Background: Globally, over 81 million people use e-cigarettes, and the majority of them are young adults. Using e-cigarettes causes different types of adverse health effects both in adults and elderly people. Over time, using e-cigarettes has detrimental consequences on lung function, brain development and numerous other illnesses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe quest for sustainable and clean energy sources has intensified research on the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) in recent decades. In this study, we have presented a novel Ce-doped TiO catalyst synthesized through the sol-gel method, showcasing its potential as a superior electrocatalyst for HER in an acidic medium. Comprehensive characterization through X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), and Raman spectroscopy confirms the successful formation of the catalyst.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDuring the electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate, nitrite is often evolved as a product along with ammonia due to the sluggish nitrite-to-ammonia conversion process compared to the nitrate-to-nitrite conversion step. Rhodium metal has been proven to enhance nitrite-to-ammonia conversion rates, yielding ammonia as the only final product. In the present article, we have shown how effectively Rh nanoparticles immobilized on Pt and Pd films deposited on H conducting Nafion-117 membranes eliminate intermediate nitrite ions during the progress of the nitrate reduction reaction in a flow type reactor.
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