Recent advances in hydrothermal carbonisation: from tailored carbon materials and biochemicals to applications and bioenergy

SA Nicolae, H Au, P Modugno, H Luo, AE Szego… - Green …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Introduced in the literature in 1913 by Bergius, who at the time was studying biomass
coalification, hydrothermal carbonisation, as many other technologies based on renewables …

S-doped C 3 N 5 derived from thiadiazole for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

X Guan, M Fawaz, R Sarkar, CH Lin, Z Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphitic carbon nitrides (g-C3N4) with unique physicochemical properties are promising
candidates for photocatalysis applications. However, pristine g-C3N4 often suffers from …

Kinetic enhancement of sulfur cathodes by N‐doped porous graphitic carbon with bound VN nanocrystals

X Yang, S Chen, W Gong, X Meng, J Ma, J Zhang… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The reaction kinetics of sulfur cathodes generally control the performance of lithium− sulfur
(Li− S) batteries. Here, N‐doped porous graphitic carbon with bound VN nanocrystals (3D …

Biowaste valorization using hydrothermal carbonization for potential wastewater treatment applications

AA Ţurcanu, E Matei, M Râpă, AM Predescu, G Coman… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
In today's world, due to population increase, there are many alarming and potential
catastrophic problems like climate change, environmental pollution and an enormous mass …

Ambient electrosynthesis of ammonia on a biomass-derived nitrogen-doped porous carbon electrocatalyst: contribution of pyridinic nitrogen

C Zhao, S Zhang, M Han, X Zhang, Y Liu, W Li… - ACS Energy …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Here we report that alfalfa-derived nitrogen-doped porous carbon (NPC) fabricated by a
pyrolysis method is electrochemically active for the N2 reduction reaction (NRR) at ambient …

Establishing structure/property relationships in atomically dispersed Co–Fe dual site M–N x catalysts on microporous carbon for the oxygen reduction reaction

K Wang, J Liu, Z Tang, L Li, Z Wang, M Zubair… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Coupled metal–nitrogen–carbon (M–Nx–C) materials show great promise as platinum-
group-metal (PGM) free catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, we report …

Carbon dioxide capture from flue gas in biochar produced from spent coffee grounds: Effect of surface chemistry and porous structure

A Mukherjee, VB Borugadda, JJ Dynes, C Niu… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Coffee is a relevant agricultural product and one of the most consumed hot beverages
globally. To assess the impact of pyrolysis temperatures (400–600℃) and heating rates from …

Electronic properties of Ti sites in Ziegler–Natta catalysts

A Piovano, M Signorile, L Braglia, P Torelli… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Although Ziegler–Natta (ZN) catalysts play a major role in the polyolefin market, a true
understanding of their properties at the molecular level is still missing. In particular, there is a …

P-Doping a Porous Carbon Host Promotes the Lithium Storage Performance of Red Phosphorus

X Han, X Meng, S Chen, J Zhou, M Wang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Red phosphorus (RP) is a promising anode material for use in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs)
due to its high theoretical specific capacity (2596 mA hg–1). However, the practical use of …

Sulfur-doped mesoporous carbon nitride with an ordered porous structure for sodium-ion batteries

W Cha, IY Kim, JM Lee, S Kim… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Mesoporous carbon nitride (MCN) with well-ordered porous structures is a promising anode
material for secondary ion batteries owing to their unique physico-and electrochemical …