Piezocatalytic techniques in environmental remediation

J Liu, W Qi, M Xu, T Thomas, S Liu… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a consequence of rapid industrialization throughout the world, various environmental
pollutants have begun to accumulate in water, air, and soil. This endangers the ecological …

[HTML][HTML] Fundamentals, advances and perspectives of piezocatalysis: A marriage of solid-state physics and catalytic chemistry

N Meng, W Liu, R Jiang, Y Zhang, S Dunn, J Wu… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Piezocatalysis, an evolving catalytic technology built on the piezoelectric properties of
catalysts, breaks down the barrier between mechanical energy and chemical energy. The …

Emerging technologies and sustainable strategies for municipal solid waste valorization: challenges of circular economy implementation

TG Ambaye, R Djellabi, M Vaccari, S Prasad… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to an upsurge in urbanization and industrialization, huge amounts of municipal solid
waste (MSW) are accumulating on our planet. Waste generation has several negative …

An emerging family of piezocatalysts: 2D piezoelectric materials

CC **, DM Liu, LX Zhang - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Piezocatalysis is an emerging technique that holds great promise for the conversion of
ubiquitous mechanical energy into electrochemical energy through piezoelectric effect …

Recent advance of Fe-based bimetallic persulfate activation catalysts for antibiotics removal: Performance, mechanism, contribution of the key ROSs and degradation …

X Zhang, J Wei, C Wang, L Wang, Z Guo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Antibiotic residues have been widely discovered in different types of water bodies, posing a
critical risk to the water ecosystem and human health. Persulfate activation based advanced …

Modulation of Z-scheme photocatalysts for pharmaceuticals remediation and pathogen inactivation: design devotion, concept examination, and developments

ME Malefane, PJ Mafa, TTI Nkambule… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The recent outbreak of Covid-19 guarantees overconsumption of different drugs as a
necessity to reduce the symptoms caused by this pandemic. This triggers the proliferation of …

Exploiting multiferroicity of TbFeO3 nanoparticles for hydrogen generation through photo/electro/photoelectro-catalytic water splitting

H Khan, IH Lone, SE Lofland… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is a potential future energy source that could replace conventional fuel and
provide the necessary energy. Multiferroic materials are the most likely choices for water …

Efficient activation of peroxymonosulfate by Co/Cu co-substituted-ferrite and carbon composite for rapid degradation of tetracycline in aqueous phase: Performance …

B Lin, C Tang, Z Zheng, M Zhang, Y Huang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel Co/Cu co-substituted ferrite-carbon composite Co x Cu 1-x Fe 2 O 4@
C (x= 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, and 0.9) was prepared by gel-thermolysis to activate …

Emerging technologies for the removal of pesticides from contaminated soils and their reuse in agriculture

TG Ambaye, A Hassani, M Vaccari, A Franzetti… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Pesticides are becoming more prevalent in agriculture to protect crops and increase crop
yields. However, nearly all pesticides used for this purpose reach non-target crops and …

Simultaneous realization of FIR-based multimode optical thermometry and photonic molecular logic gates in Er3+ and Yb3+ co-doped SrTiO3 phosphor

I Kumar, A Kumar, S Kumar, GB Nair, HC Swart… - Physica …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Er 3+ and Yb 3+ co-doped SrTiO 3 phosphors were synthesized and characterized
by using the x-ray powder diffraction method, field emission scanning electron microscopy …