Electrothermal synthesis of commodity chemicals

Q Dong, S Hu, L Hu - Nature Chemical Engineering, 2024 - nature.com
Electrothermal synthesis of commodity chemicals has received notable interest in recent
decades as renewable electricity becomes more available and environmental challenges …

Flash Joule heating for synthesis, upcycling and remediation

B Deng, L Eddy, KM Wyss, CS Tiwary… - Nature Reviews Clean …, 2025 - nature.com
Electric heating methods are being developed and used to electrify industrial applications
and lower their carbon emissions. Direct Joule resistive heating is an energy-efficient …

Selective Liquid Chemical Production in Waste Polyolefin Photorefinery by Controlling Reactive Species

X Liu, X Wang, M Chu, W Zhang, J Fu, S Li… - Journal of the …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic upcycling of waste polyolefins into value-added chemicals provides promise
in plastic waste management and resource utilization. Previous works demonstrate that …

Upcycling Polyethylene to High‐Purity Hydrogen under Ambient Conditions via Mechanocatalysis

R Gu, T Wang, Y Ma, TX Wang, RQ Yao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Polyethylene (PE) is the most abundant plastic waste, and its conversion to hydrogen (H2)
offers a promising route for clean energy generation. However, PE decomposition typically …

[HTML][HTML] Electromagnetic Techniques in Carbon Fibre and Carbon Fibre Composites Manufacturing: A Review

J Zhu, H Li, J Yi, Z Chen, L Ge, C Liu, H Geng… - Composites Part B …, 2025 - Elsevier
The intensifying global energy and environmental challenges urgently call for advanced
materials characterized by low carbon emissions and sustainable development to meet this …

Hydrogen-free upcycling of polyethylene waste to methylated aromatics over Ni/ZSM-5 under mild conditions

B Sun, H Xu, T Li, W Guan, K Wang - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2025 - Elsevier
Upcycling waste plastic into aromatics presents an attractive strategy to tackle both plastic
pollution and energy challenges. However, previous studies often rely on high temperatures …

Volumetric internal Joule heating of a catalyst packed SiSiC foam for efficient dry reforming of methane

L Zheng, D Wang, Y Jiang, Y Ren, Y Wu, Y Fu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2025 - Elsevier
The strong endothermic dry reforming of methane (DRM) is a reaction of interest to convert
greenhouse gases into syngas for downstream chemical synthesis. However, conventional …

Efficient Descriptors for the Design of High-Performance Ni-Based Catalysts Modified with Electronic Inducers for the Hydrogenation of 1, 4-Butynediol

Z Chen, X Hai, X Geng, H Shi, Y Zhao… - Journal of Materials …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Manipulating the electronic structure and coordination configuration of heterogeneous
catalysts presents a promising strategy for enhancing their intrinsic catalytic efficiency; …

Product regulation mechanism in Joule flash pyrolysis of polyethylene for low carbon olefins and carbon nanospheres

B Luo, W Zhang, S Hu, K Liu, L Cheng, J Gu… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Conventional pyrolysis of polyethylene (PE) yields low-value, hard-to-separate mixed
components. To produce usable products, flash Joule heating (FJH) was employed to …

Progress and perspectives of rapid Joule heating for the preparation of highly efficient catalysts

Z Zhao, T Wu, X Li, Y Chen, X Meng - Materials Horizons, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Functional catalytic materials play an important role in environmental, biological, energy,
and other fields, wherein unique properties can be endowed through various synthesis …