Shraban Dey, Anjan Chakraborty, Mir Wasim Raja, Lal Gopal Das, Naresh Chandra Murmu and Tapas Kuila*,
{"title":"Water Hyacinth-Derived Hierarchical Porous Activated Carbon as a Supreme Electrode Material Toward the Stellar Performance in Supercapacitor Applications","authors":"Shraban Dey, Anjan Chakraborty, Mir Wasim Raja, Lal Gopal Das, Naresh Chandra Murmu and Tapas Kuila*, ","doi":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c0003910.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00039https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00039","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Activated carbon (AC) is gaining more attention as a cost-effective, efficient electrode material for supercapacitors due to its larger surface area and porous structure. Optimizing factors like activation holding time is the key to achieving AC with high surface area and hierarchical pores. Herein, AC from water hyacinth, a common biowaste, was prepared using the KOH activation process, with varied holding times (∼0.5, 1.5, and 2.5 h) to study their impact on surface area and specific capacitance. HAC2 (activation holding time 1.5 h) exhibited an elevated surface area of ∼540 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>–1</sup>. The optimal HAC2 electrode afforded a high specific capacitance of ∼323 F g<sup>–1</sup> at 1 A g<sup>–1</sup>. Considering a practicability perspective, HAC2 was used as an electrode material in aqueous and organic symmetric supercapacitor devices, achieving specific capacitances of ∼173 and 34 F g<sup>–1</sup> at 0.5 A g<sup>–1</sup>. To achieve a high specific capacitance and a high potential window, the MoO<sub>3</sub>//HAC2 device was assembled. This device achieved a high specific capacitance of ∼104 F g<sup>–1</sup> at 0.5 A g<sup>–1</sup> with an outstanding energy density of 28.58 W h kg<sup>–1</sup> at 351 W kg<sup>–1</sup> power density and a capacity retention of ∼86% after 10,000 cycles. The developed device can power a digital clock and an LED, indicating that it can be potentially used as an energy storage device.</p>","PeriodicalId":100015,"journal":{"name":"ACS Sustainable Resource Management","volume":"2 5","pages":"796–806 796–806"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144104919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sonali R. Surase, Ajay Y. Dhodi, Ashok L. Sunatkari*, Girish S. Gund* and Pradip B. Sarawade*,
{"title":"Porosity and Defect Engineered Activated Carbon from Wood Apple Shell for Enhanced Electrochemical Capacitor","authors":"Sonali R. Surase, Ajay Y. Dhodi, Ashok L. Sunatkari*, Girish S. Gund* and Pradip B. Sarawade*, ","doi":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c0053010.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00530https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00530","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The use of biomass-derived activated carbon (AC) can combine economic viability and environmental sustainability, thereby addressing the challenges of resource availability and environmental impact. Therefore, we have synthesized AC using wood apple shell (WAS) as the biomass and one-step chemical activation with zinc dichloride (ZnCl<sub>2</sub>). The prepared WAS-AC powder was activated at different temperatures ranging from 600 to 800 °C. Structural analysis verified the formation of an amorphous structure and high specific surface area of 942 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>–1</sup> with a pore volume of 0.2 cm<sup>3</sup> g<sup>–1</sup>, whereas the <i>I</i><sub>D</sub>/<i>I</i><sub>G</sub> ratio increased with the activation temperature, confirming the graphitization and defect control within the WAS-AC powder. Furthermore, the electrochemical performances of the prepared WAS-AC electrodes were examined in a neutral electrolyte (1 M Na<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>); the WAS-AC700 electrode achieved the highest specific capacitance of 210 F g<sup>–1</sup> at a current density of 0.5 A g<sup>–1</sup> and a capacitive retention of 96% after 5000 cycles at a current density of 16 A g<sup>–1</sup>. Additionally, the symmetric Swagelok cell-type electrochemical capacitor (EC) device based on WAS-AC700 electrodes and 1 M Na<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> electrolyte demonstrated a 72 F g<sup>–1</sup> specific capacitance at a 0.5 A g<sup>–1</sup> current density and energy densities of 9.93/6.67 Wh kg<sup>–1</sup> at power densities of 250/8000 W kg<sup>–1</sup>. These results highlight the promising application of wood apple shell-derived activated carbon for high-performance EC.</p>","PeriodicalId":100015,"journal":{"name":"ACS Sustainable Resource Management","volume":"2 5","pages":"755–765 755–765"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144104913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mariana de Brito Ferraz, Claudia Zlotea, Walter José Botta and Guilherme Zepon*,
{"title":"Hydrogen Storage Properties of the Ti18V24Nb23Cr33Al2 Multicomponent Alloy Using Ti6V4Al Alloy Scraps as Feedstock Material","authors":"Mariana de Brito Ferraz, Claudia Zlotea, Walter José Botta and Guilherme Zepon*, ","doi":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c0005410.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00054https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00054","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Hydrogen storage in metal hydrides has been extensively studied due to their capacity to reversibly absorb hydrogen under relatively low pressures. Multicomponent alloys, especially those of the Ti-V-Nb-Cr system, have garnered significant attention because of the possibility of fine-tuning the hydrogen storage properties by compositional control. However, most of the investigations on multicomponent alloys rely on high-purity elements as feedstock materials, which can have a substantial environmental impact due to the energy-intensive processes required to achieve such purity levels. In this work, we propose an alternative approach by utilizing Ti6Al4V alloy (ASTM F136) scraps from the biomedical industry as feedstock material to produce Ti<sub>18</sub>Nb<sub>23</sub>V<sub>24</sub>Cr<sub>33</sub>Al<sub>2</sub>. The alloy was synthesized by using an arc-melting process, combining Ti6Al4V scraps with other pure elements. Structural analysis using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed the formation of a microstructure composed predominantly by a body-centered cubic (BCC) solid solution with a small micro segregation providing additional microstructural insights. The Ti<sub>18</sub>Nb<sub>23</sub>V<sub>24</sub>Cr<sub>33</sub>Al<sub>2</sub> alloy exhibited a hydrogen storage capacity of 2.75 wt % H<sub>2</sub> with room temperature reversibility, presenting hydrogen storage properties comparable to those of a (TiVNb)<sub>65</sub>Cr<sub>35</sub> alloy produced only from high-purity elements.</p><p >This study presents a sustainable approach to producing Ti<sub>18</sub>Nb<sub>23</sub>V<sub>24</sub>Cr<sub>33</sub>Al<sub>2</sub> alloy from Ti6Al4V machine chips, achieving efficient hydrogen storage with reduced environmental impact.</p>","PeriodicalId":100015,"journal":{"name":"ACS Sustainable Resource Management","volume":"2 5","pages":"807–814 807–814"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00054","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144104917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Taylor Sobczak, Gengyang Li, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Varunkumar Thippanna, Lindsay B. Chambers, Taylor Theobald, Hongyue Sun, Stephen Nolet, Ke Li* and Kenan Song*,
{"title":"Life Cycle Analysis of Coaxial Layered Fiber Spinning for Wind Turbine Blade Recycling","authors":"M. Taylor Sobczak, Gengyang Li, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Varunkumar Thippanna, Lindsay B. Chambers, Taylor Theobald, Hongyue Sun, Stephen Nolet, Ke Li* and Kenan Song*, ","doi":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c0043410.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00434https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00434","url":null,"abstract":"<p >This article explores the environmental sustainability of recycling decommissioned wind turbine blades to produce polyacrylonitrile fiber. By comparing greenhouse gas emissions across various scales of production in different regions, including the US and Europe, the study highlights how cleaner energy grids, such as those in France, can substantially reduce the carbon footprint. The carbonization and graphitization stages, identified as highly energy-intensive, underscore the need for energy-efficient techniques and alternative energy sources. The study reveals significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions with scalable production, demonstrating US production emissions reduced to 3.89 kg CO<sub>2</sub> equiv/kg fiber and European production to 3.28 kg CO<sub>2</sub> equiv/kg fiber from a lab scale of at least one order of magnitude higher. The findings emphasize the importance of sustainable raw materials, green chemistry, and renewable energy in enhancing the sustainability of carbon fiber production and promoting a circular economy in wind energy.</p><p >This LCA quantifies the environmental burdens of wind turbine blade recycling, fiber spinning, and transportation, offering insights for sustainable material selection and waste management in the expanding wind energy sector.</p>","PeriodicalId":100015,"journal":{"name":"ACS Sustainable Resource Management","volume":"2 5","pages":"721–732 721–732"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00434","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144104894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Taylor Sobczak, Gengyang Li, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Varunkumar Thippanna, Lindsay B Chambers, Taylor Theobald, Hongyue Sun, Stephen Nolet, Ke Li, Kenan Song
{"title":"Life Cycle Analysis of Coaxial Layered Fiber Spinning for Wind Turbine Blade Recycling.","authors":"M Taylor Sobczak, Gengyang Li, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Varunkumar Thippanna, Lindsay B Chambers, Taylor Theobald, Hongyue Sun, Stephen Nolet, Ke Li, Kenan Song","doi":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00434","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00434","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores the environmental sustainability of recycling decommissioned wind turbine blades to produce polyacrylonitrile fiber. By comparing greenhouse gas emissions across various scales of production in different regions, including the US and Europe, the study highlights how cleaner energy grids, such as those in France, can substantially reduce the carbon footprint. The carbonization and graphitization stages, identified as highly energy-intensive, underscore the need for energy-efficient techniques and alternative energy sources. The study reveals significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions with scalable production, demonstrating US production emissions reduced to 3.89 kg CO<sub>2</sub> equiv/kg fiber and European production to 3.28 kg CO<sub>2</sub> equiv/kg fiber from a lab scale of at least one order of magnitude higher. The findings emphasize the importance of sustainable raw materials, green chemistry, and renewable energy in enhancing the sustainability of carbon fiber production and promoting a circular economy in wind energy.</p>","PeriodicalId":100015,"journal":{"name":"ACS Sustainable Resource Management","volume":"2 5","pages":"721-732"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12105005/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144163300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}