Progressive utilisation prospects of coal fly ash: A review

ARK Gollakota, V Volli, CM Shu - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid surge in global energy needs has paved way for the development of various
alternatives to natural resources every now and then. However, dependence on coal-based …

Status of fly ash-derived sustainable nanomaterials for batteries and supercapacitors

F Mushtaq, L Wang, H Tu, J Wang, Y Wang… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Research on employing various specialized wastes as renewable, affordable, and abundant
resources to reduce energy material's prices has been stimulated by the requirements of …

Carbon nanotubes synthesis over coal ash based catalysts using polypropylene waste via CVD process: Influence of catalyst and reaction temperature

SP Chitriv, V Saini, D Ratna - Journal of Environmental Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Coal ash containing significant amount of SiO 2 and Al 2 O 3 is utilized as a catalyst
substrate for carbon nanotubes (CNTs) synthesis. Three different types of catalysts were …

Synthesis of zeolites Na-A and Na-X from tablet compressed and calcinated coal fly ash

T Hu, W Gao, X Liu, Y Zhang… - Royal Society Open …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Zeolites Na-A and Na-X are important synthetic zeolites widely used for separation and
adsorption in industry. It is of great significance to develop energy-efficient routines that can …

“Smart poisoning” of Co/SiO 2 catalysts by sulfidation for chirality-selective synthesis of (9, 8) single-walled carbon nanotubes

Y Yuan, HE Karahan, C Yıldırım, L Wei, Ö Birer, S Zhai… - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The chirality-selective synthesis of relatively large (diameter> 1 nm) single-walled carbon
nanotubes (SWCNTs) is of great interest for a variety of practical applications, but only a few …

Novel synthesis of Ag decorated TiO 2 anchored on zeolites derived from coal fly ash for the photodegradation of bisphenol-A

L Hlekelele, PJ Franklyn, F Dziike… - New Journal of …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The disposal of millions of tons of coal fly ash (CFA) threatens the environment, hence
means to reuse CFA are highly sought after. In this study, CFA was reused to make materials …

Morphological and crystallinity differences in nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes grown by chemical vapour deposition decomposition of melamine over coal fly ash

L Hlekelele, PJ Franklyn, PK Tripathi, SH Durbach - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Millions of tons of coal fly ash (CFA) are produced each year in thermoelectric coal powered
stations as a waste-product. Until recently few researchers have endeavored to use CFA as …

Carbon-based nanomaterials production from environmental pollutant byproducts: A Review

N Dlamini, HE Mukaya, D Nkazi - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide (CO 2) and fly ash are known to be harmful to the environment. While some
of their beneficiations have reached maturity for the chemical industry, their application in …

TiO 2 composited with carbon nanofibers or nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes synthesized using coal fly ash as a catalyst: bisphenol-A photodegradation efficiency …

L Hlekelele, PJ Franklyn, F Dziike… - New Journal of …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Coal fly ash (CFA) was used as a catalyst for the synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon
nanotubes (NCNTs) and carbon nanofibers (CNFs) by chemical vapor deposition. Carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Thin and Flexible PANI/PMMA/CNF Forest Films Produced via a Two-Step Floating Catalyst Chemical Vapor Deposition

FM Papadopoulou, S Soulis, AFA Trompeta… - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we explore a straightforward two-step method to produce high-purity, vertically
aligned multi-walled carbon nanofibres (MWCNFs) via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) …