Hydropyrolysis of underutilized cotton stalks with catalytic upgradation was examined at different temperatures (500 to 800 °C) in the presence of nickel impregnated HY-zeolite (Ni/HY) catalysts using pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). The effects of different metal loading (10, 15, 20 and 25 wt%) and its size were investigated to understand their impact on product distribution, mainly aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons. Aromatic hydrocarbons increased with an increase in metal content and optimum metal loading was 20 wt%. The pyrolysis temperature and hydrogen pressure had significant effect on product distribution. Aromatic hydrocarbon area% increased from 1.5% to 48% with an increase in temperature from 500 to 800 °C in non-catalytic hydropyrolysis. Aromatic hydrocarbon area% reached 75.5% with 20 wt% Ni/HY at 10 bar H pressure at 800 °C.
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Chemistry
January 2025
Wuhan University of Technology - Mafangshan Campus: Wuhan University of Technology, School of Material Science and Engineeringl, CHINA.
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January 2025
Department of Materials, School of Natural Science, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
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December 2024
Quantum Nano Centre, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
Laser conversion of commercial polymers to laser-induced graphene (LIG) using inexpensive and accessible CO lasers has enabled the rapid prototyping of promising electronic and electrochemical devices. Frequently used to pattern interdigitated supercapacitors, few approaches have been developed to pattern batteries-in particular, full cells. Herein, we report an LIG-based approach to a planar, interdigitated Li-S battery.
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January 2025
Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Manipulation and New Energy Materials, College of Physics and Energy, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350117, China.
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January 2025
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore.
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