Agricultural and industrial waste-derived mesoporous silica nanoparticles: A review on chemical synthesis route

NAA Razak, NH Othman, MSM Shayuti… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, the amount of agricultural and industrial wastes being generated is
increasing rapidly. This leads to numerous disposals, governance, and environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Recycling of major agriculture crop residues and its application in polymer industry: A Review in the context of waste to energy nexus

AS Mohite, AR Jagtap, MS Avhad, AP More - Energy Nexus, 2022 - Elsevier
The depletion of petroleum-based resources such as natural gas, coal, and minerals is an
alarming sign for the sustainability of mankind. Thus, the focus has majorly turned towards …

Conversion of wheat husk to high surface area activated carbon for energy storage in high-performance supercapacitors

MM Baig, IH Gul - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2021 - Elsevier
Conversion of carbon-containing biomass into useful carbon products is highly demanded.
A rising understanding of environmental problems explains the growing focus on evaluating …

[HTML][HTML] Green technology extraction and characterisation of silica nanoparticles from palm kernel shell ash via sol–gel

PE Imoisili, KO Ukoba, TC Jen - Journal of Materials Research and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Silica nanoparticles have numerous applications including drug delivery, lightweight
aggregates, and energy storage. It has been manufactured from different agricultural …

Utilization of agricultural wastes for co-production of xylitol, ethanol, and phenylacetylcarbinol: A review

J Feng, C Techapun, Y Phimolsiripol, S Phongthai… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
Corn, rice, wheat, and sugar are major sources of food calories consumption thus the
massive agricultural waste (AW) is generated through agricultural and agro-industrial …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and characterization of amorphous mesoporous silica from palm kernel shell ash

PE Imoisili, KO Ukoba, TC Jen - boletín de la sociedad española de …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study synthesized and characterized amorphous mesoporous silica from palm kernel
shell ash. Sol–gel synthesis technique was used to produce the amorphous mesoporous …

Biomass and industrial wastes as resource materials for aerogel preparation: opportunities, challenges, and research directions

N Asim, M Badiei, MA Alghoul… - Industrial & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Aerogels with extraordinary properties have attracted much attention due to their suitability
for different technologies. However, the drawbacks of aerogels, such as expensive raw …

Green synthesis of silica and silicon nanoparticles and their biomedical and catalytic applications

N Shafiei, M Nasrollahzadeh… - Comments on Inorganic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Silica and silicon nanomaterials have diverse applications in the field of drug/gene delivery,
lightweight aggregates, regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, cancer …

Silica aerogels; a review of synthesis, applications and fabrication of hybrid composites

F Akhter, SA Soomro, VJ Inglezakis - Journal of Porous Materials, 2021 - Springer
Silica aerogels are gaining significant importance and have attracted considerable interest
due to their extraordinary properties and numerous applications. Silica aerogels are highly …

The simultaneous extraction of cellulose fiber and crystal biogenic silica from the same rice husk and evaluation in cellulose‐based composite bioplastic films

AE Karaca, C Özel, AC Özarslan… - Polymer Composites, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bioplastics are environmental‐friendly materials that have been essentially required to
reduce global pollution resulting from the accumulation of conventional plastics. The current …