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Tuning the Electrical and Solar Thermal Heating Efficiencies of Nanocarbon Aerogels (2020)
Journal Article
Xia, D., Xu, Y., Mannering, J., Ma, X., Ismail, M. S., Borman, D., …Menzel, R. (2021). Tuning the Electrical and Solar Thermal Heating Efficiencies of Nanocarbon Aerogels. Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society, 33(1), 392-402. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04166

Nanocarbon aerogels display outstanding electrical and solar thermal heating efficiencies. However, little is known about the relationship between their microstructure and the heating performance. In this study, two different types of carbon nanotube... Read More about Tuning the Electrical and Solar Thermal Heating Efficiencies of Nanocarbon Aerogels.

Isothiocyanates: Promising Chemical Substance for Environmental Remediation (2020)
Book Chapter
Vashisht, D., & Ibhadon, A. (2021). Isothiocyanates: Promising Chemical Substance for Environmental Remediation. In S. K. Mehta, & S. Sharma  (Eds.), Spectrum of Isothiocyanate Chemistry and its Applications (271-292). New York: Nova Science Publishers

The lack of proper waste management as well as enforcement policies in many countries of the world have resulted in environmental pollution problems including the discharge of pollutants into water from many sources, including agriculture, tannery in... Read More about Isothiocyanates: Promising Chemical Substance for Environmental Remediation.

Atom efficient PtCu bimetallic catalysts and ultra dilute alloys for the selective hydrogenation of furfural (2020)
Journal Article
Taylor, M. J., Beaumont, S. K., Islam, M. J., Tsatsos, S., Parlett, C. A., Issacs, M. A., & Kyriakou, G. (2021). Atom efficient PtCu bimetallic catalysts and ultra dilute alloys for the selective hydrogenation of furfural. Applied catalysis. B, Environmental, 284, Article 119737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119737

A range of Pt:Cu bimetallic nanoparticles were investigated for the liquid-phase selective hydrogenation of furfural, an important platform biomass feedstock. Alloying of the two metals had a profound effect on the overall catalytic activity, providi... Read More about Atom efficient PtCu bimetallic catalysts and ultra dilute alloys for the selective hydrogenation of furfural.

Intra- and Inter-molecular Sulf- hydryl Hydrogen Bonding: Facilitating Proton Transfer Events for Determination of pH in Sea Water (2020)
Journal Article
Sisodia, N., Miranda, M., McGuinness, K. L., Wadhawan, J. D., & Lawrence, N. S. (in press). Intra- and Inter-molecular Sulf- hydryl Hydrogen Bonding: Facilitating Proton Transfer Events for Determination of pH in Sea Water. Electroanalysis, https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.202060332

© 2020 Wiley-VCH GmbH This work presents the electrochemical response of a 2-(methylthio)phenol glassy carbon based electrode for a promising voltammetric pH sensor in both buffered and low-buffered solutions. Electropolymerization of the redox speci... Read More about Intra- and Inter-molecular Sulf- hydryl Hydrogen Bonding: Facilitating Proton Transfer Events for Determination of pH in Sea Water.

Magnesium ferrite spinels as anode modifier for the treatment of Congo red and energy recovery in a single chambered microbial fuel cell (2020)
Journal Article
Khan, N., Anwer, A. H., Khan, M. D., Azam, A., Ibhadon, A., & Khan, M. Z. (in press). Magnesium ferrite spinels as anode modifier for the treatment of Congo red and energy recovery in a single chambered microbial fuel cell. Journal of hazardous materials, Article 124561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124561

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Magnesium Ferrite (MgFe2O4) spinel structures prepared by a solid-state reaction was used as an anode modifier in the microbial fuel cell (MFC) treatment of Congo red dye. The performance of the reactors with unmodified stainless... Read More about Magnesium ferrite spinels as anode modifier for the treatment of Congo red and energy recovery in a single chambered microbial fuel cell.

A techno-economic assessment of implementing power-to-gas systems based on biomethanation in an operating waste water treatment plant (2020)
Journal Article
Michailos, S., Walker, M., Moody, A., Poggio, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2021). A techno-economic assessment of implementing power-to-gas systems based on biomethanation in an operating waste water treatment plant. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9(1), Article 104735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.104735

The aim of the present study is to assess the techno-economic viability of integrating biomethanation into power to gas systems in a real waste water treatment plant (WWTP). The research is the first attempt to assess the viability of several scenari... Read More about A techno-economic assessment of implementing power-to-gas systems based on biomethanation in an operating waste water treatment plant.

A techno-enviro-economic assessment of a biomass fuelled micro-CCHP driven by a hybrid Stirling and ORC engine (2020)
Journal Article
Udeh, G. T., Michailos, S., Ingham, D., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2021). A techno-enviro-economic assessment of a biomass fuelled micro-CCHP driven by a hybrid Stirling and ORC engine. Energy Conversion and Management, 227, Article 113601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113601

Stirling engines (SE) offer good part load performance and high heat sink temperatures which make it a suitable candidate to serve as a prime mover in micro-combined cooling, heating and power (μ-CCHP) applications. In this study, a novel μ-CCHP conf... Read More about A techno-enviro-economic assessment of a biomass fuelled micro-CCHP driven by a hybrid Stirling and ORC engine.

Multiscale characterization of the 3D network structure of metal carbides in a Ni superalloy by synchrotron X-ray microtomography and ptychography (2020)
Journal Article
Zhang, Z., Khong, J. C., Koe, B., Luo, S., Huang, S., Qin, L., …Mi, J. (2021). Multiscale characterization of the 3D network structure of metal carbides in a Ni superalloy by synchrotron X-ray microtomography and ptychography. Scripta materialia, 193, 71-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.10.032

Synchrotron X-ray microtomography and ptychography were used to characterize the 3D network structure, morphology and distribution of metal carbides in an as-cast IN713LC Ni superalloy. MC typed carbides were found to distribute mainly on the grain b... Read More about Multiscale characterization of the 3D network structure of metal carbides in a Ni superalloy by synchrotron X-ray microtomography and ptychography.

Inorganic fouling of heat transfer surface from potable water during convective heat transfer (2020)
Journal Article
Al-Gailani, A., Sanni, O., Charpentier, T. V., Crisp, R., Bruins, J. H., & Neville, A. (2021). Inorganic fouling of heat transfer surface from potable water during convective heat transfer. Applied thermal engineering, 184, Article 116271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.116271

In this work, inorganic fouling of the heat transfer surfaces from potable water has been studied using a once-through flow cell to visualize and follow the deposition processes. The effects of surface material and flow rate on the amount and morphol... Read More about Inorganic fouling of heat transfer surface from potable water during convective heat transfer.

Esterification of residual palm oil using solid acid catalyst derived from rice husk (2020)
Journal Article
Semilin, V., Balan, W. S., Janaun, J., Chung, C. H., Zhu, Z., Haywood, S. K., …Zein, S. H. (2021). Esterification of residual palm oil using solid acid catalyst derived from rice husk. Journal of hazardous materials, 404(Part B), Article 124092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124092

In this study, carbon-silica based acid catalysts derived from rice husks (RH) were successfully synthesised using microwave (MW) technology. The results showed that MW sulphonation produced Sulphur (S) content of 17.2–18.5 times higher than in raw R... Read More about Esterification of residual palm oil using solid acid catalyst derived from rice husk.