Modification of an ion-exchange membrane with a thin layer, the charge of which is opposite to the charge of the substrate membrane, has proven to be an effective approach to obtaining a composite membrane with permselectivity towards monovalent ions...
Lithium compounds are of high interest to many industries. The presence of undesirable impurities in Li precursors leads to uncontrolled change in the functional properties of final compounds. Therefore, the development of reliable methods for lithiu...
The recovery of massive kerf loss silicon waste into silicon anodes is an attractive approach to efficiently utilizing resources and protect the environment. Tens-of-nanometers-scale-thickness Si waste particles enable the high feasibility of high-ra...
The morphological and structural state of rough solid electrodes usually has a complex effect on the kinetics of an electrochemical process. In order to correctly distinguish the influence of different factors on the rate of an electrode reaction, it...
During the leaching process of ionic rare earth ore (ICREO), ion-exchangeable phase calcium (IEP-Ca) and ion-exchangeable phase aluminum (IEP-Al) are leached along with rare earth, which causes many problems in the enrichment process, such as increas...
The reaction of intracomplex proton transfer (44BPY-....HO-H) ® 44BPYH. + OH- that follows the photoreduction of 4,4’-bipyridine (44BPY) into its anion radical 44BPY- in the presence of 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) is investigated in acetoni...
The integration of heterostructures within electrode materials is pivotal for enhancing electron and Li-ion diffusion kinetics. In this study, we synthesized CoO/MnO heterostructures to enhance the electrochemical performance of MnO using a straightf...
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries offer a safe and economical platform for large-scale energy storage, yet vanadium oxide cathodes remain hindered by sluggish Zn2+ migration, poor electronic conductivity, and structural degradation during cycling. Herein, a...
As an important substitute for ammonium-free leaching, magnesium sulfate is applied as a leaching agent for the mining of ion-adsorbed REE (rare earth element) deposits. Upon deriving the equation regulating the leaching kinetics on the basis of the...
Kinetic energy harvesting is a promising technology towards the development of alternative battery-charging schemes or even self-powered wearable devices that obtain their power supply from human motion. Although there are many developments with sche...
Alpha-particle emitter labeled monoclonal antibodies are being actively developed for treatment of metastatic cancer due to the high linear energy transfer (LET) and the resulting greater biological efficacy of alpha-emitters. Our knowledge of high L...
The safety of lithium-ion batteries is a critical concern, and this paper introduces a novel simulation approach for thermal runaway using the control volume free element method (CVFrEM). This method uniquely integrates the geometric adaptability of...
The drying process of lithium-ion battery electrodes is one of the key processes for manufacturing electrodes with high surface homogeneity and is one of the most energy-consuming stages. The choice of the drying parameters has a significant impact o...
This research investigates sustainable water treatment by evaluating competitive adsorption of Zn, Cd, and Hg using nitrogen-doped and nitrogen co-doped carbon cryogels. The synthesized materials exhibited high specific surface areas (up to 1530 m2/g...
Avoiding atmospheric pollution with sulfur dioxide is generally achieved by its absorption from combustion gases in alkaline solutions and conversion to sulfites. Afterwards, sulfites can be transformed into neutral and environmentally safe chemicals...
In this study, hexagonal titanium dioxide nanotubes (hTNTs) fabricated by sonoelectrochemical anodization were thermally modified in air to investigate the influence of annealing temperature and heating/cooling rate on phase evolution, structural sta...
With the global energy structure transitioning towards clean and low-carbon alternatives, electrochemical energy storage technologies have emerged as pivotal enablers for achieving efficient renewable energy utilization and carbon neutrality objectiv...
In this study, a novel layered WO3@Co3O4 composite electrode was synthesized via a controlled electrodeposition method employing different surfactants to finely tune its nanostructure. The incorporation of polyacrylic acid (PAA) surfactant yielded an...
In this research, a model for electrodeposition of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures over indium-doped tin-oxide (ITO) glass using pulsed current and zinc chloride as source of zinc was proposed. For the model, reactions kinetics rate constants were ev...
A pyrene-based derivative, 2-((pyrene-1-ylmethylene)amino)ethanol (PE) nanoparticle, was encapsulated via water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) double emulsion with the solvent evaporation method by one-pot reaction and utilized as a fluorescence turn-on sen...
Despite advances in reactor-based process intensification, the influence of hydrodynamic conditions on PFAS removal remains poorly understood. In particular, rotating bed reactors (RBRs), which are designed to enhance mass transfer, have not been sys...
The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a critical anodic process in alkaline water electrolysis, and its catalytic performance can be effectively regulated through rational morphology engineering that governs active-site exposure, mass transport, and...
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are promising electrolyte media for solar redox flow batteries, but their high viscosity and sluggish ion transport can limit redox-species diffusion, interfacial charge transfer, and photocharging performance. This stud...
After the atmospheric hydrochloric acid leaching method is used to treat laterite ore and initially purify it, the extract that results often contains a significant amount of Fe2+ impurities. A novel metallurgical process has been proposed that utili...
The novel pyridine oxime-based complexing agents 2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde oxime, 2-acetylpyridine ketoxime and 2-pyridine amidoxime were synthesized for alkaline Zn-Ni alloy electrodeposition, outperforming conventional citrate/TEPA systems in corros...
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) has emerged as a candidate anode material for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). However, their applications still face challenges of poor rate performance and low initial coulomb efficiency (ICE), which are induced by the unstable...
With the rapid growth of energy demand, the development of efficient energy-conversion technologies (e.g., water splitting, fuel cells, metal-air batteries, etc.) becomes an important way to circumvent the problems of fossil fuel depletion and enviro...
The development of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) is rapidly gaining traction as a viable solution for reducing carbon emissions and improving fuel efficiency. One type of HEV that is gaining significant interest is the fuel cell/battery/supercapaci...
In this study, boron was introduced into bamboo-derived porous carbon (BPC) through dry thermal treatment using boric acid. During heat treatment, boric acid was converted to B2O3, which subsequently interacted with the oxygen-containing surface grou...
The surface of hot stamping steel is severely oxidized during heating, holding, and transfer from the heating furnace to the stamping die in the production of traditional automotive parts. Coating-free hot stamping steel with Cr and Si elements exhib...
Nanocomposites based on two conducting polymers, polyaniline (PANI) and polypyrrole (Ppy), with embedded glucose oxidase (GOx) and 6 nm size gold nanoparticles (AuNPs(6nm)) or gold-nanoclusters formed from chloroaurate ions (AuCl4−), were synth...
A cheap and disposable pencil graphite electrode (PGE) was developed by the incorporation of amine groups (Am-PGE-1). A further improvement in the performance was observed when the aminated electrode (Am-PGE-1) was activated by applying a negative po...
Hard carbon (HC) anodes for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) face challenges such as sluggish Na⁺ diffusion kinetics and structural instability. Herein, we propose a synergistic nitrogen-doping and defect-engineering strategy to unlock ultrahigh-rat...
Amorphous metallic materials have emerged as a promising class of functional materials for energy storage and conversion owing to their disordered atomic structure and unique interfacial properties. This review focuses on amorphous metals and alloys,...
The decontamination of dilute industrial effluents is a critical challenge for decreasing the environmental impact of mining and metallurgical activities. As an alternative to conventional processes, new extractant impregnated resins (EIRs) have been...
Transition-metal oxide/layered double hydroxide (LDH) electrodes often suffer from insufficient utilization of active sites, sluggish electron/ion transport, and limited cycling stability at high rates. Here, La-doped ZnCo2O4/MnCo-LDH nanoflowers ser...
The recent definitive deuterium solid state NMR spectroscopic evidence for structural water in fluor- and hydroxylapatites has prompted our study of the conditions necessary for the removal and reincorporation of this important structural feature of...
Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a type of radiation therapy for eradicating tumor cells through a 10B(n,α)7Li reaction in the presence of 10B in cancer cells. When delivering a high absorbed dose to cancer cells using BNCT, both the tim...
Porous carbon has been one desirable electrode material for supercapacitors, but it is still a challenge to balance the appropriate mesopore volume and a high specific surface area (SSA). Herein, a good balance between a high SSA and mesopore volume...
Production of rare earth enrichment from the in situ leaching solution of ion-adsorbed rare earth ores greatly decreases the treatment scale and significantly reduces production energy consumption and cost. However, the generated rare earth enrichmen...
Water-based lubricants (WBLs) are increasingly being considered for electrified drivetrain applications; however, their electrochemical stability toward bearing steels remains insufficiently understood. This study evaluated the corrosion behavior of...
We present an experimentally validated, engineering-oriented framework for the design and operation of pin-to-water (PTW) atmospheric discharges to produce hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on demand. Motivated by industrial needs for safe, point-of-use oxida...
This study evaluated the waste generated by a Spanish marble-producing company as adsorbent for the removal of copper (Cu [II]) from aqueous media. Six marble waste sludge samples were studied, and the following operational parameters were analyzed i...
Ionizing radiation has become the most effective way to modify natural and synthetic polymers through crosslinking, degradation, and graft polymerization. This review will include an in-depth analysis of radiation chemistry mechanisms and the kinetic...
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) resolves the internal physicochemical processes of lithium-ion batteries across timescales—from ohmic conduction through charge-transfer kinetics to solid-state diffusion. Despite this analytical pow...
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics are widely detected emerging pollutants, yet their interfacial behavior in the alkaline, calcium-rich sediments of arid inland river basins remains poorly quantified, which limits regional risk assessment. This study selec...