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Carbon-based materials enhancing AD technology: a systematic overview from mechanism to application.

Heterostructured electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution: interface engineering via electronic, strain, and synergistic effects.

This review highlights catalyst design for CO₂ reduction, focusing on active-site engineering, hybrid architectures, operando insights, and reactor integration to enable scalable, energy-efficient CO₂ valorization.

Comparison between conventional solvent extraction and hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent (HDES) systems for lithium recovery from spent batteries, illustrating drawbacks of traditional solvents and potential benefits of HDES-based extraction.

Straightforward low-temperature chemical synthesis of Na-ion storing compound Na₂FeS₂ (>250 mAh g⁻¹) that exhibits anion- and cation-sited redox.

A Ni/Fe₂O₃ bimetallic nanocatalyst enhances food waste-based dark fermentative hydrogen production by reshaping the microbial community structure and regulating the genome-resolved metabolic and electron transfer pathways.

The photophysical characterisation of various HTMs in the presence of FK209 or LiTFSI + TBP dopants reveals different interactions among the additives and the HTMs. FK209 shows close association with HTMs, while LiTFSI + TBP shows a weaker binding

This work conceptually demonstrates a green H₂ production and storage cycle with benzyl alcohol/benzaldehyde by combining alcoholic fermentation as a hydrogen storage method that requires no precious metal catalysts and H₂ with a H₂ release method.

A self-anchored bipolar membrane enables efficient hydrogen production and biomass valorization via stabilized interfacial water dissociation.

Selected thermophysical properties (i.e., vapor–liquid equilibria, dynamic viscosity, and surface tension) have been investigated for a new potential bio-oxygenate fuel comprising ethanol, diethyl carbonate, and hexane.

The pyrolysis of biomass inevitably produces gaseous products, known as tail gases, which should be considered as a renewable resource to increase the value of the pyrolysis process.

Non-linear relationship between blend level and ignition delay of 2-EMD, a novel cyclic ether, with HVO in a heavy-duty diesel engine.

The enhanced OER activity of LNO thin films under dual magnetic and light fields primarily stems from the generation of photogenerated electron–hole pairs and the formation of triplet-state oxygen species.

Hydrothermally grown NiMo-LDH/MXene on NF was studied for hydrogen and oxygen production, achieving faradaic efficiencies of 94% and 80%, respectively.

Through wet ball milling followed by air exposure, Mg₈₀Ni₂₀H_x exhibits excellent air stability and self-evolution.

This study evaluates how evolving energy systems change GHG emissions of CCU and traditional chemical and fuel production, enabling fairer comparisons to inform viable climate mitigation pathways.

This work developed a “dynamic coordination motif” strategy to overcome the dense packing of polypyrrole, engineering a porous Fe-N-C catalyst with highly accessible active sites for superior oxygen reduction reaction.