Polymers without petrochemicals: sustainable routes to conventional monomers

G Hayes, M Laurel, D MacKinnon, T Zhao… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Access to a wide range of plastic materials has been rationalized by the increased demand
from growing populations and the development of high-throughput production systems …

High-purity and high-concentration liquid fuels through CO2 electroreduction

P Zhu, H Wang - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
Liquid fuels generated from the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) are of
particular interest due to their high energy densities and ease of storage and distribution …

Constrained C2 adsorbate orientation enables CO-to-acetate electroreduction

J Jin, J Wicks, Q Min, J Li, Y Hu, J Ma, Y Wang, Z Jiang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide electroreduction reactions, when powered using
low-carbon electricity, offer pathways to the decarbonization of chemical manufacture …

Environmental sustainability and ions removal through electrodialysis desalination: Operating conditions and process parameters

M Sedighi, MMB Usefi, AF Ismail, M Ghasemi - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrodialysis, a membrane separation method, uses an electrical potential difference to
separate ions in aqueous solutions. Electrodialysis is used in several industries for the …

Electrodialysis applications in wastewater treatment for environmental protection and resources recovery: A systematic review on progress and perspectives

L Gurreri, A Tamburini, A Cipollina, G Micale - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a comprehensive review of studies on electrodialysis (ED) applications
in wastewater treatment, outlining the current status and the future prospect. ED is a …

Electrodialysis desalination for water and wastewater: A review

S Al-Amshawee, MYBM Yunus, AAM Azoddein… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The principle of electrodialysis (ED) desalination was first presented in 1890 by Maigrot and
Sabates, and its development into industrial scale started for more than 50 years ago. The …

Enhanced volatile fatty acids production from anaerobic fermentation of food waste: A mini-review focusing on acidogenic metabolic pathways

M Zhou, B Yan, JWC Wong, Y Zhang - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Recently, efficient disposal of food waste (FW) with potential resource recovery has attracted
great attentions. Due to its easily biodegradable nature, rich nutrient availability and high …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial electrosynthesis: towards sustainable biorefineries for production of green chemicals from CO2 emissions

P Dessì, L Rovira-Alsina, C Sánchez, GK Dinesh… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Decarbonisation of the economy has become a priority at the global level, and the resulting
legislative pressure is pushing the chemical and energy industries away from fossil fuels …

Current perspectives on acidogenic fermentation to produce volatile fatty acids from waste

M Ramos-Suarez, Y Zhang, V Outram - Reviews in Environmental Science …, 2021 - Springer
Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are key platform chemicals used in a multitude of industries
including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food and agriculture. The current route for VFA …

Membrane-based processes for wastewater nutrient recovery: Technology, challenges, and future direction

M Xie, HK Shon, SR Gray, M Elimelech - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Wastewater nutrient recovery holds promise for more sustainable water and agricultural
industries. We critically review three emerging membrane processes–forward osmosis (FO) …