Production, structural design, functional control, and broad applications of carbon nanofiber-based nanomaterials: A comprehensive review

X Zhou, Y Wang, C Gong, B Liu, G Wei - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) have exhibited wide applications in the fields of materials
science, nanotechnology, energy storage, environmental science, biomedicine, and others …

Recent progress in controlled carbonization of (waste) polymers

J Gong, X Chen, T Tang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2019 - Elsevier
The controlled carbonization of polymers is one of the most important polymer reactions. It
represents the conversion process of polymeric precursors into carbonaceous materials in a …

Upcycling Plastic Wastes into Value‐Added Products by Heterogeneous Catalysis

T Tan, W Wang, K Zhang, Z Zhan, W Deng… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plastics are playing essential roles in the modern society. The majority of them enter
environment through landfilling or discarding after turning into wastes, causing severe …

[HTML][HTML] Co-production of hydrogen and carbon nanotubes from real-world waste plastics: Influence of catalyst composition and operational parameters

D Yao, Y Zhang, PT Williams, H Yang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The use of Ni-Fe catalysts for the catalytic pyrolysis of real-world waste plastics to
produce hydrogen and high value carbon nanotubes (CNT), and the influence of catalyst …

Carbonization: A feasible route for reutilization of plastic wastes

S Chen, Z Liu, S Jiang, H Hou - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Plastics not only bring convenience and color to human life, but also bring endless troubles
and disaster to our environment. Reutilization of plastic wastes is in favor of energy …

Structure-oriented conversions of plastics to carbon nanomaterials

S Ren, X Xu, K Hu, W Tian, X Duan, J Yi, S Wang - Carbon Research, 2022 - Springer
The accumulation of waste plastics has caused serious environmental issues due to their
unbiodegradable nature and hazardous additives. Converting waste plastics to different …

Transforming waste into carbon-based nanomaterials

J Deng, Y You, V Sahajwalla, RK Joshi - Carbon, 2016 - Elsevier
Carbon-based nanomaterials (CNMs) such as graphene and carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
have huge potential in environment and energy related applications. Although a wide range …

Molten salts promoting the “controlled carbonization” of waste polyesters into hierarchically porous carbon for high-performance solar steam evaporation

B Zhang, C Song, C Liu, J Min, J Azadmanjiri… - Journal of materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar steam generation is emerging as a promising technology to harvest solar energy for
diverse applications such as distillation, desalination, and production of freshwater …

Waste-derived nanoparticles: synthesis approaches, environmental applications, and sustainability considerations

SM Abdelbasir, KM McCourt, CM Lee… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
For the past few decades, a plethora of nanoparticles have been produced through various
methods and utilized to advance technologies for environmental applications, including …

Valorization of hazardous plastic wastes into value-added resources by catalytic pyrolysis-gasification: A review of techno-economic analysis

KQ Tan, MA Ahmad, W Da Oh, SC Low - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic waste pollution has grown exponentially since the 1950s. This situation was
exacerbated when the volume of personal protective equipment (PPE)-based plastic waste …