Publications by authors named "Boor Lalia"
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- Nanosized zeolite Y is widely used in industries like petroleum refining and water treatment, but ball milling to reduce its size can decrease its crystallinity.
- Researchers added biodegradable cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) during wet ball milling to protect zeolite Y from damage, finding that a 1:1 ratio of zeolite Y to CNFs yielded the best results with a median particle size of 100 nm and a crystallinity index of 32%.
- The study showed that using CNFs not only preserved the structure of zeolite Y but also significantly improved its ability to adsorb methylene blue dye, with capacities increasing from 10.66 mg/g to 29.26 mg/g.
This work describes the development of sulfated cellulose (SC) polymer and explores its potential as an electrolyte-membrane for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC). The fabrication of our membranes was initiated by the preparation of the novel sulfated cellulose solution via controlled acid hydrolysis of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC). Ion-conductive crosslinked SC membranes were prepared following a chemical crosslinking reaction.
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- Hydrophobic PVDF-HFP nanowebs were created using an electrospinning technique to collect fog from the air.
- The water droplets on these nanomats displayed high contact angle hysteresis, meaning they resisted rolling off the surface.
- By treating the nanomats with lubricants, the ability for water droplets to roll off improved significantly, with smaller droplets rolling off more easily.
We report a simple wet-chemical process to prepare porous CuO nanobelts (NBs) with high surface area and small crystal grains. These CuO NBs were mixed with carbon nanotubes in an appropriate ratio to fabricate pseudocapacitor electrodes with stable cycling performances, which showed a series of high energy densities at different power densities, for example, 130.2, 92, 44, 25, and 20.
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