Metal/carbon materials have exhibited great potential for engineering applications in
environmental remediation as efficient catalysts for persulfate-based advanced oxidation …

The rapid increase of the CO2 concentration in the Earth's atmosphere has resulted in
numerous environmental issues, such as global warming, ocean acidification, melting of the …

Nanostructured Fe–N–C materials represent a new type of “platinum-like” non-noble-metal
catalyst for various electrochemical reactions and organic transformations. However, no …

The development of highly efficient metal‐free carbon electrocatalysts for the oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) is one very promising strategy for the exploitation and …

It is commonly accepted that the increased degree of graphitization leads to a higher
electrical conductivity of carbon materials. However, more and more evidence reveals that …

In recent years, advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), especially sulfate radical based
AOPs have been widely used in various fields of wastewater treatment due to their capability …

A heterogeneous catalyst is a functional material that continually creates active sites with its
reactants under reaction conditions. These sites change the rates of chemical reactions of …

There is an obvious gap between efforts dedicated to the control of chemicophysical and
morphological properties of catalyst active phases and the attention paid to the search of …

Carbon nanotubes are promising materials for various applications. In recent years,
progress in manufacturing and functionalizing carbon nanotubes has been made to achieve …

Production of radicals by metal-free catalysis is expected to offer a promising oxidative
reaction for remediation of emerging contaminants. In this study, novel metal-free activation …