Understanding nanocellulose–water interactions: Turning a detriment into an asset

L Solhi, V Guccini, K Heise, I Solala… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Modern technology has enabled the isolation of nanocellulose from plant-based fibers, and
the current trend focuses on utilizing nanocellulose in a broad range of sustainable …

Functionalized separator strategies toward advanced aqueous zinc‐ion batteries

Y Zong, H He, Y Wang, M Wu, X Ren… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (ZIBs) enjoy a good reputation for being safe, affordable to
produce, and ecologically friendly due to the use of water‐based electrolytes. The main …

Naturally sourced hydrogels: emerging fundamental materials for next-generation healthcare sensing

Z Wang, H Wei, Y Huang, Y Wei, J Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The flourishing development of flexible healthcare sensing systems is inseparable from the
fundamental materials with application-oriented mechanical and electrical properties …

Emerging engineered wood for building applications

Y Ding, Z Pang, K Lan, Y Yao, G Panzarasa… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The building sector, including building operations and materials, was responsible for the
emission of∼ 11.9 gigatons of global energy-related CO2 in 2020, accounting for 37% of the …

Inspired by wood: thick electrodes for supercapacitors

F Wang, J Lee, L Chen, G Zhang, S He, J Han, J Ahn… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The emergence and development of thick electrodes provide an efficient way for the high-
energy-density supercapacitor design. Wood is a kind of biomass material with porous …

Green carbon science: efficient carbon resource processing, utilization, and recycling towards carbon neutrality

M He, Y Sun, B Han - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Green carbon science is defined as the “study and optimization of the transformation of
carbon‐containing compounds and the relevant processes involved in the entire carbon …

Develo** fibrillated cellulose as a sustainable technological material

T Li, C Chen, AH Brozena, JY Zhu, L Xu, C Driemeier… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer on Earth, found in trees, waste from agricultural
crops and other biomass. The fibres that comprise cellulose can be broken down into …

Engineered living materials for sustainability

B An, Y Wang, Y Huang, X Wang, Y Liu, D Xun… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in synthetic biology and materials science have given rise to a new form of
materials, namely engineered living materials (ELMs), which are composed of living matter …

Advances in biodegradable electronic skin: Material progress and recent applications in sensing, robotics, and human–machine interfaces

M Zarei, G Lee, SG Lee, K Cho - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid growth of the electronics industry and proliferation of electronic materials and
telecommunications technologies has led to the release of a massive amount of untreated …

Transparent wood-based functional materials via a top-down approach

S Zhu, SK Biswas, Z Qiu, Y Yue, Q Fu, F Jiang… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transparent wood-based materials (TWMs), made by either bottom-up or top-down
strategies, have attracted great attention owing to their transparency, sustainability and …