2025 September - 33 articles
Carbide-bonded graphene (CBG) coating, with its unique 3D cross-linked network structure, shows significant potential for protecting silicon substrates. However, a comprehensive understanding of its macroscale tribological properties remains lacking....
Coal-based solid wastes are used for carbon fixation, which can achieve the dual purpose of resource utilization of coal-based solid wastes and CO2 storage, but carbon fixation has a negative impact on the rheological properties of filling slurry. Th...
The hierarchical porosity and active sites of porous carbon materials have significant impacts on the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) process. The heteroatom-doped porous carbon materials (Z67-900, Z8-900, Z11-900, Z12-900) were synthesized by pyroly...
Given the multi-basin raw material base for coking that has been formed at most industry enterprises, there is an urgent need to optimize the component composition and improve the basic technological methods of coal raw material preparation, taking i...
A high-surface-area activated carbon material (RG) is used as a platform to create highly concentrated NaOH composites. These materials are tested for the removal of H2S under industrially relevant conditions (800 ppm H2S in CO2-, H2O- and O2-contain...
Effective ablative thermal protection systems are essential for ensuring the structural integrity of hypersonic vehicles subjected to extreme aerothermal loads. However, the microscopic reaction mechanisms at the gas–solid interface, particular...
In the past decade, carbon nanostructures have emerged as one of the most rapidly advancing areas of research [...]
The treatment of organic phosphate ester (OPE) pollutants in water is a challenging but highly necessary task. In this study, an advanced oxidation process through light activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) involving graphene oxide (GO) as a promote...
Unrefined psyllium husk derived from Plantago ovata constitutes a complex mixture of water-soluble and insoluble polymeric chains that form an interpenetrating network capable of entrapping carbon nanoparticles. While the resulting composite was foun...
The present study deals with hydrate formation with binary gaseous mixtures consisting of carbon dioxide mixed with ethane at varying concentrations. Since the production of hydrates is recognised as a stochastic process and also due to the marked in...
The potential of king grass biomass as a precursor for carbon-based materials was evaluated through comprehensive physicochemical characterization. The biomass showed high fixed carbon content, reactive oxygenated groups, and favorable atomic ratios,...
The column photobioreactor has become the predominant approach for carbon sequestration by microalgae in power plant settings, owing to its capacity for high-density cultivation and efficient light energy utilization. Due to the dense arrangement of...
Pulsed laser annealing (PLA) was performed on a 0.3 μm thick hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H) film deposited on silicon substrate by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). The 532 nm, 32 ns PLA ranged in fluence from 0.2 to 0.94 J...
Exfoliation of layered materials is an important technique for preparing atomic-layer materials. To provide fundamental mechanistic insights for optimizing this process, we investigated the exfoliation process of nano graphite using molecular dynamic...
Nanozymes, as a new generation of artificial enzymes, have attracted increasing attention in the field of biomedicine due to their multiple enzymatic characteristics, multi-functionality, low cost, and high stability. Among them, carbon dot nanozymes...
Porous materials are characterized by the pore surface area (S) and volume (V) accessible to a confined fluid. For mesoporous materials NMR measurements of diffusion are used to assess the S/V ratio, because at short times, only the diffusivity of mo...
Theranostic agents enable the simultaneous diagnosis and treatment of diseases, and they are particularly useful in fluorescent imaging and cancer therapies. In this study, carbon quantum dots were synthesized via a microwave-assisted method using ci...
This study aims to estimate the carbon footprint and relative uncertainties for design components of conventional and geopolymer concrete. All the design components of alkaline-activated geopolymer concrete, such as fly ash, ground granulated blast f...
Most industrial processes depend on heat, electricity, demineralized water, and chemical inputs, which themselves are produced through energy- and resource-intensive industrial activities. In this work, acetic acid (AA) production from syngas (CO, CO...
Carbon dots (CDs), a class of carbon-based fluorescent nanomaterials, have garnered significant attention due to their tunable optical properties and functional versatility. In this study, we developed a hybrid material by grafting pH- and temperatur...
In this paper, nanoscale graphene film electrodes were prepared using laser-induced technology, and an in situ electrochemical cell was constructed. The normalized peak areas at 2.82 ppm for the samples without the in situ electrochemical cell and wi...
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have strong potential in optoelectronics, particularly in LEDs, photodetectors, solar cells, and nanophotonics. While challenges remain in efficiency and scalability, advances in functionalization and hybrid material inte...
Due to soil nutrient depletion and rising food demand from an increasing global population, it is essential to find sustainable ways to boost crop yields, improve soil health, and address the environmental issues induced by agriculture. The most appr...
Penta-graphene, a novel two-dimensional carbon allotrope entirely composed of pentagonal carbon rings, has attracted increasing attention due to its unique geometric structure, mechanical robustness, and intrinsic semiconducting nature. In this study...
Zn-doped carbon dots (Zn@C-210 calcination temperature at 210 °C and Zn@C-260 calcination temperature at 260 °C) were synthesized via an in situ calcination method using zinc citrate complexes as precursors, aiming to investigate the mechanis...
The inclusion of adsorption thermodynamic analysis and performance benchmarking with existing adsorbents reinforces both the theoretical significance and practical applicability of this study. The modified rubber-derived carbon demonstrated a remarka...
We investigate the thermal conductivity of graphene Moiré superlattices formed by twisting bilayer graphene (TBG) at small angles, employing approach-to-equilibrium molecular dynamics and lattice dynamics calculations based on the Boltzmann Tr...
Portland cement production is one of the main global sources of CO2 emissions, driving the search for sustainable solutions to reduce its environmental footprint. This study evaluated the use of biochar derived from sugarcane bagasse as a partial cem...
Electrocatalytic urea synthesis offers great potential for sustainable strategies through CO2 and NO3− reduction reactions. However, the development of high-performance catalysts is often hampered by the complexity of synthetic methodologies an...
A density functional theory (DFT) investigation was conducted to study the O2 and CO2 adsorption on very small Pd3−nNin (n = 0–2) clusters supported on N-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs). The study was carried out in two stages. First...
Carbon fiber-reinforced composites (CFRCs) have attracted considerable attention in recent years due to their excellent properties, enabling their use across various sectors. However, their application at high temperatures is limited by the fibers&rs...
Using low-cost transition-metal chlorides and furfuryl alcohol as raw materials, the (TiZrHfNbTa)C precursor was prepared, and a three-dimensional braided carbon fiber preform (C/C) coated with pyrolytic carbon (PyC) was used as the reinforcing mater...
Despite the promising electronic properties of graphene, its lack of an intrinsic bandgap limits its applicability in semiconductor technologies. This has catalyzed the investigation of newly developed two-dimensional carbon materials, including tetr...
