Approximately 36 million tons of waste plastics are generated in the United States each
year, most of which are discharged into the environment and end in landfills. This is …

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 …

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 …

The present study reports the upcycling process of waste plastics into value-added product
graphene nanosheets (GNs) and their subsequent applications in dye sensitized solar cells …

The accumulation of waste plastics has caused serious environmental issues due to their
unbiodegradable nature and hazardous additives. Converting waste plastics to different …

Polymer production and utilization are currently widespread and have greatly improved
people's standards of living. However, due to their stable and nonbiodegradable nature …

Solar steam generation is emerging as a promising technology to harvest solar energy for
diverse applications such as distillation, desalination, and production of freshwater …

Carbon-based nanomaterials (CNMs) such as graphene and carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
have huge potential in environment and energy related applications. Although a wide range …

Advances in the nanotechnology have been actively applied to the field of aerospace
engineering where there is a constant necessity of high durable material with low density …

For the past few decades, a plethora of nanoparticles have been produced through various
methods and utilized to advance technologies for environmental applications, including …