Support materials for PEMFC and DMFC electrocatalysts—A review

S Sharma, BG Pollet - Journal of Power Sources, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) and direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC)
have found a wide variety of commercial applications. Their performance is essentially …

A review on novel processes of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil

A Talebian-Kiakalaieh, NAS Amin, H Mazaheri - Applied Energy, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Fossil fuel depletion, environmental concerns, and steep hikes in the price of fossil fuels are
driving scientists to search for alternative fuels. The characteristics of biodiesel have made …

Catalysis by metal organic frameworks: perspective and suggestions for future research

D Yang, BC Gates - Acs Catalysis, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) have drawn wide attention as potential catalysts, offering
high densities of catalytic sites in high-area porous solids, some with stabilities at high …

Superacidity in sulfated metal–organic framework-808

J Jiang, F Gándara, YB Zhang, K Na… - Journal of the …, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
Superacids, defined as acids with a Hammett acidity function H 0≤− 12, are useful
materials, but a need exists for new, designable solid state systems. Here, we report …

Identification of the strong Brønsted acid site in a metal–organic framework solid acid catalyst

CA Trickett, TM Osborn Popp, J Su, C Yan… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
It remains difficult to understand the surface of solid acid catalysts at the molecular level,
despite their importance for industrial catalytic applications. A sulfated zirconium-based …

Graphene-based catalysts for biodiesel production: Characteristics and performance

EK Nazloo, NR Moheimani, H Ennaceri - Science of The Total Environment, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Biodiesel is a promising alternative to reduce the dependency on fossil fuels. However,
biodiesel's cost is still higher than its petroleum counterpart, hence its production process …

Recent developments on heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel production by oil esterification and transesterification reactions: A review

ME Borges, L Díaz - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Heterogeneous catalysis is widely applied in industry due to important advantages it offers
to chemical processes such as improved selectivity and easy catalyst separation from …

Advancements in solid acid catalysts for biodiesel production

F Su, Y Guo - Green Chemistry, 2014‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Biodiesel has emerged as one of the best potential renewable energy sources to replace
current petroleum-based diesel. It is a sustainable, biodegradable and non-toxic diesel fuel …

The reactions of dimethyl carbonate and its derivatives

P Tundo, M Musolino, F Aricò - Green chemistry, 2018‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The worldwide urge to embrace a sustainable and bio-compatible chemistry has led industry
and academia to develop of chlorine-free methodologies focused on the use of CO2 and …

Synthesis of biodiesel via acid catalysis

E Lotero, Y Liu, DE Lopez… - Industrial & …, 2005‏ - ACS Publications
Biodiesel is synthesized via the transesterification of lipid feedstocks with low molecular
weight alcohols. Currently, alkaline bases are used to catalyze the reaction. These catalysts …