{"title":"Recent progress in energy conversion and storage of agricultural waste-derived (carbon/nano)materials: a review†","authors":"Zahra Nezafat , Yahao Dong , Mahmoud Nasrollahzadeh , Nasrin Shafiei , Hanieh Gharoubi , Shahrzad Javanshir","doi":"10.1039/d3gc04332k","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nowadays, with the mechanization of human societies, the demand for energy production and storage has also increased. Fossil fuels are running out, and thus, clean energy production using non-toxic and accessible sources is desirable. The valorization of waste materials into useful compounds is among the most important research subjects. Increasing interest in cost-effective raw materials and environmentally friendly precursors has brought agricultural residues up as promising, widespread biowaste all around the world. Rice husks (RHs), corn husks, wheat straws, sugarcane bagasse, fruit nut residues, and many other agricultural wastes have been broadly applied for designing novel materials, which can be applicable for energy conversion and storage. Agricultural waste contains useful chemical compounds, which may act as reducing, stabilizing, or capping agents, templates, precursors, <em>etc</em>., to produce various compounds <em>viz</em>. carbonaceous and (nano)materials. This review paper discusses the compounds that can be applicable for electrocatalytic applications for energy conversion in addition to energy storage. In fact, in this review, reports concerning agricultural waste-derived (carbon/nano)materials for energy conversion as well as energy storage devices such as different types of batteries, supercapacitors, and solar cell systems have been reviewed. The application of agricultural waste for energy conversion and storage is a very important issue due to the increase in the human population in the future, resulting in energy shortage problems. Therefore, suitable solutions must be developed for energy conversion and storage. On the other hand, the application of natural and environmentally friendly agricultural waste is very important for energy production and storage in addition to preventing the accumulation of this waste in the environment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":78,"journal":{"name":"Green Chemistry","volume":"26 21","pages":"Pages 10687-10717"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Green Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S146392622400832X","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Nowadays, with the mechanization of human societies, the demand for energy production and storage has also increased. Fossil fuels are running out, and thus, clean energy production using non-toxic and accessible sources is desirable. The valorization of waste materials into useful compounds is among the most important research subjects. Increasing interest in cost-effective raw materials and environmentally friendly precursors has brought agricultural residues up as promising, widespread biowaste all around the world. Rice husks (RHs), corn husks, wheat straws, sugarcane bagasse, fruit nut residues, and many other agricultural wastes have been broadly applied for designing novel materials, which can be applicable for energy conversion and storage. Agricultural waste contains useful chemical compounds, which may act as reducing, stabilizing, or capping agents, templates, precursors, etc., to produce various compounds viz. carbonaceous and (nano)materials. This review paper discusses the compounds that can be applicable for electrocatalytic applications for energy conversion in addition to energy storage. In fact, in this review, reports concerning agricultural waste-derived (carbon/nano)materials for energy conversion as well as energy storage devices such as different types of batteries, supercapacitors, and solar cell systems have been reviewed. The application of agricultural waste for energy conversion and storage is a very important issue due to the increase in the human population in the future, resulting in energy shortage problems. Therefore, suitable solutions must be developed for energy conversion and storage. On the other hand, the application of natural and environmentally friendly agricultural waste is very important for energy production and storage in addition to preventing the accumulation of this waste in the environment.
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Green Chemistry is a journal that provides a unique forum for the publication of innovative research on the development of alternative green and sustainable technologies. The scope of Green Chemistry is based on the definition proposed by Anastas and Warner (Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice, P T Anastas and J C Warner, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998), which defines green chemistry as the utilisation of a set of principles that reduces or eliminates the use or generation of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture and application of chemical products. Green Chemistry aims to reduce the environmental impact of the chemical enterprise by developing a technology base that is inherently non-toxic to living things and the environment. The journal welcomes submissions on all aspects of research relating to this endeavor and publishes original and significant cutting-edge research that is likely to be of wide general appeal. For a work to be published, it must present a significant advance in green chemistry, including a comparison with existing methods and a demonstration of advantages over those methods.