phenotyping of a Core Germplasm Collection of the Tropical Forage Grass Megathyrsus maximus Under Greenhouse …

D Villegas, A Arevalo, J Nuñez, J Mazabel… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Modern intensively managed pastures that receive large external nitrogen (N) inputs
account for high N losses in form of nitrate (NO3–) leaching and emissions of the potent …

Nanostructured β− NiS catalyst for enhanced and stable electro− oxidation of urea

TH Wu, YC Lin, BW Hou, WY Liang - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
Urea oxidation reaction (UOR) has received a high level of recent interest since
electrochemical oxidation of urea can remediate harmful nitrogen compounds in wastewater …

Determining the influence factors of soil organic carbon stock in opencast coal-mine dumps based on complex network theory

Z Zhang, J Wang, B Li - Catena, 2019 - Elsevier
The soil organic carbon (SOC) stock is severely affected by the exploitation of opencast coal
mines, and the relationships of factors influencing SOC stock are complex. The influence …

Responses of soil nitrous oxide production and abundances and composition of associated microbial communities to nitrogen and water amendment

Q Wang, YR Liu, CJ Zhang, LM Zhang, LL Han… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2017 - Springer
Soil moisture and nitrogen (N) are two important factors influencing N 2 O emissions and the
growth of microorganisms. Here, we carried out a microcosm experiment to evaluate effects …