RSC Advances  

Developing low-cost and efficient photocatalyst/co-catalyst systems that promote CO₂ reduction remains a challenge.

Efficient electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction reaction (eCO₂RR) to various products, such as carbon monoxide (CO), is crucial for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and enabling renewable energy storage.

Ocean ecological environments are seriously affected by oil spilling and plastic-debris, significantly reducing marine pollution via using biocomposite production from natural fiber reinforcement is a friendly way to deal with marine oil pollution.

The impeller configuration significantly influences on the hydrodynamics and mixing performance. The optimum design is the Ruston turbine with six blades set at 45 angle. The Norwood and Metzner scaling criteria is reliable to scale up of natural latex containing high silica content stirred tank.

Assessment of the performance of linear and nonlinear regression-based methods for estimating in situ catalytic CO₂ transformations employing TiO₂/Cu coupled with hydrogen exfoliation graphene (HEG) has been investigated.

Four distinct CeO₂ catalysts featuring varied morphologies (nanorods, nanocubes, nanoparticles, and nano spindle-shaped) were synthesized through a hydrothermal process and subsequently employed in the oxidation of dichloromethane (DCM).

Coupling catalytic pyrolysis and carbonization of walnut shells in one step can indeed lead to improvements in both the quality of bio-oil and gas produced, as well as the electrochemical performance of the resulting carbons.

Superhydrophobic coatings give a solution for the protection of electrical equipment and some corresponding preparation methods.

Bicyclic guanidines are utilized in organic synthesis as base catalysts or reagents.

Elimination of tiny oil droplets nearly miscible with wastewater can be realized using membrane technology through ultrafiltration.

BN-3 with 33% N defects has the biggest adsorption rate and the adsorption capacity of 302.15 mg g⁻¹ for TC due to the decreased the absorption energy and the dominated chemisorption.

In this work, the effect of alkaline earth metal modification on the catalytic performance of activated carbon supported Cu was investigated.

The study effectively optimized the transesterification process of Jatropha oil to fatty acid methyl ester using response surface methodology (CCD) and Taguchi orthogonal method, leading to enhanced efficiency and product quality.

A few seconds flash photopyrolysis is used as efficient screening tool for the investigation of selected biomass in producing syngas, hydrogen and biochar.

Sulfur-doped activated carbon has proved to be a promising metal-free catalyst for persulfate (PDS) catalytic activation for the oxidation of aqueous refractory organics.

The diminishing supply of fossil fuels, their detrimental environmental effects, and the challenges associated with the disposal of agro-waste necessitated the development of renewable and sustainable alternative energy sources.

This review summarizes the typical synthesis strategies and conversion mechanisms of porous transition metal-based electrode materials and discusses their energy storage characteristics and challenges in supercapacitors in a categorical manner.

This article is about recoverable adsorbents for the removal of metal-based water contaminants. It presents the role of the homogeneity and heterogeneity of adsorbents, kinetics of adsorption, and the mechanism of the sorption process.

The introduction of small quantities of inorganic salts in dolomite causes its half-decomposition at 723–873 K due to the heterovalent doping effect and allows for the production of porous HCDs consisting of magnesian calcite and MgO nanoparticles.

In this study, poplar carbon is used as auxiliary fuel to replace part of the coke powder used in the sintering process of iron ore to reduce emissions.

A direct and practical method for photocatalyzed hydrodecarboxylation of fatty acids is reported herein.

An effective and stable catalyst with 3D hierarchical architecture was synthesized by electrodepositing Ni₃Co₁-LDH nanosheets on copper foam-supported Cu(OH)₂ nanorods. The catalyst can be used to prepare FDCA continuously, showing great potential in the electrochemical conversion of biomass.

A comprehensive study assesses the feasibility of utilizing plastic oils from HDPE, PP, and PS as diesel alternatives. The investigation concentrates on a comparison of fuel lubricity, engine performance, combustion and emission characteristics.

Fe₂O₃ accelerates the polycondensation of asphalt molecules, consumes the excessive H and breaks the intact carbon layer, which weakened the π–π interactions, finally enhances the formation of amorphous carbon.

Morphologically modified composite CuO–ZnO–CeO₂ catalysts were synthesized using a single-step hydrothermal technique.