Turning food protein waste into sustainable technologies

M Peydayesh, M Bagnani, WL Soon… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
For each kilogram of food protein wasted, between 15 and 750 kg of CO2 end up in the
atmosphere. With this alarming carbon footprint, food protein waste not only contributes to …

[HTML][HTML] Biomass vs inorganic and plastic-based aerogels: Structural design, functional tailoring, resource-efficient applications and sustainability analysis

G Wei, J Zhang, M Usuelli, X Zhang, B Liu… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
The highly efficient utilization of bioresources and natural organic wastes has attracted great
attention, due to the high-speed consumption and shortage of energy in modern society …

Highly efficient and selective extraction of gold by reduced graphene oxide

F Li, J Zhu, P Sun, M Zhang, Z Li, D Xu, X Gong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Materials capable of extracting gold from complex sources, especially electronic waste (e-
waste), are needed for gold resource sustainability and effective e-waste recycling …

Removing miscellaneous heavy metals by all-in-one ion exchange-nanofiltration membrane

ZJ Fu, SK Jiang, XY Chao, CX Zhang, Q Shi, ZY Wang… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The composition of wastewater containing heavy metal mixtures is often complex and poses
a serious threat to human and environmental health. Effective removal of a variety of heavy …

A melanin-inspired robust aerogel for multifunctional water remediation

P Yang, W Bai, Y Zou, X Zhang, Y Yang, G Duan… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar-driven vapor generation has emerged as a promising wastewater remediation
technology for clean water production. However, the complicated and diversified …

High-throughput production of kilogram-scale nanofibers by Kármán vortex solution blow spinning

Z Li, Z Cui, L Zhao, N Hussain, Y Zhao, C Yang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The interaction between gas flow and liquid flow, governed by fluid dynamic principles, is of
substantial importance in both fundamental science and practical applications. For instance …

Recent advance in biomass membranes: Fabrication, functional regulation, and antimicrobial applications

G Ren, K Wan, H Kong, L Guo, Y Wang, X Liu… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Both inorganic and polymeric membranes have been widely applied for antimicrobial
applications. However, these membranes exhibit low biocompatibility, weak …

Grave-to-cradle upcycling of Ni from electroplating wastewater to photothermal CO2 catalysis

S Wang, D Zhang, W Wang, J Zhong, K Feng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Treating hazardous waste Ni from the electroplating industry is mandated world-wide, is
exceptionally expensive, and carries a very high CO2 footprint. Rather than regarding Ni as …

Insights into hierarchical structure–property–application relationships of advanced bacterial cellulose materials

Z Wu, S Chen, J Li, B Wang, M Jin… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is an environmentally friendly biomaterial that is widely investigated
because it possesses a unique hierarchical nanofiber network structure as well as …

Energy band reconstruction mechanism of Cl-doped Cu2O and photocatalytic degradation pathway for levofloxacin

J Nie, X Yu, Z Liu, J Zhang, Y Ma, Y Chen, Q Ji… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cl-doped Cu 2 O microparticles were prepared by hydrothermal synthesis. XRD, BET, SEM,
TEM, UV–Vis and RSM were used to reveal the microstructure, optical properties and …