Nanocellulose-based materials as components of polymer electrolyte fuel cells

C Vilela, AJD Silvestre, FML Figueiredo… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen is a clean energy carrier and fuel cells (FCs) are an efficient conversion
technology, and thus have become mainstream research topics that could contribute to …

Single-ion conducting double-network hydrogel electrolytes for long cycling zinc-ion batteries

CY Chan, Z Wang, Y Li, H Yu, B Fei… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
As one of the promising alternatives of lithium-ion batteries, zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) have
received growing interest from researchers due to their good safety, eco-friendliness, and …

Neoteric solvent-based blue biorefinery: for chemicals, functional materials and fuels from oceanic biomass

RA Sequeira, D Mondal, K Prasad - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Blue biorefineries integrate the production of renewable chemicals, fuels, functional
materials and marketable commodities utilising biomass of marine origin. The global climate …

Conductive polysaccharides-based proton-exchange membranes for fuel cell applications: The case of bacterial cellulose and fucoidan

C Vilela, ACQ Silva, EM Domingues, G Gonçalves… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Conductive natural-based separators for application in polymer electrolyte fuel cells
(PEFCs) were fabricated by combining a bacterial polysaccharide, ie. bacterial cellulose …

[HTML][HTML] Flexible nanocellulose/lignosulfonates ion-conducting separators for polymer electrolyte fuel cells

C Vilela, JD Morais, ACQ Silva, D Muñoz-Gil… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
The utilization of biobased materials for the fabrication of naturally derived ion-exchange
membranes is breezing a path to sustainable separators for polymer electrolyte fuel cells …

Sustainable dual-mode smart windows for energy-efficient buildings

SC Nunes, SM Saraiva, RFP Pereira… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Electrochromic devices (ECDs) combining visible/near-infrared (NIR) transparent
amorphous indium zinc oxide (a-IZO) external layers with innovative NIR-emitting …

[HTML][HTML] Biofouling-focused assessment of a novel, cellulose-based ionogel membrane applied in a microbial fuel cell

S Szakács, EO Martínez, L Koók, GM Santos… - Bioresource Technology …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, a novel ionogel membrane was prepared on polyethersulfone physical support
from the mixture of microcrystalline cellulose and [BMIM][Cl](1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium …

Eco-friendly innovation: three-mode sun-actuated thermotropic devices integrating κ-carrageenan-based film doped with Arundo donax leaf-derived carbon dots and 1 …

SC Nunes, TAG Duarte, RFP Pereira, L Fu… - Journal of Materials …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, the morphology, size, and optical properties of carbon dots (CDs) synthesized
at various temperatures (250, 300, 350 and 400° C) are investigated, along with their …

Characterization of biodegradable solid polymer electrolyte system based on agar-NH4Br and its comparison with NH4I

S Selvalakshmi, T Mathavan… - Journal of Solid State …, 2019 - Springer
Concerning the pollution-free and eco-friendly materials, the prospect of using biopolymer
as ion conducting matrix has been investigated in this study. Biopolymer electrolyte based …

[HTML][HTML] Luminescent κ-carrageenan-based electrolytes containing neodymium triflate

SC Nunes, SM Saraiva, RFP Pereira, MM Silva… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the synthesis of polymer electrolyte systems derived from biopolymers for
the development of sustainable green electrochemical devices has attracted great attention …