HTDMA-modified bentonite clay for effective removal of Pb (II) from aqueous solution

VP Dinh, PT Nguyen, MC Tran, AT Luu, NQ Hung… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
This work studies the Pb (II) removal onto bentonite clay modified by hexadecyl trimethyl
ammonium bromide (HDTMA). Characterizations of the unmodified and modified materials …

Adsorption of Pb (II) from aqueous solution by pomelo fruit peel-derived biochar

VP Dinh, DK Nguyen, TT Luu, QH Nguyen… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Removing hazardous metals from aqueous solution using biomaterials synthesized from
waste resources with low cost is a novel strategy in environmental science and application …

Development and applications of thermoelectric oxide ceramics and devices

P Zhang, Z Lou, L Gong, Z Wu, X Chen, W Xu, Y Wang… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Thermoelectric materials have gained wide attention to realize multilevel efficient energy
management to alleviate the increasingly severe energy crisis. Oxide ceramics were well …

Exploring the sub-nanoscale structure of cobalt molybdenum sulfide and the role of a cobalt promoter in catalytic hydrogen evolution

CT Nguyen, TA Luu, TD Nguyen, AT Dam… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cobalt-promoted molybdenum sulfide (CoMoS) is known as a promising catalyst for H2
evolution reaction and hydrogen desulfurization reaction. This material exhibits superior …

Oxide semiconductors for thermoelectric: the challenges and future

B Ge, R Li, G Wang, M Zhu… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The oxide thermoelectric (TE) ceramics have continued to attract the focus due to their high
stability and low cost. However, their TE performance falls obviously backward with the …

Multiple doped ZnO with enhanced thermoelectric properties

BB Zhu, C Chen, ZC Yao, JY Chen, C Jia… - Journal of the European …, 2021 - Elsevier
ZnO has a large thermal conductivity that hinders its satisfactory thermoelectric performance.
In this work, we add multiple dopants including S, C, Fe and Ni to ZnO simultaneously. A low …

Composite-polymer modified bentonite enhances anti-seepage and barrier performance under high-concentration heavy-metal solution

X Zhao, XF Huang, Z Wang, KM Peng, LJ Lu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Modified bentonite (MB) was prepared with acrylic acid and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose
as monomers, which was characterized with carboxyl and hydroxyl groups on a coverage …

Coupling modification of Fermi level, band flattening and lattice defects to approach outstanding thermoelectric performance of ZnO films via tuning In and Ga …

ATT Pham, OKT Le, D Van Hoang, TH Nguyen… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Band structure modification is found one of the state-of-the-art strategies to control electrical,
thermal transport properties, and optimize performance of thermoelectric (TE) materials …

Li-ion storage in orthorhombic hydrated sodium molybdate with oxygen-vacancy defects

TL Nguyen, TN Vo, VD Phung, K Ayalew… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Two orthorhombic salts (OHMs) of Na 2 MoO 4⋅(H 2 O) 2 were prepared at 130° C
(OHMs_130) and 170° C (OHMs_170) via a hydrothermal process, followed by heat …

Exploring novel pn core/shell structure in single α-Fe2O3 nanorods of hierarchical hollow microspheres for ultrasensitive acetone gas sensor

TK Dang, ND Cuong, HVM Hai, TQ Phuong… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fabricating metal oxide sensors with super-sensitivity and good distinguishing properties for
gases is a challenge due to the difficulties in controlling vacancy-type structural defects of …