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Reduction in solvent and chemical use for membrane manufacturing using electrospray 减少溶剂和化学品使用的膜制造使用电喷雾

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Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2025.101173

Salman Ahmadipouya , Usama J Sheikh , Noah Ferguson , Mert C Hacifazlioglu , Deniz Ipekci , Jeffrey R McCutcheon

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Erratum to “Photogenerated charge carriers in photocatalytic materials for solar hydrogen evolution” [Curr Opin Chem Eng 47 (2025) 1087] “太阳能析氢光催化材料中的光生载流子”的勘误[当代化学工程47 (2025)1087]

IF 8 2区工程技术

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2025.101149

Nguyên Hoàng Ly , Lalitha Gnanasekaran , Tejraj M Aminabhavi , Yasser Vasseghian , Sang-Woo Joo

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Recent advancements in CO2 capture and storage using carbide slag waste: a review of technological and chemical innovations 利用电石渣废物捕获和储存二氧化碳的最新进展：技术和化学创新的回顾

IF 6.8 2区工程技术

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2025.101169

Manisha Sukhraj Kothari, Ashraf Aly Hassan, Amr El-Dieb, Hilal El-Hassan

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Editorial overview: Electrochemical energy conversion 编辑概述：电化学能量转换

IF 8 2区工程技术

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2025.101137

Marta Costa Figueiredo , Thijs de Groot , Antoni Forner-Cuenca

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Photocatalytic generation of hydrogen from a non-carbon source, ammonia in aqueous solutions 光催化从非碳源生成氢，水溶液中的氨

IF 6.8 2区工程技术

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2025.101167

Laura Clarizia , Abdulaziz Al-Anazi , Changseok Han

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Plasma-modified biochar for energy and environmental sustainability 等离子体改性生物炭的能源和环境可持续性

IF 8 2区工程技术

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2025.101166

Sachini Supunsala Senadheera , Xiangzhou Yuan , Baojun Yi , Seong Kyun Im , Yong Sik Ok

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Customized membranes: needs and opportunities for moving beyond conventional interfacial polymerization for desalination membranes 定制膜：需要和机会超越传统的界面聚合脱盐膜

IF 8 2区工程技术

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2025.101151

Mert Can Hacıfazlıoğlu , Salman Ahmadipouya , Deniz Ipekci , Ying Li , Manish Kumar , Jamie Warner , Yuepeng Zhang , Jeffrey R. McCutcheon

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Assessment of removal technologies for microplastics in surface waters and wastewaters 地表水和废水中微塑料去除技术的评价

IF 6.8 2区工程技术

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2025.101170

Maryam Mallek , Damia Barcelo

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Oxidation of alcohols in photocatalytic hydrogen production: from sacrifice to valorization 光催化制氢中醇的氧化：从牺牲到增值

IF 8 2区工程技术

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2025.101146

Patricia Garcia-Muñoz , Fernando Fresno

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Recent advances, challenges and perspectives on rotating packed bed technology in solvent-based post-combustion carbon capture 溶剂基燃烧后碳捕集旋转填料床技术的最新进展、挑战和展望

IF 6.8 2区工程技术

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2025.101174

Toluleke E Akinola , Olajide Otitoju , Eni Oko , Meihong Wang

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