Thermal plasma gasification of organic waste stream coupled with CO-sorption enhanced reforming employing different sorbents for enhanced hydrogen production.

In the past few years, rising concerns global climate change and clean energy demand have brought worldwide attention to developing the 'biomass/organic waste-to-energy' concept as a zero-emission, environment-friendly and sustainable pathway to simultaneously quench the global energy thirst and process diverse biomass/organic waste streams. Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) can be an influential technological route to curb climate change to a significant extent by preventing CO discharge. One of the pathways to realize BECCS is CO-sorption coupled with a thermal plasma gasification process.

Step-Scheme Heterojunction between CdS Nanowires and Facet-Selective Assembly of MnO-BiVO for an Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Overall Water Splitting.

The spatial separation and transport of photogenerated charge carriers is crucial in building an efficient photocatalyst for solar energy conversion into chemical energy. A step-scheme CdS/MnO-BiVO photocatalyst was synthesized by spatial deposition of MnO and one-dimensional (1D) CdS nanowires on a three-dimensional (3D) decahedron BiVO surface. The photocatalytic activity of CdS/MnO-BiVO for the overall water-splitting reaction was investigated without sacrificial reagent under visible light irradiation.

Hollow cuboidal MnCoO coupled with nickel phosphate: a promising oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalyst.

The growth of hierarchical morphologies of complex metal oxides directly on the substrate is a challenging task. Herein we report a unique hollow-cuboidal MnCo2O4 (h-MCO) morphology that offers insights into the efficient charge-transfer and surface kinetics for the oxygen evolution reaction. h-MCO coupled nickel phosphate under alkaline conditions outperforms the benchmark RuO2.

A Z-Scheme Strategy that Utilizes ZnIn S and Hierarchical VS Microflowers with Improved Charge-Carrier Dynamics for Superior Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation.

One of the major limiting factors for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation is the fast recombination kinetics of photogenerated charge carriers. Herein, we propose a model system that utilizes ZnIn S and hierarchical VS microflowers for efficient charge separation through a Z-scheme pathway, without the need for an electron mediator. An impressive 18-fold increase in photocurrent was observed for ZnIn S -VS compared to ZnIn S alone.

Hybridization of Pd Nanoparticles with UiO-66(Hf) Metal-Organic Framework and the Effect of Nanostructure on the Catalytic Properties.

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as a new class of supports for metal nanoparticles(NPs) in heterogeneous catalysis because of possible synergetic effects between the two components. In addition, MOFs also can be coated over metal NPs to influence the entire nanoparticle's surface. Herein, NPs were hybridized with UiO-66(Hf) MOF possessing Brønsted acidic sites (on secondary building units) and fabricated Pd@UiO-66 (Hf) core-shell and Pd/UiO-66(Hf) supported catalysts.