{"title":"Electrochemical regeneration of adsorbents: An Electrochemist's perspective","authors":"Nael G. Yasri, Edward P.L. Roberts","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101504","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101504","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Electrochemical regeneration of adsorbents has immense potential for water treatment applications, presenting new solutions to tackle the escalating challenges of sustainability. Conductive adsorbents, laden with adsorbate under an applied potential, can lead to regeneration due to electro-desorption and/or electrochemical reactions. Electrochemical regeneration offers many advantages, such as ambient operation, avoidance or minimization of chemicals, contaminant remediation, rapid and in-situ regeneration. These advantages offer the potential for more sustainable, lower cost, water and wastewater treatment processes. In this review, recent work in the field is reviewed, and important research challenges related to the electrochemical processes are identified. In particular, the complex interaction of the coupled electrical, electrochemical, and mass transport processes within a porous bed of adsorbent.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 101504"},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140628600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent advances in phosphide-based nanostructures by electrodeposition for hydrogen evolution reaction","authors":"Ghasem Barati Darband","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101507","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101507","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The development of highly effective and economical catalysts for hydrogen production from the electrochemical water splitting is considered as a promising strategy for the hydrogen production industrialization. Among the various compounds, transition-metal-phosphide electrodes have powerful performance and efficiency, which in the recent years have shown great potential to replace noble electrodes. Among the synthesis methods of phosphide-based electrodes, the electrodeposition technique has recently attracted special attention among researchers, and remarkable progress has been made in this research field. Due to the importance of this topic and the lack of a suitable review article, here, recent developments in the field of electrodeposition of phosphide-based nanostructure for hydrogen production are summarized. In this review article, the performance of synthesized electrodes by different applied current and potential programs is discussed, and concluding remarks and future trend are presented.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 101507"},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140628598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bioinspired electrocatalytic NAD(P)H regeneration","authors":"Yuanyuan Zhang , Jian Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101506","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101506","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Usually, nicotinamide cofactor (NAD(P)H)-dependent dehydrogenase could catalyze important redox reactions for the synthesis of fine chemicals and important pharmaceuticals, necessitating a secondary enzyme for NAD(P)H regeneration. However, it remains challenging to develop artificial NAD(P)H regeneration route to replace the enzymatic regeneration system. Electrocatalytic NAD(P)H regeneration has aroused extensive interests and could serve the purpose of sustainable biosynthesis by utilizing the green electricity to deliver the reduction equivalents. Here, starting with a conceptual discussion on natural photosynthesis and dehydrogenase catalysis, we summarize the recent progress in bioinspired electrocatalytic NAD(P)H regeneration and provide a tentative outlook for further developments.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 101506"},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140628677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultrasensitive electrochemical (bio)sensors for therapeutic drug monitoring","authors":"M. David , M. Florescu","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101501","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101501","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Ultrasensitive detection is important for the individualized management of medical therapy, playing a key role for the improvement of life expectancy and quality of life. Implementing personalized medicine represents a complex challenge since it requires the development of new, simple, versatile, and sustainable technologies that offer real-time, accurate, and reliable outputs. With increasing chronic conditions and cancers, as well as excessive use and abuse of medication, there is a strong need for continuous monitoring of therapeutic drugs to prevent toxicity levels in cases of overdose or inefficiency in cases of underdose.</p><p>However, to date, only a few easy-to-use monitoring systems are available for trace analysis of therapeutic drugs to help physicians and patients with therapeutic drug monitoring. Here, we critically evaluate recent advances, highlighting the position of electrochemical (bio)sensors on the roadmap towards ultrasensitive detection for personalized therapy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 101501"},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451910324000620/pdfft?md5=02fe21eb9892c04f0832a2e719fed390&pid=1-s2.0-S2451910324000620-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140630581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fábio Gozzi , Diego Roberto Vieira Guelfi , Thalita Ferreira da Silva , Silvio César de Oliveira , Amilcar Machulek Junior
{"title":"Recent developments on the application of photoelectrochemical processes for sustainable water treatment","authors":"Fábio Gozzi , Diego Roberto Vieira Guelfi , Thalita Ferreira da Silva , Silvio César de Oliveira , Amilcar Machulek Junior","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101502","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101502","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Photoelectrocatalysis (PEC) provides an effective and sustainable means for the treatment of waters contaminated by emerging pollutants. Beyond water decontamination, PECs can be harnessed for green energy generation and CO<sub>2</sub> reforming due to the wide variety of existing semiconductor materials. The configuration of PEC systems enables more effective separation of charge carriers generated from an ideally irradiated polarized photoanode, thereby extending the electron–hole lifetime. This short review presents trends, advancements, critiques, and future perspectives related to PEC applied in studies of sustainable water treatment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 101502"},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140628824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Access resistance-based single entity analysis","authors":"Yueru Zhao , Xiulan He , Ping Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101500","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101500","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Single entities encompassing individual particles, molecules, and cells, serve as the fundamental units in the fields of materials, chemistry, and biology. Understanding the relationship between physiochemical properties (<em>e.g.</em>, morphology, size, charge density, surface chemistry) of nanoparticles and functions is crucial for their design and utilization. Some reviews have summarized the progress of single entity analysis based on electrochemical technique owing to their ability to accurately detect the unique properties at the level of single nanoparticles with high temporal resolution. This review focuses on access resistance-based single entity analysis (arSEA) based on ion current blockage by a single nanoparticle at the orifice of the nanopore/nanochannel. It provides a straightforward, rapid, and highly effective method for the real-time analysis of single particles. This review aims at systematically introduce the principle, model, and application of arSEA. The challenges and opportunities of the arSEA were also discussed in this review.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 101500"},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140400773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
María F. Murrieta , Oscar M. Cornejo , Fernando F. Rivera , José L. Nava
{"title":"Electrochemical recovery of inorganic value-added products from wastewater: Toward a circular economy model","authors":"María F. Murrieta , Oscar M. Cornejo , Fernando F. Rivera , José L. Nava","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101498","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101498","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This mini-review deals with recovering inorganic value-added products from wastewater, i.e., nutrients (like nitrogen and phosphorous compounds) and metals, emphasizing its reuse as a commodity in the industry from a circular economy perspective. The use of electrochemical technologies to recover inorganic matter from municipal and industrial wastewater is presented with examples. The electrowinning of heavy metals and nutrients from hydrometallurgical and sewage treatment plants is a success story. The power of electro-processes and their challenges for recovering inorganics and water from effluents are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 101498"},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140399276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High-performance transition metal oxide electrodes for water treatment","authors":"Erika Bustos Bustos","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101499","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101499","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Advanced electrochemical oxidation processes often generate radicals and/or oxidants with short lifetimes and high oxidation potentials to destroy organic pollutants in wastewater, and generation depends on the pH, supporting electrolyte, counter-electrode, and other experimental conditions. This study aimed to use electrodes comprising different transition metal oxides to generate oxidants for wastewater treatment, including those with mesoporotic, nanoparticulate, and nanotubular shapes to increase the coverage homogeneities of the transition metal oxides, reduce the cost and reuse the electrodes, achieve good reproducibility, and achieve the highest electrical conductivity and electroactive surface area to increase the lifetime of each modified surface for removal of organic pollutants via simple, green, and efficient methods.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 101499"},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140404496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Felipe Duarte Sánchez, Ab F. Nieuwenhuis, Serge G. Lemay
{"title":"Electrical measurements on single semiconducting polymer wires","authors":"Daniel Felipe Duarte Sánchez, Ab F. Nieuwenhuis, Serge G. Lemay","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101497","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101497","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Semiconducting polymers are a fascinating class of materials, both fundamentally and because of their broad applicability in electronics, photovoltaics, display technology and bioelectronics. Relatively few attempts have been made to explore the properties of individual polymer chains, however, and those studies have led to a broad range of observations that can be difficult to reconcile. Here we discuss these measurements with attention to the differences in experimental configurations that may underlie the breadth of experimental reports.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 101497"},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451910324000589/pdfft?md5=a9f68f4eed8cee410f2fbfad4690cc30&pid=1-s2.0-S2451910324000589-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140400866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of carbon in elevating metal hexacyanoferrates as multifunctional cathode materials: Recent breakthroughs","authors":"Samuel C. Silva, Murillo N.T. Silva, Edson Nossol","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101496","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101496","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Hexacyanoferrates (HCF) featuring various transition metals have garnered significant attention in cathode-related research endeavors, due to their cost-effectiveness across diverse systems. Concurrently, there has been a notable surge in the exploration of carbon materials as potential alternatives aimed at enhancing device performance, leveraging their exceptional electrical and chemical characteristics. The integration of HCF and carbon materials emerges as a promising strategy, poised to bolster critical parameters such as cycling stability, energy density, and reversibility, while concurrently mitigating device costs through the utilization of abundant elements. This concise review delves into recent investigations conducted by researchers utilizing this amalgamation of materials for cathode preparation and subsequent deployment in batteries, supercapacitors, and capacitive deionization. By examining these recent findings, this paper aims to provide insights into the synergistic effects and performance enhancements achieved through the strategic combination of HCF and carbon materials in various electrochemical applications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 101496"},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140401571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}