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A wearable DC tribovoltaic power textile woven by P/N-type organic semiconductor fibers

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8621-8632
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02662D, Paper
Open Access
Beibei Fan, Guoxu Liu, Yiming Dai, Zefang Dong, Ruifei Luan, Likun Gong, Zhi Zhang, Zhong Lin Wang, Chi Zhang
A high-performance, wearable tribovoltaic DC power supply textile was prepared using a traditional weaving process. The WDPs have high flexibility, excellent environmental robustness, lower internal resistance, and washability.
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Faster decarbonization of heavy industries in low-carbon power grids: using process flexibility for handling grid congestions

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8838-8854
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03888F, Paper
Sverre Stefanussen Foslie, Brage Rugstad Knudsen, Sigurd Bjarghov, Magnus Korpås
This work highlights the importance of process flexibility in industry decarbonization, showing it can enhance transmission grid capacity at costs comparable to other grid reinforcement measures, thereby enabling faster electrification of demand.
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Water-induced spinodal decomposition of mixed halide perovskite captured by real-time liquid TEM imaging

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8745-8755
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03381G, Paper
Nicolas Folastre, Mohammad Ali Akhavan Kazemi, Kirill Cherednichneko, Arash Jamali, Jean Rousset, Frédéric Sauvage, Arnaud Demortière
Segmented images showing the live degradation of CsMAFA particles in contact with water molecules. The formed particles are CsPb2Br5 and PbI2 resulting from the spinodal decomposition of perovskite before dissolution/recrystallization process.
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A techno-economic study of photovoltaic-solid oxide electrolysis cell coupled magnesium hydride-based hydrogen storage and transportation toward large-scale applications of green hydrogen

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8429-8456
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04224G, Analysis
Xusheng Wang, Longfei Shao, Shouyi Hu, Zi Li, Hangzuo Guo, Jiaqi Zhang, Yingyan Zhao, Xi Lin, Binjian Nie, Zhigang Hu, Jianxin Zou
Integrating PV-SOEC for hydrogen production with MgH2-based storage and transportation holds significant potential in advancing the hydrogen supply chain.
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Polymer electrolytes with high cation transport number for rechargeable Li–metal batteries: current status and future direction

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8457-8481
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03097D, Review Article
Xinyuan Shan, Zhaowei Song, Hang Ding, Lengwan Li, Yuhang Tian, Alexei P. Sokolov, Ming Tian, Kang Xu, Peng-Fei Cao
The high-cation transport number polymer electrolytes (HTPEs) with simultaneously high cation transport number and high ionic conductivity could provide a solution to enable high-performance solid-state batteries.
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Post-deposition in situ passivation of AgBiS2 nanocrystal inks for high-efficiency ultra-thin solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8885-8892
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03266G, Paper
Jae Taek Oh, Yongjie Wang, Carmelita Rodà, Debranjan Mandal, Gaurav Kumar, Guy Luke Whitworth, Gerasimos Konstantatos
A post-deposition in situ passivation strategy using a multi-functional molecular agent is reported with enhanced colloidal dispersibility of an environmentally-friendly AgBiS2 nanocrystal ink, achieving a PCE over 10% in a solar cell.
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Self-healing polymer dielectric exhibiting ultrahigh capacitive energy storage performance at 250 °C

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8866-8873
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03705G, Paper
Open Access
Wenhan Xu, Fei Yang, Guodong Zhao, Shixian Zhang, Guanchun Rui, Muchen Zhao, Lingling Liu, Long-Qing Chen, Qing Wang
The Anderson localization effect has been exploited in the design of high-temperature dielectric polymers, resulting in reduced conduction loss and outstanding capacitive energy storage performance over a wide temperature range up to 250 °C.
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Charge target collection from different triboelectrification domains by electrostatic induction and polarization enabled air discharges

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8942-8953
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04035J, Paper
Kaixian Li, Siqi Gong, Shaoke Fu, Hengyu Guo, Chuncai Shan, Huiyuan Wu, Jian Wang, Shuyan Xu, Gui Li, Qionghua Zhao, Xue Wang, Chenguo Hu
New channels of dynamic dielectric polarization enabled discharges (DPD) are proposed and combined with electrostatic induction enabled discharges (EID) to achieve charge target collection from different triboelectrification domains.
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Towards efficient and stable organic solar cells: fixing the morphology problem in block copolymer active layers with synergistic strategies supported by interpretable machine learning

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8954-8965
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03168G, Paper
Yu Cui, Qunping Fan, Hao Feng, Tao Li, Dmitry Yu. Paraschuk, Wei Ma, Han Yan
Interpretable machine learning identifies the causal structure–property relationships and key control factors in block copolymer organic solar cells with excellent power conversion efficiency and thermal stability.
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Advancing high-temperature electrostatic energy storage via linker engineering of metal–organic frameworks in polymer nanocomposites

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04085F, Paper
Zongliang Xie, Zhiyuan Huang, He Li, Tianlei Xu, Haoyu Zhao, Yunfei Wang, Pang Xi, Zhiqiang Cao, Virginia Altoe, Liana M Klivansky, Zaiyu Wang, Steven Shelton, Shiqi Lai, Peng Liu, Chenhui Zhu, Michael D. Connolly, Corie Y. Ralston, Xiaodan Gu, Zongren Peng, Jian Zhang, Yi Liu
High-performance, thermally resilient polymer dielectrics are essential for film capacitors used in advanced electronic devices and renewable energy systems, particularly at elevated temperatures where conventional polymers fail to perform. Compositing...
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Salt Dissociation and Localized High-concentration Solvation by Interface of Fluorinated Gel and Polymer Solid Electrolyte

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04078C, Paper
Dechao Zhang, Yuxuan Liu, Dedi Li, Shimei Li, Qi Xiong, Zhaodong Huang, Shixun Wang, Hu Hong, Jiaxiong Zhu, Haiming Lyu, Chunyi Zhi
Low salt dissociation and unstable [Li(N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF))x]+ solvent structure in poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)-based solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) remarkably restricts the high throughput ion transport and interfacial stability. Here, we...
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Self-assembled porous salt crystals for solar-powered crystallization

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04741A, Paper
Jie Yu, Lenan Zhang, Jintong Gao, Wenyu Han, Ruzhu Wang, Zhenyuan Xu
Thermally localized solar evaporation has been recognized as an efficient and suitable pathway for desalination and brine treatment. However, the annoying salt crystallization inside the porous evaporator brings challenges for...
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Former Puducherry BJP president complains of poor quality rice supplied to beneficiaries during Deepavali




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Erode Corporation begins second phase of encroachment removal




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Ministerial staff urge Chief Secretary to ensure compliance with transfer policy norms

The staff body accuses Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms of failing to follow the norms for its own department, and of violating transfer policy norms prevailing in the government for more than 15 years in the matters of transfer, promotion, recruitment rules, regularisation of services, of an estimated 3,000 ministerial employees




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IG inaugurates ‘Police Akka’ initiative in Namakkal




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Weavers’ stage protest in Erode, dispersed by police




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Kalamassery municipality approves proposal for drafting GIS-based master plan




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KTR’s Delhi visit is just diversion politics: Komatireddy Venkat Reddy




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Stray dog menace puts Railways, Kozhikode Corporation in a spot

A tourist from Germany was bitten by a stray dog at the Kozhikode railway station recently




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Airports where pilots could fear to land

In the expansion plans at Chennai airport and the greenfield project at Parandur, there are runway safety issues that cannot be brushed aside




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Are pro-natalist policies the way to address the ageing population problem?




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Crowd of confusion: On the Maharashtra political scene, polls  

The polls may settle the churn in Maharashtra politics 




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It was never my ambition to win the World championship... its importance dawned on me years later: Antoaneta Stefanova

In this freewheeling conversation, Stefanova talks about becoming Bulgaria’s first chess World champion, why she continues to play competitively, the role of family support in the success of Indian chess and what compelled her to enter politics 




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‘I don’t want to lose trust of my people’: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil on withdrawal from poll fray 

In a conversation with Manoj Jarange Patil, in his village ‘Antrawali Sarati’, which became the epicentre of Maratha agitation, he again blamed the home minister as a mastermind behind not giving reservation. “No matter who makes the government, we will keep fighting till reservation is granted”, he said. 




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​Political meltdown: On the crisis in Germany

Germany seems set for an economic crisis amid political instability




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Maharashtra Assembly polls: A litmus test for Marathas

The Marathas may find it difficult to retain their socio-political domination




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SEE: A meeting of legendary proportions

Ashwin posted a picture on Instagram, sharing his joy on meeting the five-time world chess champion.




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Mass transport effects in gas-phase selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene over supported Pd

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00039K, Paper
Open Access
Oscar E. Brandt Corstius, M. Kikkert, S. T. Roberts, E. J. Doskocil, J. E. S. van der Hoeven, P. E. de Jongh
The performance of selective hydrogenation reactions is affected by mass transfer limitations, induced by higher local metal loading and larger catalyst grain size.
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Co3O4 supported by ultrathin-layered graphitic carbon nitride for efficient electrocatalytic evolution of oxygen

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00020J, Paper
Ruixue Luo, Xi Li, Youping Guo, Renchun Fu
An efficient OER. Co3O4@g-C3N4 using layered g-C3N4-loaded Co3O4 was significantly higher than that using g-C3N4 or Co3O4.
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TiO2 nanopowder and nanofilm catalysts in the disinfection and mineralization of S. aureus with solar-simulated radiation

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00540B, Paper
Raed Shqier, Ahed Zyoud, Muath H. S. Helal, Heba Nassar, Raed Alkowni, Mohyeddin Assali, Shaher Zyoud, Naser Qamhieh, Abdul Razack Hajamohideen, Shadi Sawalha, Samer H. Zyoud, Hikmat S. Hilal
TiO2 films photo-catalyze S. aureus rupture and mineralization of resulting organic materials.
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Fabrication and evaluation of a flexible antenna device composed of a compatible iron-oxide clay in a PDMS graphene matrix

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,901-909
DOI: 10.1039/D2RE00352J, Paper
Ameen Abdelrahman, Fouad Erchiqui, Mourad Nedil
We create a flexible and robust conductive polymer composite based on iron oxide and a thin film of clay doped with graphene nanoparticles, and test its application as a wearable device for underground workers.
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Temperature effect on the steric and polar Taft substituent parameter values

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,833-841
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00500C, Paper
Sindi Baco, Marcel Klinksiek, Mélanie Mignot, Christoph Held, Julien Legros, Sébastien Leveneur
We investigate the influence of temperature by re-evaluating the substituent parameters of the Taft equation applied to the esterification of levulinic acid by methanol and ethanol, and the saponification of methyl and ethyl levulinates.
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General synthesis of secondary imines via reductive coupling of carbonyl and nitro compounds employing a reusable cobalt catalyst

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,925-929
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00509G, Paper
Chaochong Zhang, Yurong He, Peng Zhou, Yuandie Ma, Ziliang Yuan, Guoqiang She, Zhe Zheng, Juncheng Hu, Qingqing Jiang, Jason Chun-Ho Lam, Bo Han, Zehui Zhang, Bing Liu
Reusable nitrogen-doped carbon-encapsulated Co nanoparticle catalysts are found robust for the synthesis of secondary imines via the reductive amination of carbonyl compounds with NH3 or directly with nitro compounds.
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Green synthesis of surfactant-free mesoporous silica with strong hydrophilicity via metal salt modifications for moisture adsorption

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,816-824
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00513E, Paper
Pariyawalee Sangteantong, Kunpirom Chainarong, Waleeporn Donphai, Metta Chareonpanich
In this work, the green synthesis of mesoporous silica (MPS) was carried out using low-cost sodium silicate as a precursor.
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Understanding the effects of forced and bubble-induced convection in transport-limited organic electrosynthesis

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,930-939
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00579H, Paper
Casey K. Bloomquist, Melisa Dogan, James S. Harris, Benjamin D. Herzog, William J. Tenn III, Eray S. Aydil, Miguel A. Modestino
Insights from data-driven surrogate models reveal that the Sherwood number characterizes mass transport conditions independent of the convection method, offering design guidelines for scaling up organic electrosynthesis.
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Biomass-based graphene aerogel for the removal of emerging pollutants from wastewater

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,753-776
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00526G, Review Article
Vijayendra Kumar Tripathi, Manish Shrivastava, Jaya Dwivedi, Raju Kumar Gupta, Lokesh Kumar Jangir, Kumud Malika Tripathi
This review article provides a detailed overview of the synthesis techniques of biomass-based graphene aerogels and highlights the influence of fabrication parameters on the performance of the resulting aerogels for wastewater treatment applications.
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Surface treatment of magnetite nanoparticle thin films with potassium phosphate for calcium phosphate precipitation

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,782-786
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00048J, Communication
Reo Kimura, Kazuto Sugimoto, Iori Yamada, Motohiro Tagaya
The treatment of magnetite nanoparticle thin films with potassium phosphate and their surface reaction with simulated body fluid were in situ monitored by the QCM-D technique, which is suitable for the precipitation of calcium phosphate.
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Enhancing mass transport to accelerate photoreactions and enable scale-up

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00689A, Paper
Open Access
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Florian Gaulhofer, Markus Metzger, Alexander Peschl, Dirk Ziegenbalg
The importance of mixing in photoreactors along the direction of light propagation for competitive photochemical reactions is experimentally demonstrated in the MISCOP mini-plant photoreactor.
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Scaling-up continuous production of mesoporous silica particles at kg scale: design & operational strategies

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00707C, Paper
Rajashri B. Jundale, Jayesh R. Sonawane, Anil V. Palghadmal, Hemant Kumar Jaiswal, Hital S. Deore, Amol A. Kulkarni
This paper demonstrates a continuous flow pilot-scale production of highly porous mesoporous silica particles (MSPs) via a soft template based technique.
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Experimental Investigation of Mass Transfer in NH3 SCR Over Self-Supporting Cu-ZSM-5 Foam

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00533J, Paper
Risha Raju, Kuruvilla Joseph, K. Prabhakaran, A. Salih
Selective catalytic reduction of NOx by NH3 is an emerging technology for emission control applications worldwide. The development of structured catalysts for process intensification is of growing interest in catalytic...
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PFC reports net profit of ₹7,215 Cr in Q2 FY25

The power and infrastructure sector lender’s consolidated total income rose to ₹25,755 croe in Q2FY25




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Puravankara Limited reports ₹17.06 crore loss in Q2

The weighted average cost of debt was 11.62 percent as of September 30, 2024, while the EBITDA margin stood at 28 percent




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PFC turns down $2.4 billion debt to Shapoorji

With the latest move, the company may have to find new ways to raise money




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India’s steel exports rise 11% in October; imports moderate for the first time this fiscal

Indian steel exports rose to 0.44 million tonnes in October, while imports moderated for the first time this year to 0.98 million tonnes as India tightened import norms




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Data Patterns reports 12% decline in PAT in Q2’25

Revenue for the quarter was impacted due to deferment of delivery schedule by the customer of completed products




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Singapore Airlines to invest additional ₹3,195 crore in Air India post-Vistara merger

The merger will result in Singapore Airlines having a 25.1% stake in the enlarged Air India




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Ashok Leyland sees a positive shift in the e-bus procurement market with reasonable bidding rates

Dheeraj Hinduja expressed confidence that these initiatives are helping establish a more stable and predictable framework for procuring electric vehicles, which will benefit the sector’s long-term growth




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Rural consumers’ FMCG basket size expanding, fast embracing digital payments & ecommerce: Report

Rural India’s media consumption is increasingly hybrid, with nearly 1 in 2 of rural consumers exposed to both online and offline media.




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Bhanzu secures $16.5M Series B led by Epiq Capital; poised for US expansion

Bhanzu CEO: The U.S. math education market has significant potential, but it is dominated by large, billion-dollar companies that have not innovated their curricula or effectively embraced technology