Bioengineered,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13(4), P. 8115 - 8134
Published: March 17, 2022
Wastewater
is
one
of
the
most
common
by-products
almost
every
industrial
process.
Treatment
wastewater
alone,
before
disposal,
necessitates
an
excess
energy.
Environmental
concerns
over
use
fossil
fuels
as
a
source
energy
have
prompted
surge
in
demand
for
alternative
sources
and
development
sophisticated
procedures
to
extract
from
unconventional
sources.
municipal
alone
accounts
about
3%
global
electricity
while
amount
embedded
waste
at
least
2–4
times
greater
than
required
treat
same
effluent.
The
microbial
electrolysis
cell
(MEC)
efficient
technologies
waste-to-product
conversion
that
uses
electrochemically
active
bacteria
convert
organic
matter
into
hydrogen
or
variety
without
polluting
environment.
This
paper
highlights
existing
obstacles
future
potential
integration
Microbial
Electrolysis
Cell
with
other
processes
like
anaerobic
digestion
coupled
system,
membrane
bioreactor
thermoelectric
micro
converter.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
49(13), P. 4273 - 4306
Published: Jan. 1, 2020
This
review
presents
recent
advances
in
the
production
of
biomass
derived
furfural
and
5-hydroxymethylfurfural
their
catalytic
conversion
into
chemicals
fuelsviatransfer
hydrogenation,
photocatalytic
electrocatalytic
processes.
Green Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
20(24), P. 5427 - 5453
Published: Jan. 1, 2018
The
research
progress
on
the
production
of
2,5-furandicarboxylic
acid
by
oxidation
biomass-derived
5-hydroxymethyl
furfural
has
been
reviewed,
focusing
chemical-catalytic
routes.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
10(1)
Published: Nov. 25, 2019
Hydrogen
production
by
electrocatalytic
water
splitting
is
an
efficient
and
economical
technology,
however,
severely
impeded
the
kinetic-sluggish
low
value-added
anodic
oxygen
evolution
reaction.
Here
we
report
nickel-molybdenum-nitride
nanoplates
loaded
on
carbon
fiber
cloth
(Ni-Mo-N/CFC),
for
concurrent
electrolytic
productions
of
high-purity
hydrogen
at
cathode
formate
anode
in
low-cost
alkaline
glycerol
solutions.
Especially,
when
equipped
with
Ni-Mo-N/CFC
both
cathode,
established
electrolyzer
requires
as
1.36
V
cell
voltage
to
achieve
10
mA
cm-2,
which
260
mV
lower
than
that
aqueous
solution.
Moreover,
high
Faraday
efficiencies
99.7%
H2
95.0%
have
been
obtained.
Based
excellent
electrochemical
performances
Ni-Mo-N/CFC,
from
solutions
are
energy-efficient
promising
technology
renewable
clean
energy
supply
future.
Energy & Environmental Science,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
14(2), P. 815 - 843
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
Hydrogen
is
reviewed
as
a
possible
new
marine
fuel,
with
emphasis
on
the
challenges
concerning
sustainable
production,
board
use
and
safety
specifically
hydrogen
storage.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
50(5), P. 3437 - 3484
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
Hydrogen
is
the
most
effective
and
sustainable
carrier
of
clean
energy,
liquid-phase
hydrogen
storage
materials
with
high
content,
reversibility
good
dehydrogenation
kinetics
are
promising
in
view
"hydrogen
economy".
Efficient,
low-cost,
safe
selective
generation
from
chemical
remains
challenging,
however.
In
this
Review
article,
an
overview
recent
achievements
provided,
addressing
topic
nanocatalysis
production
including
metal-boron
hydrides,
borane-nitrogen
compounds,
liquid
organic
hydrides.
The
state-of-the-art
catalysts
range
high-performance
nanocatalysts
based
on
noble
non-noble
metal
nanoparticles
(NPs)
to
emerging
single-atom
catalysts.
Key
aspects
that
discussed
include
insights
into
mechanisms,
regenerations
spent
tandem
reactions
using
situ
generated
hydrogen.
Finally,
challenges,
perspectives,
research
directions
for
area
envisaged.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
60(6), P. 3148 - 3155
Published: Nov. 9, 2020
Abstract
The
electrochemical
conversion
of
carbon
dioxide
into
energy‐carrying
compounds
or
value‐added
chemicals
is
great
significance
for
diminishing
the
greenhouse
effect
and
efficient
utilization
carbon‐dioxide
emissions,
but
it
suffers
from
kinetically
sluggish
anodic
oxygen
evolution
reaction
(OER)
its
less
production
O
2
.
We
report
a
general
strategy
formic‐acid
synthesis
by
concurrent
cathodic
CO
reduction
partial
methanol‐oxidation
(MOR)
using
mesoporous
SnO
grown
on
cloth
(mSnO
/CC)
CuO
nanosheets
copper
foam
(CuONS/CF)
as
catalysts,
respectively.
Anodic
CuONS/CF
enables
an
extremely
lowered
potential
1.47
V
vs.
RHE
(100
mA
cm
−2
),
featuring
significantly
enhanced
electro‐activity
in
comparison
to
OER.
mSnO
/CC
shows
rather
high
Faraday
efficiency
81
%
at
0.7
established
electrolyzer
equipped
with
anode
cathode
requires
considerably
low
cell
voltage
0.93
10
both
sides.
Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
30(10)
Published: Jan. 23, 2020
Abstract
The
sluggish
kinetics
of
oxygen
evolution
reaction
(OER)
is
the
main
bottleneck
for
electrocatalytic
water
splitting
to
produce
hydrogen
(H
2
),
and
by‐product
worthless
O
.
Therefore,
designing
a
thermodynamically
favorable
oxidation
replace
OER
coupling
with
value‐added
product
generation
on
anode
significance
boosting
H
under
low
electrolysis
voltage.
Herein,
cobalt
hydroxide@hydroxysulfide
nanosheets
carbon
paper
(Co(OH)
@HOS/CP)
are
synthesized
as
bifunctional
electrocatalysts
facilitate
production
convert
methanol
valuable
formate
simultaneously.
Benefiting
from
influences/changes
composition,
surface
properties,
electronic
structure,
chemistry
Co(OH)
,
as‐obtained
electrodes
exhibit
very
high
selectivity
(MFO)
boost
performance
overpotential
155
mV
MFO
148
at
current
density
10
mA
cm
−2
Furthermore,
integrated
two‐electrode
electrolyzer
drives
cell
voltage
1.497
V
united
100%
Faradaic
efficiency
anodic
cathodic
continuous
20
h
operation
without
obvious
decay.
assistance
alternative
by
robust
electrocatalyst
can
be
further
used
realize
upgrading
other
organic
molecules
less
energy
consumption.
Energy & Environmental Science,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
12(9), P. 2646 - 2664
Published: Jan. 1, 2019
Formic
acid
is
a
main
product
from
biomass-derived
carbohydrates
and
attracting
ever
more
attention
as
sustainable
hydrogen
source,
owing
to
its
high
volumetric
density
of
53
g
H2
per
liter.
In
this
review,
we
give
an
overview
the
formic
mediated
transformations
biomass-based
feedstocks
into
added-value
products,
including
biofuels;
will
be
primarily
focused
on
transformation
platform
chemicals,
with
emphasis
levulinic
acid.
Formic-acid
lignin
depolymerization
biomass-oil
upgrading
also
discussed.
