[HTML][HTML] Biomass vs inorganic and plastic-based aerogels: Structural design, functional tailoring, resource-efficient applications and sustainability analysis

G Wei, J Zhang, M Usuelli, X Zhang, B Liu… - Progress in Materials …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The highly efficient utilization of bioresources and natural organic wastes has attracted great
attention, due to the high-speed consumption and shortage of energy in modern society …

Sustainable carbon materials

MM Titirici, RJ White, N Brun, VL Budarin… - Chemical Society …, 2015‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon-based structures are the most versatile materials used in the modern field of
renewable energy (ie, in both generation and storage) and environmental science (eg …

Circular economy design considerations for research and process development in the chemical sciences

JH Clark, TJ Farmer, L Herrero-Davila, J Sherwood - Green Chemistry, 2016‏ - pubs.rsc.org
A circular economy will look to chemistry to provide the basis of innovative products, made
from renewable feedstocks and designed to be reused, recycled, or the feedstock renewed …

Valorisation of waste rice straw for the production of highly effective carbon based adsorbents for dyes removal

S Sangon, AJ Hunt, TM Attard, P Mengchang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Highly porous carbons have been produced through an activated pyrolysis process from
waste rice straw. The methodology avoids the use of extensive pre-treatments and utilises …

Bio-derived materials as a green route for precious & critical metal recovery and re-use

JR Dodson, HL Parker, AM García, A Hicken… - Green …, 2015‏ - pubs.rsc.org
To meet the global challenges of elemental sustainability a holistic approach to the
extraction, use and recovery of precious and critical metals must be developed. Biosorption …

Determination of adsorptive properties of expanded vermiculite for the removal of CI Basic Red 9 from aqueous solution: kinetic, isotherm and thermodynamic studies

O Duman, S Tunç, TG Polat - Applied Clay Science, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The adsorption characteristics of toxic Basic Red 9 (BR9) onto expanded vermiculite were
determined. The effect of contact time, initial dye concentration, pH and temperature on the …

Activated carbons from waste Cassia bakeriana seed pods as high-performance adsorbents for toxic anionic dye and ciprofloxacin antibiotic remediation

N Theamwong, W Intarabumrung, S Sangon… - Bioresource …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Waste Cassia bakeriana seed pods were used for porous carbon production in a facile
pyrolysis process. The carbons were highly efficient adsorbents for methylene blue, congo …

Always look on the “light” side of life: sustainable carbon aerogels

RJ White, N Brun, VL Budarin, JH Clark… - …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
The production of carbon aerogels based on the conversion of inexpensive and abundant
precursors using environmentally friendly processes is a highly attractive subject in …

Simultaneous removal of lead and phenol contamination from water by nitrogen-functionalized magnetic ordered mesoporous carbon

G Yang, L Tang, G Zeng, Y Cai, J Tang, Y Pang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
In this study, a novel nitrogen-functionalized magnetic ordered mesoporous carbon (N-
Fe/OMC) with uniform pore size (3.8 nm) and excellent magnetic property (8.46 emu/g) was …

Enhanced removal of aqueous phenol with polyimide ultrafiltration membranes embedded with deep eutectic solvent-coated nanosilica

JK Ali, CM Chabib, M Abi Jaoude, E Alhseinat… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Novel composite hydrophilic ultrafiltration (UF) membranes, comprising a polyimide (PI)
matrix embedded with silica-based nanofillers are established for the enhanced vacuum …