C, Volume 4, Issue 3

Biomass pyrolysis to produce biofuel and hydrogen yields large amounts of charred byproducts with low commercial value. A study was conducted to evaluate their potential for being converted into higher value activated carbons by a low-cost process. S...

Graphene has been demonstrated to be one of the most promising candidates to use as filler to improve the electrical, thermal, chemical and mechanical properties of natural rubber due to exceptional high surface area, superior electrical and thermal...

In recent years, on-chip interconnects have been considered as one of the most challenging areas in ultra-large scale integration. In ultra-small feature size, the interconnect delay becomes more pronounced than the gate delay. The continuous scaling...

Herein, we reported the utilization of pre-formed Au–Pt nanoparticles deposited on phosphorus functionalized carbons as effective catalysts for the oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA). Au–Pt nanoparticles have...

Biochar-based Pt catalysts, unpromoted and Na-promoted, were prepared by an incipient wetness impregnation method and characterised by Inductively coupled plasma mass spoectrometry (ICP-MS) analysis, X-ray diffraction, N₂ adsorption and transmission,...

The proper hydrogenation of Hyper-coal (HPC) using 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline (THQ) was able to decrease the oxygen content and adjust the molecular structure of HPC for preparing the spinnable pitch with high softening point (SP). The spinnable pit...

This work demonstrates the ability of nanoporous carbons to boost the photoelectrochemical activity of hexagonal and monoclinic WO₃ towards water oxidation under irradiation. The impact of the carbonaceous phase was strongly dependent on the crystall...

Surface modification is a reliable method to enhance the sensing properties of pristine graphene by increasing active sites on its surface. Herein, we investigate the interactions of the gas molecules such as NH₃, NO, NO₂, H₂O, and H₂S with a zinc ox...

This paper reports original results on the synthesis of Carbon/Nitrogen/Iron-based Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts by CO₂ laser pyrolysis. Precursors consisted of two different liquid mixtures containing FeOOH nanoparticles or iron I...

Graphene is one of the emerging materials in the nanotechnology industry due to its potential applications in diverse areas. We report the fabrication of graphene nanosheets by spontaneous electrochemical reaction using solvated ion intercalation int...

Activated carbons (ACs) can be produced from biomass in a thermal process either in a direct carbonization-activation process or by first carbonizing the biomass and later activating the bio-chars into activated carbons. The properties of the ACs are...

Enhancing the performance of nanofibrous carbons requires the specific chemical functionalization of the surface, while limiting material degradation or causing other detrimental changes in the surface area and pore structures. We compare traditional...

In this letter, it is proposed that cryogenic quantum bits can operate based on the nonlinearity due to the quantum capacitance of two-dimensional Dirac materials, and in particular graphene. The anharmonicity of a typical superconducting quantum bit...

Synthesis of activated carbon from waste biomass is of current interest towards sustainability. The properties of biomass-derived activated carbon largely depend on the carbonization process. This study reports the preparation of mesoporous activated...