RSC Advances  

Development of a new n-p polymer based on the electropolymerization of a dual-functional porphyrin-EDOT monomer. The ambipolar polymeric material showed promising pseudocapacitive behavior for energy storage devices.

LiCl in situ decorated MOF-derived porous carbon sorbents (PCl-4) were prepared from Li-MOFs for atmospheric water harvesting. PCl-4 displays excellent water-capture capabilities and efficient solar-driven water release with nice recyclability.

Zinc-ion batteries are promising candidates for large-scale energy storage, and gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) play an important role in zinc-ion battery applications.

To purify water polluted by tetracycline antibiotics, a new visible light-driven magnetically recoverable photocatalyst, g-C₃N₄/CoFe₂O₄/Bi₂MoO₆, was prepared in this study, and it effectively removed tetracycline antibiotics.

Robust bulk superhydrophobic wood with super abrasion resistance was prepared using graft copolymerization and solvothermal methods.

Water contamination due to organic pollutants is a challenging issue around the globe, and several attempts have been made to deal with this issue.

From the perspective of configuration characteristics (octahedra types, distortion, and order–disorder), the stability of all-inorganic mixed halide perovskites (CsPb(Br_xCl_1−x)₃) is studied.

This study developed a modified polyacrylonitrile (PAN) membrane controlled by a phenol–amine network and enhanced with a sulfonated covalent organic framework (SCOF), aimed at improving the efficiency of textile wastewater treatment.

The future directions of photocatalytic degradation of micropollutants (pharmaceuticals, dyes, pesticides, etc.) and its role in green fuel production from wastewater are discussed with several examples of modern photocatalysts.

The feasibility of utilizing the mud solid waste produced during sugar refining as a cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative for the removal of methylene blue and Congo red from wastewater is presented.

Driving towards sustainable energy solutions: harnessing metal–organic framework/graphene oxide composites to propel high-efficiency smart supercapacitors.

Device structure and carrier behavior.

Climate change is causing a rise in the need to transition from fossil fuels to renewable and clean energy such as hydrogen as a sustainable energy source.

This study investigates the electrocatalytic water splitting capabilities of hexamethylene tetra-amine-linked NiCo-MOF, synthesized via hydrothermal approach. It reveals low overpotentials of 274 mV and 330 mV with Tafel slopes of 78 mV dec⁻¹ and 86 mV dec⁻¹ towards HER and OER respectively.

Different reaction routes with the influence of hydrogen bonding and without hydrogen bonding.

Most MOFs for controllable cancer treatment act as drug delivery vehicle and/or anti-cancer agent. Molecules with anti-cancer roles such as chemotherapies, gases, peptides or nucleic acids can be loaded into MOFs that decompose in cancer cells or in the TME to release its cargoes.

Insoluble polymerized organic electrode is developed and wrapped in graphite sheets, which possesses low-impedance and realized a cycling life of over 1500 cycles. This work provides insights for exploring high-performance organic cathodes.

Mixture of TiO₂-P25 and magnetic CuFe₂O₄–Fe₂O₃ nanocomposites improves photocatalytic water treatment and enables easy catalyst recovery, effectively degrading pollutants like 2,4-D.

In this study, we find electric-field modulated energy transfer in phosphorescent material- and fluorescent material-codoped polymer that has never been reported.

Incorporation of fluorine atoms in conjugated polymers leads to an increase in charge mobility and dielectric constant, increasing the P_diss value and power conversion efficiency and open circuit voltage of polymer bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells.

CAU-17 was in situ grown on carboxymethylated cotton fabric by ultrasonication and exhibited favorable photocatalytic degradation ability.

With better phase separation in film morphology, regioisomeric non-fullerene acceptor TzS-S shows 1.5 times higher PCE and 20 times greater electron mobilities than TzN-S, indicating the role of isomeric conformations in photovoltaic performance.

MOFs are emerging photocatalysts designed by tuning organic ligands and metal centers for optimal efficiency.

In this study, an in situ synthesis approach is employed for the co-doping of an NS ligand into PCN-600. The resulting PCN-600-NS is explored for the photocatalytic degradation of the antibiotic metronidazole (MTZ).

With the coming era of artificial intelligence (AI) dominated by high-tech electronics, developing high-performance microwave absorption materials (MAMs) is imperative to solve the problem of increasing electromagnetic inference and pollution.