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Recent advances and perspectives on Sb2S3 thin-film solar cells Sb2S3 薄膜太阳能电池的最新进展与展望

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Materials Today Sustainability Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101019

Shiyao Gu , Saad Ullah , Firoz Khan , Xiaoxia Wang , Ping Liu , Shi-e Yang , Yongsheng Chen

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Plasmonic antenna enhancement on Pd cluster towards high selective FDCA production 增强钯簇上的等离子天线，实现高选择性 FDCA 生产

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Materials Today Sustainability Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101020

Ziqi Zhou , Yichao Jin , Hongwei Liu , Chunjing Su , Huaiyong Zhu , Jun Huang , Sarina Sarina

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Treatment of acidic crude palm oil using supported benzenesulfonic acid-based deep eutectic solvents in trickle bed reactor 在涓流床反应器中使用支撑苯磺酸基深共晶溶剂处理酸性毛棕榈油

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Materials Today Sustainability Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101021

Adeeb Hayyan , Sharifah Shahira Syed Putra , M.K. Chow , Yousef Mohammed Alanazi , Jehad Saleh , Inas M. AlNashef , Bhaskar Sen Gupta

{"title":"Treatment of acidic crude palm oil using supported benzenesulfonic acid-based deep eutectic solvents in trickle bed reactor","authors":"Adeeb Hayyan , Sharifah Shahira Syed Putra , M.K. Chow , Yousef Mohammed Alanazi , Jehad Saleh , Inas M. AlNashef , Bhaskar Sen Gupta","doi":"10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101021","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101021","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, a deep eutectic solvent (DES) from benzenesulfonic acid and choline chloride (BZSA-ChCl-DES) was prepared for the treatment of high free fatty acids (FFA) in acidic crude palm oil (ACPO). The DES was impregnated into activated carbon (AC-DES) to produce a supported catalyst used in a trickle bed reactor (TBR) for FFA esterification. Under optimal conditions, using 8 g of AC-DES at 60 °C, with ACPO and methanol flow rates of 1 mL/min and 4 mL/min, respectively, the TBR successfully treated 3.5 L of ACPO. A batch reactor, used for comparison, showed that the continuous TBR process required less catalyst per gram of treated oil (2.87 mg catalyst/g) which can enhance the recyclability. Moreover, the continuous process could sustain up to five recycle runs that can treat 1.5 L under optimal conditions (3.5 wt% catalyst dosage, 10:1 M ratio, 60 °C reaction temperature, and 30 min). This approach presents a promising continuous approach for converting high FFA to fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) for biodiesel production.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18322,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Sustainability","volume":"28 ","pages":"Article 101021"},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142572378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Revitalizing E-waste: Eco-friendly electrochemical sensor for Hg(II) detection enhanced by oxygen vacancy in metal oxide nanostructures based on recycled LCD 振兴电子废物：基于回收液晶显示器的金属氧化物纳米结构中的氧空位增强了用于检测汞（II）的生态友好型电化学传感器

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Materials Today Sustainability Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101015

Maroua Saadaoui , Assem T. Mohamed , Abdul Hakeem Anwer , Siham Y. Al-Qaradawi , Mazen Khaled , Abdelbaki Benamor

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An overview of metal-free diazine-based dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: Synthesis, optical, and photovoltaic properties 用于染料敏化太阳能电池的无金属重氮染料概述：合成、光学和光伏特性

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Materials Today Sustainability Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101014

Aisha R. Al-Marhabi , Reda M. El-Shishtawy , Khalid O. Al-Footy

{"title":"An overview of metal-free diazine-based dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: Synthesis, optical, and photovoltaic properties","authors":"Aisha R. Al-Marhabi , Reda M. El-Shishtawy , Khalid O. Al-Footy","doi":"10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101014","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The constant rise in global energy usage has depleted fossil fuel reserves. Therefore, researchers explored solar energy as an alternative energy reserve due to the need for limitless power. In particular, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) hold great promise in meeting the growing demand for renewable energy supplies due to a low-cost and environmentally friendly photovoltaic technology for harnessing solar energy. The sensitizers' molecular engineering is essential for accomplishing high conversion efficiencies. Numerous research activities have been concentrated on diazine scaffolds (substituted diazines, benzodiazines, and fused heterocyclic diazines) among the many different types of sensitizers because of their strong absorption bands in the visible light region, electron-withdrawing ability, and the ease of modifications that can be made to their skeleton. This review classified the diazines according to their scaffolds (pyridazine, pyrimidine, pyrazine). The improvements to the performance of metal-free DSSCs according to the molecular engineering of the sensitizer are discussed. The effect of the donors, auxiliary donors, auxiliary acceptors, mono or di-anchoring groups, and incorporation of π-spacers or alkyl chains in the sensitizer molecule on the photovoltaic performance are discussed. The synthetic approaches, optical properties in solution, and their photovoltaic performances in DSSCs were also summarized. The present work aims to give readers a distinct picture of the subject and enlighten the researchers by developing future ideas about designing sensitizers employing other heterocyclic scaffolds with electron-deficient properties to achieve an excellent solar energy conversion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18322,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Sustainability","volume":"28 ","pages":"Article 101014"},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142539260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Unveiling the potential of additives in optimizing halide perovskite solar cells performance and reliability 揭示添加剂在优化卤化物过氧化物太阳能电池性能和可靠性方面的潜力

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Materials Today Sustainability Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101011

Neda Kalantari , Nagihan Delibaş , Aligholi Niaei

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Optoelectronic properties of GaP:Ti photovoltaic devices GaP:Ti 光电器件的光电特性

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Materials Today Sustainability Pub Date : 2024-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101008

J. Olea , J. Gonzalo , J. Siegel , A.F. Braña , G. Godoy-Pérez , R. Benítez-Fernández , D. Caudevilla , S. Algaidy , F. Pérez-Zenteno , S. Duarte-Cano , A. del Prado , E. García-Hemme , R. García-Hernansanz , D. Pastor , E. San-Andrés , I. Mártil

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V2O5-MnO2 nanocomposites as an efficient electrode material for high-performance aqueous supercapacitors V2O5-MnO2 纳米复合材料作为高性能水性超级电容器的高效电极材料

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Materials Today Sustainability Pub Date : 2024-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101010

Tapan K. Pani , Sadananda Muduli , Kiran Kumar Garlapati , Surendra Kumar Martha

{"title":"V2O5-MnO2 nanocomposites as an efficient electrode material for high-performance aqueous supercapacitors","authors":"Tapan K. Pani , Sadananda Muduli , Kiran Kumar Garlapati , Surendra Kumar Martha","doi":"10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Redox-active supercapacitors are very interesting due to their high energy density (>25 Wh kg<sup>−1</sup> at device level) and redox charge storage mechanism. In this work, V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>-MnO<sub>2</sub> nanocomposites are synthesized by a scalable hydrothermal approach. MnO<sub>2</sub> in V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> provides better structural stability with reasonable electrochemical performance, in which V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> enhances the cyclic stability and rate capabilities. The V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>-MnO<sub>2</sub> -based electrodes deliver a specific capacitance of 266 F g<sup>−1</sup> at 0.5 A g<sup>−1</sup> and are stable up to 6500 cycles with 97 % capacitance retention at 5 A g<sup>−1</sup>. The kinetic study depicts that composite electrodes have a 64 % diffusive and 36 % capacitive charge storage contribution to the overall charge storage at 1 mV s<sup>−1</sup>. In symmetric full cells, the composite materials show a wide active potential window of 2.5 V and retain 83 % capacitance after 10000 continuous GCD cycles at an applied current density of 2 A g<sup>−1</sup>. The promising charge storage performance is due to a suitable conducting matrix and the effective coating of MnO<sub>2</sub> nanoparticles over the unique V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> niddle shape (two-dimensional) micro-rods.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18322,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Sustainability","volume":"28 ","pages":"Article 101010"},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142539372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Performance evaluation of waste phosphogypsum-based solidified sludge: From laboratory test to field application 以废弃磷石膏为基础的固化污泥的性能评估：从实验室测试到实地应用

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Materials Today Sustainability Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101013

Jun Wu , Zengyan Luo , Yunzhi Tan , De'an Sun , Yongfeng Deng , Wenqi Li

{"title":"Performance evaluation of waste phosphogypsum-based solidified sludge: From laboratory test to field application","authors":"Jun Wu , Zengyan Luo , Yunzhi Tan , De'an Sun , Yongfeng Deng , Wenqi Li","doi":"10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Massive dredged sludge is being landfilled without effective use due to its high-water content and poor engineering properties, which not only leads to soil resources waste, but also occupies a large amounts of land sources. In this study, ternary stabilizer, including waste phosphogypsum (PG), ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS), and lime (LM) with a mixing proportion of PG: GGBS: LM = 35:60:5, was adopted to improve the mechanical and environmental behaviors of sludge for subgrade filling purpose. The initial water content of sludge was controlled using two different dehydration methods for comparison. A series of laboratory tests, including unconfined compressive strength (UCS), organic matter content, and pH value were tested to understand its physical-mechanical properties. Thereafter, field application model equipped with a mini weather monitoring station was constructed to monitor the influence of solidified matrix on the surrounding water and soil environment. Time -dependent parameters such as plant growth, temperature, humidity, total nitrogen, phosphorus/potassium content, electrical conductivity, and pH value were monitored. Results indicate that the incorporation of PG-GGBS-LM ternary stabilizer significantly improves the mechanical and environmental properties of dredged sludge. The optimal dosage of the ternary stabilizer is 36%, which can result in a UCS value of the 2.0 MPa (slightly higher than ordinary Portland cement) after 28 days of curing. Field application reveals that plants could grow normally in solidified sludge. The environmental related parameters (<em>i.e</em>., total nitrogen, phosphorus/potassium content, electrical conductivity, and pH value) were similar with those in conventional planting soil, suggesting the advantage of the proposed PG-GGBS-LM ternary stabilizer in mechanical, economic and environmental aspects.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18322,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Sustainability","volume":"28 ","pages":"Article 101013"},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142539257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Secondary carbon skeletons constructed in porous carbon for electric double layer capacitors 在多孔碳中构建用于双电层电容器的二次碳骨架

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Materials Today Sustainability Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.101007

Yue Mo , Junyu Chen , Yue Han, Kun Zhang, Guangxue Chen

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