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Direct ocean capture: the emergence of electrochemical processes for oceanic carbon removal
This study explores the emerging development of electrochemical direct ocean capture (eDOC) as an effective negative emission technology; focusing on pH swing mechanisms, we highlight advancements in eDOC and identify key areas for future research.
Polyethylene glycol as a robust, biocompatible encapsulant for two-stage treatment of food and beverage wastewater
Polyethylene glycol beads encapsulating anaerobic microbes developed for on-site food and beverage wastewater treatment.
Reactive silver inks: a path to solar cells with 82% less silver
ITRPV silver consumption of standard low-temperature and high-temperature paste as compared to reactive silver ink. As little as 16.4 mg of silver is consumed when a busbarless cell is metallized with reactive silver ink.
Engineering a zinc anode interphasial chemistry for acidic, alkaline and non-aqueous electrolytes
By employing 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl) pyrazole (TFMP) as an electrolyte additive in both aqueous and non-aqueous mediums, a versatile interphase strategy is achieved. This facilitates stable Zn anodes with improved efficiency and longer cycling life.
Electrochemical urea production using carbon dioxide and nitrate: state of the art and perspectives
The minireview highlights recent developments in designing electrocatalysts for the co-reduction of CO 2 and nitrates into urea. It also discusses advanced detection methods for intermediates and final products, as well as future research prospects.
Tuning sorbent properties to reduce the cost of direct air capture
A direct air capture (DAC) economic model that accounts for sorbent degradation is developed. Experimentally-measured parameters are then integrated to identify sorbent and process features that minimize both the DAC carbon footprint and cost.
Rapid solidification for green-solvent-processed large-area organic solar modules with >16% efficiency
A rapid solidification strategy was developed for simultaneously avoiding the Marangoni effect and suppressing molecular aggregation. The resultant 15.64 cm 2 large-area OSC module exhibited a record power conversion efficiency of 16.03%.
Insights into lithium inventory quantification of LiNi 0.5 Mn 1.5 O 4 –graphite full cells
A systematic methodology for the quantification of lithium inventory is developed and the degradation mechanisms of high-voltage lithium batteries are revealed.
High-performance thermoelectric composites via scalable and low-cost ink processing
This work demonstrates a remarkable room-temperature figure of merit zT of 1.3 for BiSbTe-based composites with excellent reproducibility using a scalable, low-cost ink processing technique.
Organic emitters with near-unity photoluminescence to reinforce buried interface of perovskite solar cells and modules
We developed an embedded perovskite-bottom interface reinforcement strategy employing cyano-based emitters with near-unity photoluminescence efficiency, to enhance the device performance and stability.
An efficient alkoxy-substituted polymer acceptor for efficient all-polymer solar cells with low voltage loss and versatile photovoltaic applications
All-polymer solar cells with low voltage loss for efficient outdoor and indoor photovoltaics.
High-throughput design of complex oxides as isothermal, redox-activated CO 2 sorbents for green hydrogen generation
A new family of Isothermal, redox-activated CO 2 sorbents were successfully developed using a high-throughput combinatorial approach to facilitate the generation of green hydrogen from biogenic carbonaceous feedstocks.
A machine learning based approach to solve the aerosol dynamics coagulation model
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Station 8: Environmental & Engineering Tests Nuclear Weapons Exhibit for the Bradbury Science Museum
This text is for a panel for the revamped Nuclear Weapons Exhibit at the Bradbury Science Museum.
Protein-activated atomic layer deposition for robust crude-oil-repellent hierarchical nano-armored membranes
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) offers unique capabilities to fabricate atomically engineered porous materials with precise pore tuning and multi-functionalization for diverse applications like advanced membrane separations towards sustainable energy-water systems. However, current ALD technique is inhibited on most non-polar polymeric membranes due to lack of accessible nucleation sites. Here, in this study, we report a facile method to efficiently promote ALD coating on hydrophobic surface of polymeric membranes via novel protein activation/sensitization. As a proof of concept, TiO 2 ALD-coated membranes activated by bovine serum albumin exhibit remarkable superhydrophilicity, ultralow underwater crude oil adhesion, and robust tolerance to rigorous environments including acid, alkali, saline, and ethanol. Most importantly, excellent cyclable crude oil-in-water emulsion separation performance can be achieved. The mechanism for activation/sensitization is rooted in reactivity for a particular set of amino acids. Furthermore, the universality of protein-sensitized ALD is demonstrated using common egg white, promising numerous potential usages in biomedical engineering, environmental remediation, lowcarbon manufacturing, catalysis, and beyond.