Untangling the respective effects of heteroatom-doped carbon materials in batteries, supercapacitors and the ORR to design high performance materials

X Feng, Y Bai, M Liu, Y Li, H Yang, X Wang… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Heteroatom-doped carbon materials (HDCMs) have been widely studied as some of the
most prominent material candidates for use in a wide range of applications, such as …

MOF based engineered materials in water remediation: Recent trends

RM Rego, G Kuriya, MD Kurkuri, M Kigga - Journal of hazardous materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The significant upsurge in the demand for freshwater has prompted various developments
towards water sustainability. In this context, several materials have gained remarkable …

High-capacity amidoxime-functionalized β-cyclodextrin/graphene aerogel for selective uranium capture

N Li, L Yang, D Wang, C Tang, W Deng… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Uranium extraction from seawater is a grand challenge of mounting severity as the energy
demand increases with a growing global population. An amidoxime-functionalized …

Environmental performance of graphene-based 3D macrostructures

N Yousefi, X Lu, M Elimelech, N Tufenkji - Nature nanotechnology, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Three-dimensional macrostructures (3DMs) of graphene and graphene oxide are
being developed for fast and efficient removal of contaminants from water and air. The large …

Robust, lightweight, hydrophobic, and fire-retarded polyimide/MXene aerogels for effective oil/water separation

NN Wang, H Wang, YY Wang, YH Wei… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polyimide (PI) aerogels have attracted great attention owing to their low density and
excellent thermal stability. However, hydrophobic surface modification is required for PI …

Recent development of advanced materials with special wettability for selective oil/water separation

Q Ma, H Cheng, AG Fane, R Wang, H Zhang - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing number of oil spill accidents have a catastrophic impact on our aquatic
environment. Recently, special wettable materials used for the oil/water separation have …

Oil/water separation with selective superantiwetting/superwetting surface materials

Z Chu, Y Feng, S Seeger - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The separation of oil from oily water is an important pursuit because of increasing worldwide
oil pollution. Separation by the use of materials with selective oil/water absorption is a …

Application of sulfonic acid group functionalized graphene oxide to improve hydrophilicity, permeability, and antifouling of PVDF nanocomposite ultrafiltration …

S Ayyaru, YH Ahn - Journal of membrane science, 2017 - Elsevier
A novel, highly hydrophilic nanocomposite additive, sulfonated graphene oxide (SGO), was
synthesized from graphene oxides (GO), and characterized using a range of techniques. To …

Ultralight and multifunctional PVDF/SiO2@ GO nanofibrous aerogel for efficient harsh environmental oil-water separation and crude oil absorption

X Wang, Z Liu, X Liu, Y Su, J Wang, T Fan, X Ning… - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
The accumulative disasters about oil spills and industrial emissions create increasingly
environmental problems, and high-performance absorbent materials have attracted wide …

Laser‐induced graphene in controlled atmospheres: from superhydrophilic to superhydrophobic surfaces

Y Li, DX Luong, J Zhang, YR Tarkunde… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The modification of graphene‐based materials is an important topic in the field of materials
research. This study aims to expand the range of properties for laser‐induced graphene …