A review on biodiesel production using various heterogeneous nanocatalysts: Operation mechanisms and performances

Y Zhang, L Duan, H Esmaeili - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to food shortages and increasing fuel prices, scientists are trying to find suitable
feedstocks for biodiesel production that do not divert food products to bioenergy. Although …

A critical review on the economic aspects and life cycle assessment of biodiesel production using heterogeneous nanocatalysts

H Esmaeili - Fuel Processing Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Rising global prices, increasing energy demand, and increasing greenhouse gas have led
to the use of biodiesel fuel. Biodiesel fuel is a suitable alternative to diesel in diesel engines …

2D MXenes: tunable mechanical and tribological properties

BC Wyatt, A Rosenkranz, B Anasori - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides, known as MXenes, were
discovered in 2011 and have grown to prominence in energy storage, catalysis …

Continuous hydrothermal synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles: applications and future directions

JA Darr, J Zhang, NM Makwana, X Weng - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Nanomaterials are at the leading edge of the emerging field of nanotechnology. Their
unique and tunable size-dependent properties (in the range 1–100 nm) make these …

Progresses in chitin, chitosan, starch, cellulose, pectin, alginate, gelatin and gum based (nano) catalysts for the Heck coupling reactions: A review

M Dohendou, K Pakzad, Z Nezafat… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heck cross-coupling reaction (HCR) is one of the few transition metal catalyzed Csingle
bondC bond-forming reactions, which has been considered as the most effective, direct, and …

CuO and CuO-based nanocomposites: Synthesis and applications in environment and energy

SR Mishra, M Ahmaruzzaman - Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2022 - Elsevier
Copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles and nanocomposites have gained attention worldwide
due to their unique characteristics and properties, followed by numerous applications in the …

Effect of nanocatalysts on the transesterification reaction of first, second and third generation biodiesel sources-A mini-review

M Mofijur, SYA Siddiki, MBA Shuvho, F Djavanroodi… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is a fuel that has numerous benefits over traditional petrodiesel. The
transesterification process is the most popular method for biodiesel production from various …

The role and fate of cap** ligands in colloidally prepared metal nanoparticle catalysts

LM Rossi, JL Fiorio, MAS Garcia, CP Ferraz - Dalton Transactions, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal nanoparticles have received intense scientific attention in the field of catalysis. Precise
engineering of nanomaterials' size, shape and surface composition, including adsorbed …

Galvanic replacement reaction: recent developments for engineering metal nanostructures towards catalytic applications

AGM da Silva, TS Rodrigues, SJ Haigh… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Metallic nanoparticles have been extensively studied towards applications in catalysis.
Among the several methods for their controlled synthesis, galvanic replacement is …

Surface modified halloysite nanotubes: A flexible interface for biological, environmental and catalytic applications

M Tharmavaram, G Pandey, D Rawtani - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Halloysite Nanotubes (HNTs) are clay minerals that possess unique chemical
composition and a tubular structure due to which, they have recently emerged as a potential …