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Synthesis of graphene-encapsulated Fe3C/Fe catalyst supported on Sporopollenin exine capsules, and its use for the reverse water gas shift reaction (2023)
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Malik, W., Tafoya, J. . P. V., Doszczeczko, S., Jorge Sobrido, A. B., Skoulou, V., Boa, A. N., Zhang, Q., Ramirez Reina, T., & Volpe, R. (in press). Synthesis of graphene-encapsulated Fe3C/Fe catalyst supported on Sporopollenin exine capsules, and its use for the reverse water gas shift reaction. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering,

Bioderived materials have emerged as sustainable catalyst supports for several heterogeneous reactions owing to their naturally occurring hierarchal pore size distribution, high surface area, and thermal and chemical stability. We utilize sporopollen... Read More about Synthesis of graphene-encapsulated Fe3C/Fe catalyst supported on Sporopollenin exine capsules, and its use for the reverse water gas shift reaction.

Photocatalytic Hydrolysis─A Sustainable Option for the Chemical Upcycling of Polylactic Acid (2023)
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Garratt, A., Nguyen, K., Brooke, A., Taylor, M. J., & Francesconi, M. G. (2023). Photocatalytic Hydrolysis─A Sustainable Option for the Chemical Upcycling of Polylactic Acid. ACS Environmental Au, 3(6), 342–347. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenvironau.3c00040

Plastic waste is a critical global issue, yet current strategies to avoid committing plastic waste to landfills include incineration, gasification, or pyrolysis high carbon emitting and energy consuming approaches. However, plastic waste can become a... Read More about Photocatalytic Hydrolysis─A Sustainable Option for the Chemical Upcycling of Polylactic Acid.

X-ray CT-based numerical investigation of nickel foam-based GDLs under compression (2023)
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Ercelik, M., Ismail, M. S., Hughes, K. J., Ingham, D. B., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2024). X-ray CT-based numerical investigation of nickel foam-based GDLs under compression. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 50(Part B), 1338-1357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.07.001

Nickel foams feature superior structural and transport characteristics and are therefore strong candidates to be used as gas diffusion layers (GDLs) in polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs). In this work, the impact of compression on the key structu... Read More about X-ray CT-based numerical investigation of nickel foam-based GDLs under compression.

Lamellar-structured fibrous silica as a new engineered catalyst for enhancing CO<inf>2</inf> methanation (2023)
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Aziz, M. A., Jalil, A. A., Hamid, M. Y., Hassan, N. S., Khusnun, N. F., Bahari, M. B., Hatta, A. H., Matmin, J., Zein, S. H., & Saravanan, R. (2023). Lamellar-structured fibrous silica as a new engineered catalyst for enhancing CO2 methanation. Fuel, 352, Article 129113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.129113

Recently, Centre of Hydrogen Energy (CHE) has developed new structures of fibrous mesoporous silica nanoparticles (FMSN) and fibrous Mobil composition of matter-41 (FMCM-41) called CHE-SM and CHE-S41, respectively. Both are used as a support, along w... Read More about Lamellar-structured fibrous silica as a new engineered catalyst for enhancing CO<inf>2</inf> methanation.

Air-breathing polymer electrolyte fuel cells: A review (2023)
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Calili-Cankir, F., Ismail, M. S., Ingham, D. B., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2023). Air-breathing polymer electrolyte fuel cells: A review. Renewable energy, 213, 86-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.05.134

Air-breathing polymer electrolyte fuel cells have become a promising power source to provide uninterrupted power for small electronic devices. This review focuses primarily on describing how the air-breathing PEFC performance is improved through opti... Read More about Air-breathing polymer electrolyte fuel cells: A review.

Single- and Double-Sided Coated Gas Diffusion Layers Used in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells: A Numerical Study (2023)
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Okereke, I. C., Ismail, M. S., Ingham, D. B., Hughes, K., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2023). Single- and Double-Sided Coated Gas Diffusion Layers Used in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells: A Numerical Study. Energies, 16(11), Article 4363. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16114363

A new three-dimensional numerical model of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) with a single straight channel was developed to primarily investigate the important impact of the double-sided microporous layer (MPL) coating on the overall performanc... Read More about Single- and Double-Sided Coated Gas Diffusion Layers Used in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells: A Numerical Study.

Optimisation and characterisation of graphene-based microporous layers for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (2023)
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Lee, F. C., Ismail, M. S., Zhang, K., Ingham, D. B., Aldakheel, F., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., El-Kharouf, A., & Pourkashanian, M. (2024). Optimisation and characterisation of graphene-based microporous layers for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 51 part D, 1311-1325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.05.003

The viability of graphene-based microporous layers (MPLs) for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells is critically assessed through detailed characterisation of the morphology, microstructure, transport properties and electrochemical characterisatio... Read More about Optimisation and characterisation of graphene-based microporous layers for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells.

Multiphase, three-dimensional PEM fuel cell numerical model with a variable cross-sectional area flow channel (2023)
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Tian, J., Ismail, M. S., Ingham, D., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2023). Multiphase, three-dimensional PEM fuel cell numerical model with a variable cross-sectional area flow channel. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 33(8), 2778-2799. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-02-2023-0075

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the impact of three different flow channel cross sections on the performance of the fuel cell. Design/methodology/approach: A comprehensive three-dimensional polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell model has bee... Read More about Multiphase, three-dimensional PEM fuel cell numerical model with a variable cross-sectional area flow channel.

Comparison of activated carbon and low-cost adsorbents for removal of 2,4-dichlorophenol from wastewater using Aspen Adsorption and response surface methodology (2023)
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Yasir, H. A., Zein, S. H., Holliday, M. C., Jabbar, K. J., Ahmed, U., & Jalil, A. A. (2023). Comparison of activated carbon and low-cost adsorbents for removal of 2,4-dichlorophenol from wastewater using Aspen Adsorption and response surface methodology. Environmental Technology, https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2023.2202829

In this paper, the adsorption of the chlorinated organic compound, 2,4-dichlorophenol, using activated carbon (AC), bagasse fly ash (BFA) and rice husk fly ash (RHFA) in a packed bed column was simulated using Aspen Adsorption software. The purpose o... Read More about Comparison of activated carbon and low-cost adsorbents for removal of 2,4-dichlorophenol from wastewater using Aspen Adsorption and response surface methodology.

Oxidative Dissolution of Lithium and Manganese from Lithium Manganospinel (LiMn 2 O 4 ): Towards Climate-Smart Processes for Critical Metal Recycling (2023)
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Ward, R. A., Kocsis, D., & Wadhawan, J. D. (2023). Oxidative Dissolution of Lithium and Manganese from Lithium Manganospinel (LiMn 2 O 4 ): Towards Climate-Smart Processes for Critical Metal Recycling. Energy advances, https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ya00196a

This work reports the oxidative breakdown of the LiMn2O4 structure using alkaline hypochlorite, as a method for recovering both lithium and manganese species. The heterogeneous dissolution rate for this process is monitored through the formation of t... Read More about Oxidative Dissolution of Lithium and Manganese from Lithium Manganospinel (LiMn 2 O 4 ): Towards Climate-Smart Processes for Critical Metal Recycling.

Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science (2023)
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Loy, A. C. M., Teng, S. Y., How, B. S., Zhang, X., Cheah, K. W., Butera, V., Leong, W. D., Chin, B. L. F., Yiin, C. L., Taylor, M. J., & Kyriakou, G. (2023). Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 96, Article 101074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecs.2023.101074

The emergence of single atom sites as a frontier research area in catalysis has sparked extensive academic and industrial interest, especially for energy, environmental and chemicals production processes. Single atom catalysts (SACs) have shown remar... Read More about Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science.

A short review on informetric analysis and recent progress on contribution of ceria in Ni-based catalysts for enhanced catalytic CO methanation (2023)
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Hatta, A., Jalil, A., Hassan, N., Hamid, M., Nabgan, W., Alhassan, M., Bahari, M., Cheng, C., Zein, S., & Firmansyah, M. (2023). A short review on informetric analysis and recent progress on contribution of ceria in Ni-based catalysts for enhanced catalytic CO methanation. Powder Technology, 417, Article 118246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2023.118246

Energy demand is rising, and the exhaustion of accessible energy sources is currently the greatest challenge. CO methanation has become a crucial reaction for the substituted natural gas production, necessitating a catalyst. Ceria is amongst the most... Read More about A short review on informetric analysis and recent progress on contribution of ceria in Ni-based catalysts for enhanced catalytic CO methanation.

Boosting hydrogen production of uniform CuCo-ZIF nanododecahedrons by bimetal node and glycerol (2023)
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Wang, Q., Teng, Y., Ma, B., Zhang, X., Yuan, X., Li, Z., Jiang, W., Teng, F., Ruan, W., & Ibhadon, A. O. (2023). Boosting hydrogen production of uniform CuCo-ZIF nanododecahedrons by bimetal node and glycerol. Materials Today Chemistry, 28, Article 101359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.101359

Compared with fossil fuels reforming to hydrogen, electrolytic water to hydrogen is highly energy-intensive. It is still a big challenge to decrease the cost of electrolytic water to hydrogen. Herein, we investigate the electrocatalytic activity of u... Read More about Boosting hydrogen production of uniform CuCo-ZIF nanododecahedrons by bimetal node and glycerol.

Process design, simulation, and techno-economic analysis of integrated production of furfural and glucose derived from palm oil empty fruit bunches (2023)
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Mohammed, M. Z. R., Ng, Z. W., Putranto, A., Kong, Z. Y., Sunarso, J., Aziz, M., Zein, S. H., Giwangkara, J., & Butar, I. (2023). Process design, simulation, and techno-economic analysis of integrated production of furfural and glucose derived from palm oil empty fruit bunches. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-022-02454-3

This study aims to propose a new process design, simulation, and techno-economic analysis of an integrated process plant that produces glucose and furfural from palm oil empty fruit bunches (EFB). In this work, an Aspen Plus-based simulation has been... Read More about Process design, simulation, and techno-economic analysis of integrated production of furfural and glucose derived from palm oil empty fruit bunches.

Sorption direct air capture with CO2 utilization (2023)
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Jiang, L., Liu, W., Liu, W., Wang, R. Q., Gonzalez-Diaz, A., Rojas-Michaga, M. F., Michailos, S., Pourkashanian, M., Zhang, X. J., & Font-Palma, C. (2023). Sorption direct air capture with CO2 utilization. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 95, Article 101069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecs.2022.101069

Direct air capture (DAC) is gathering momentum since it has vast potential and high flexibility to collect CO2 from discrete sources as “synthetic tree” when compared with current CO2 capture technologies, e.g., amine based post-combustion capture. I... Read More about Sorption direct air capture with CO2 utilization.

Evaluating the pre-treatment protocol required to produce an effective carbonized waste adsorbent for organic pollution control (2023)
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Priyanka, Vashisht, D., Taylor, M. J., & Mehta, S. K. (2023). Evaluating the pre-treatment protocol required to produce an effective carbonized waste adsorbent for organic pollution control. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11, Article 1224388. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1224388

With the goal of fostering the circular economy, the present work was devised to minimize and manage agricultural waste by transforming it into biochar; a versatile dye removal adsorbent. Waterways across the globe are frequently fouled and contamina... Read More about Evaluating the pre-treatment protocol required to produce an effective carbonized waste adsorbent for organic pollution control.

Process design Optimisation, heat integration, and techno-economic analysis of oil refinery: A case study (2023)
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Jabbar, K. J., Zein, S. H., Hasan, A. H., Ahmed, U., & Jalil, A. A. (2023). Process design Optimisation, heat integration, and techno-economic analysis of oil refinery: A case study. Energy Sources, Part A, 45(2), 4931-4947. https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2023.2205365

This paper outlines a comprehensive analysis of the optimal design and simulation of a crude oil distillation system within a refinery process, including pre-treatment and blending of two crude oils to increase the refinery’s annual profit. This dist... Read More about Process design Optimisation, heat integration, and techno-economic analysis of oil refinery: A case study.

Empowering clean water whilst safeguarding water distribution pipeline integrity: Towards manganese- and iron-free lime hydrate for water treatment (2023)
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Wadhawan, J. D., Kocsis, D., Meyer, C., Ward, R., Thompson, M., Prior, T. J., Kelly, S. M., & Lawrence, N. (2023). Empowering clean water whilst safeguarding water distribution pipeline integrity: Towards manganese- and iron-free lime hydrate for water treatment. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ew00109h

Hydrated limes are amongst the most economically valuable alkalis used by the water industry for the treatment of potable water. They are typically manufactured from the thermal decomposition of high purity limestones. However, the latter contain bot... Read More about Empowering clean water whilst safeguarding water distribution pipeline integrity: Towards manganese- and iron-free lime hydrate for water treatment.