The rapid expansion of plastic manufacturing industries in last several decades has brought
serious concerns over the environmental impacts of plastic wastes. Recent outbreak of …

Numerous antibiotics are being released into the natural environment through wastewater.
As antibiotic usage increases annually, its detrimental impact on the environment is …

A cheap and recyclable biochar catalyst to degrade antibiotics via a nonradicals-dominated
peroxydisulfate (PDS) activation process has attracted extensive attention due to …

Recently, flexible stretchable sensors have been gaining attention for their excellent
adaptability for electronic skin applications. However, the preparation of stretchable strain …

Methyl orange (MO) is a common anionic azo dye that is harmful to the environment and
biology, so it must be treated innocuously before it can be discharged. Adsorption is an …

The discovery of carbon-based catalysts triggers a wealth of research towards metal-free
catalysis. Various low-cost and earth-abundant biomaterials have been investigated to …

Biomass is a promising carbon source because of its low-cost and rich carbon component.
Here, lotus root as self N-source was used to produce N-doped biochar via a simple …

Paper mill sludge generated from the pulp and papermaking industries has inherent iron
and carbon contents. Herein, the biochar derived from paper mill sludge (PSBC) was …

Azo dyes are largely used in many industries and discharged in large volumes of their
effluents into the aquatic environment giving rise to non-esthetic pollution and health-risk …

Abstract Co-NC@ SiO 2 with Co, N doped carbon as core and SiO 2 as shell was
successfully synthesized by template method, and SiO 2 shell was about 43 wt …