Strong Red Luminescence in Europium Complexes Solution for Anti-Counterfeiting Applications.

Eu-activated phosphors with distinct photoluminescence properties are well-suited for diverse applications, including lighting, sensing, and imaging. Despite their potential, the large-scale and energy-efficient production of Eu-doped phosphors remains a significant challenge for industrial applications. This research delves into the luminescent performance of Eu ions in nitrate solutions at room temperature by employing detailed spectroscopic characterization.

Mechanism of Potassium Release from Feldspar by Mechanical Activation in Presence of Additives at Ordinary Temperatures.

To improve the potassium availability of feldspar at ordinary temperatures, the mechanical grinding and addition of sodium hydroxide/salts were employed to study the effects of mechanical activation and strong alkali addition on particle characteristics, water-soluble potassium, and the available potassium of feldspar. A laser particle size analyzer was utilized for the direct determination of particle size distribution (PSD) using ground samples. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) method was employed for specific surface areas.

Quantitative structure-biotransformation relationships of organic micropollutants in aerobic and anaerobic wastewater treatments.

Biotransformation is one of the dominant processes to remove organic micropollutants (OMPs) in wastewater treatment. However, studies on the role of molecular structure in determining the biotransformation rates of OMPs are limited. We evaluated the biotransformation of 14 OMPs belonging to different chemical classes under aerobic and anaerobic conditions, and then explored the quantitative structure-biotransformation relationships (QSBRs) of the OMPs based on biotransformation rates using valid molecular structure descriptors (electrical and physicochemical parameters).

Sugarcane-bagasse-ash in enhanced mesophilic Co-digestion for biogas and nutrient recovery: A concept of developing rural circular bioeconomy.

Conductive agro-industrial wastes as accelerants in the anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic waste is a good technique for developing a rural circular economy, such as producing bioenergy and biofertilizer. This study disclosed the a role of sugar cane bagasse ash (SCBA) in enhancing the bioenergy (biogas) yield and digestate fertility via anaerobic co-digestion (AcoD) of buffalo dung (BD) and vegetable residue (VR) under mesophilic conditions (37 ᴼC). Firstly, an optimal BD/VR ratio (1:3) was determined based on biogas yield by introducing five different BD/VR ratios (1:0, 3:1, 1:1, 1:3, and 0:1) into AcoD systems.

High-throughput calculation screening for new silicon allotropes with monoclinic symmetry.

A total of 87 new monoclinic silicon allotropes are systematically scanned by a random strategy combined with group and graph theory and high-throughput calculations. The new allotropes include 13 with a direct or quasi-direct band gap and 12 with metallic characteristics, and the rest are indirect band gap semiconductors. More than 30 of these novel monoclinic Si allotropes show bulk moduli greater than or equal to 80 GPa, and three of them show even greater bulk moduli than diamond Si.

Enhanced methane production in microbial electrolysis cell coupled anaerobic digestion system with MXene accelerants.

Accelerants can improve the anaerobic performance of a microbial electrolysis cell coupled anaerobic digestion (MEC-AD). MAX phase titanium aluminum carbide (MAX), multilayer TiCT MXene (ML-MXene) and few-layer TiCT MXene (FL-MXene) were utilized as accelerants for MEC-AD to promote CH production and CO reduction at a voltage of 0.6 V.

Methylammonium Chloride as a Double-Edged Sword for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells.

The additive engineering strategy promotes the efficiency of solution-processed perovskite solar cells (PSCs) over 25%. However, compositional heterogeneity and structural disorders occur in perovskite films with the addition of specific additives, making it imperative to understand the detrimental impact of additives on film quality and device performance. In this work, the double-edged sword effects of the methylammonium chloride (MACl) additive on the properties of methylammonium lead mixed-halide perovskite (MAPbI Cl ) films and PSCs are demonstrated.

Niobium- and cobalt-modified dual-source-derived porous carbon with a honeycomb-like stable structure for supercapacitor and hydrogen evolution reaction.

Designing porous carbon materials with tailored architecture and appropriate compositions is essential for supercapacitor (SC) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Herein, Nb/Co-modified dual-source porous carbon (Nb/Co-DSPC) with a honeycomb structure was obtained by introducing a secondary carbon source (Co/Zn-ZIF) and transition metal Nb into activated Typha carbon (ATC). The addition of a secondary carbon source and Nb resulted in superior specific surface area (1272.

Dual utilization of aloe peel: Aloe peel-derived carbon quantum dots enhanced anaerobic co-digestion of aloe peel.

Carbon materials have been widely used in anaerobic digestion (AD), but the role of zero-dimensional carbon quantum dots (CQDs) in anaerobic co-digestion (AcoD) has not yet been reported. In this work, the effect of aloe peel-derived CQDs (AP-CQDs) on the AcoD system of aloe peel and dairy manure was investigated. The addition of AP-CQDs accelerants increased the cumulative CH yield from 201.

Waste-Derived Catalysts for Water Electrolysis: Circular Economy-Driven Sustainable Green Hydrogen Energy.

The sustainable production of green hydrogen via water electrolysis necessitates cost-effective electrocatalysts. By following the circular economy principle, the utilization of waste-derived catalysts significantly promotes the sustainable development of green hydrogen energy. Currently, diverse waste-derived catalysts have exhibited excellent catalytic performance toward hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and overall water electrolysis (OWE).

Recent progress of crystal orientation engineering in halide perovskite photovoltaics.

Manipulating the crystallographic orientation of semiconductor crystals plays a vital role in fine-tuning their facet-dependent properties, such as surface properties, charge transfer properties, trap state density, and lattice strain. The success in crystal orientation engineering enables the preferential growth orientation of perovskite thin films with favorable crystal planes by precise nucleation manipulation and growth condition optimization, rendering the films with the unique optoelectronic properties to further improve the efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, the origin and impact of preferential crystallographic orientation of perovskite thin films on the corresponding photovoltaic performance of PSCs are still far from being well understood.

Co-digestion of cow manure and food waste for biogas enhancement and nutrients revival in bio-circular economy.

Anaerobic co-digestion (AcoD) with suitable substrate ratios may have the potential to improve biogas process and could play a better role in nutrient management for biocircular economy. The goal of this study was to enhance biogas yield from AcoD of cow manure (CM) and canteen food waste (CFW), and pertinent co-digestion of suitable substrate ratios for nutrient management i. e NPK from linear to biocircular economy, using ruminant intestinal fluid as a source of inoculum.

Enhanced methane production in anaerobic co-digestion systems with modified black phosphorus.

Black phosphorus (BP) and BP modified by hydrogen peroxide (MBP) were used as accelerants to enhance CH production and CO reduction in microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) coupled with anaerobic co-digestion systems (MEC-AcoD). The MEC-AcoD group with a voltage of 0.6 V and 0.

Mineral residue accelerant-enhanced anaerobic digestion of cow manure: An evaluation system of comprehensive performance.

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is an efficient technology for treating biowaste and generating biogas. A reasonable evaluation of AD performance is crucial to its development. Herein, a comprehensive evaluation system covering five dimensions (energy output, process stability, degradation efficiency, digestate fertility, and digestate safety) was established to assess AD performance.

Defect engineering tuning electron structure of biphasic tungsten-based chalcogenide heterostructure improves its catalytic activity for hydrogen evolution and triiodide reduction.

The design and exploration of high-efficiency and low-cost electrode catalysts are of great significance to the development of novel energy conversion technologies. In this work, metal and nonmetal heteroatoms co-doped biphasic tungsten-based chalcogenide heterostructured catalyst (Co-WS/P-WO) with rich defects is successfully synthesized by a vulcanization technique. The electrocatalytic performance of WS/WO in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and triiodide reduction reaction is significantly enhanced by modifying and optimizing its electronic structure through a defect engineering strategy.

Tower carbon: a new large-cell carbon allotrope.

The structural development of novel carbon materials has always been a hot spot in theoretical and experimental research, due to carbon possess a wide range of applications in the fields of industry and electronic technology. In this work, an+hybrid carbon allotrope, named tower carbon, is proposed and studied based on density functional theory, including its structure, stability, electronic and mechanical properties. The crystal structure of tower carbon is like a Chinese classical architectural tower, so it is named tower carbon, which belongs to the cubic crystal system, and it is stable in thermodynamics, dynamics, and mechanics.

A multi-dimensional hierarchical strategy building melamine sponge-derived tetrapod carbon supported cobalt-nickel tellurides 0D/3D nanohybrids for boosting hydrogen evolution and triiodide reduction reaction.

Designing efficient nanohybrid electrocatalysts with advanced structure is of great essential for energy conversion devices. Herein, a multi-dimensional hierarchical strategy is proposed to design melamine sponge-derived sulfur and nitrogen co-doped tetrapod carbon (SNTC) supported cobalt-nickel telluride (CoTe/SNTC, NiTe/SNTC, and CoNiTe/SNTC) 1D/3D and 0D/3D nanohybrids for boosting hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and triiodide reduction reaction (IRR). Among these, the CoNiTe/SNTC 0D/3D hybrid exhibited superior catalytic activities and excellent electrochemical stability.

Ni and Fe nanoparticles, alloy and Ni/Fe-N coordination co-boost the catalytic activity of the carbon-based catalyst for triiodide reduction and hydrogen evolution reaction.

The design of high-performance early transition metal decorated carbon-based multiple active-site catalysts is of high significance for improving the efficiency of energy utilization. Highly dispersed FeNi alloy, Ni and Fe metal nanoparticles and 1D carbon nanotubes (CNTs) decorated metal-nitrogen species (Me-N) anchored carbon-based catalysts (Ni NP|Ni-NDC, Fe NP|Fe-NDC, FeNi|Ni/Fe-NDC) are prepared by a facile in-situ chemical synthesis. As-prepared three nanohybrid catalysts exhibit exceptional catalytic ability and stability for the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and triiodide reduction reaction (IRR).

Use of bag-filter gas dust in anaerobic digestion of cattle manure for boosting the methane yield and digestate utilization.

Plenty of refractory and environmentally hazardous bag-filter gas dust (BGD) is produced in the iron-making process. The effects of untreated BGD on anaerobic digestion (AD) with cattle manure were investigated. The BGD had the potential to boost the methane yield and digestate utilization considerably.

2D/2D Schottky heterojunction of in-situ growth FAPbBr/TiC composites for enhancing photocatalytic CO reduction.

Mimicking the natural photosynthesis process to convert carbon dioxide into value-added chemicals is vital to solving both the climate crisis worldwide and the depletion of fossil fuels. Herein, we explore the synthesis of 2D FAPbBr nanoplate combined with 2D TiC nanosheet to form a 2D/2D FAPbBr/TiC Schottky heterojunction using facile hot-injection and in-situ growth approaches. The Schottky heterojunction of FAPbBr/TiC over large interfacial contact provides abundant channels for transferring photogenerated carriers from FAPbBr nanoplate to TiC nanosheet.

Enhanced anaerobic co-digestion performance by using surface-annealed titanium spheres at different atmospheres.

A series of surface-annealed titanium spheres (Ti-A, Ti-B, and Ti-C) in different atmospheres were used as accelerants in anaerobic co-digestion (AcoD) systems under magnetic field (MF). Surface-annealed titanium spheres and MF exhibit remarkable coupling and promoting effects on the AcoD performance. The cumulative biogas yield (435.

Designing and Understanding the Outstanding Tri-Iodide Reduction of N-Coordinated Magnetic Metal Modified Defect-Rich Carbon Dodecahedrons in Photovoltaics.

Nitrogen-coordinated metal-modified carbon is regarded as a novel frontier electrocatalyst in energy conversion devices. However, the construction of intrinsic defects in a carbon matrix remains a great challenge. Herein, N-coordinated magnetic metal (Fe, Co) modified porous carbon dodecahedrons (Fe/Co-NPCD) with a large surface area, rich intrinsic defects, and evenly distributed metal-N species are successfully synthesized via the rational design of iron precursor and the bimetallic-organic frameworks.