Adaptation of solar energy in the Global South: Prospects, challenges and opportunities.

The Global South comprising economically disadvantaged regions of the world face various challenges such as limited access to electricity, clean water, industrialization, and food security. Solar energy, as a sustainable and abundant resource, holds great potential to address these challenges. Despite its immense potential, the Global South encounters hurdles related to technology adoption, infrastructure, and financial constraints.

Mechanism of bonding, surface property, electrical behaviour, and environmental friendliness of carbon/ceramic composites produced via the pyrolysis of coal waste with polysiloxane polymer.

A simple mixing-pressing followed by thermal curing and pyrolysis process was used to upcycle coal waste into high-value composites. Three coal wastes of different physicochemical properties were investigated. The hypothetical mechanisms of bonding between the coal particles and the preceramic polymer are presented.

Preparation and Evaluation of Nanocomposite Sodalite/α-AlO Tubular Membranes for H/CO Separation.

Nanocomposite sodalite/ceramic membranes supported on α-AlO tubular support were prepared via the pore-plugging hydrothermal (PPH) synthesis protocol using one interruption and two interruption steps. In parallel, thin-film membranes were prepared via the direct hydrothermal synthesis technique. The as-synthesized membranes were evaluated for H/CO separation in the context of pre-combustion CO capture.