Upcycling Waste Poly(ethylene terephthalate) into a Porous Carbon Cuboid through a MOF-Derived Carbonization Strategy for Interfacial Solar-Driven Water–Thermoelectricity Cogeneration

Over 11 kg m–2 h–1 Evaporation Rate Achieved by Cooling Metal–Organic Framework Foam with Pine Needle-Like Hierarchical Structures to Subambient Temperature

(2022) Hongqiang Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Conversion of Waste Plastic Packings to Carbon Nanomaterials: Investigation into Catalyst Material, Waste Type, and Product Applications

(2022) Dingding Yao et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Application of Carbon Nanotubes from Waste Plastics As Filler to Epoxy Resin Composite

(2022) Yuanyuan Wang et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

From trash to treasure: Chemical recycling and upcycling of commodity plastic waste to fuels, high-valued chemicals and advanced materials

(2022) Fan Zhang et al.   Journal of Energy Chemistry

Critical advances and future opportunities in upcycling commodity polymers

(2022) Coralie Jehanno et al.   NATURE

High-yield solar-driven atmospheric water harvesting of metal–organic-framework-derived nanoporous carbon with fast-diffusion water channels

(2022) Yan Song et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Rational Design of Chemical Catalysis for Plastic Recycling

(2022) Mingyu Chu et al.   ACS Catalysis

Structural and Compositional Modulation of Porous Carbon for High-Performance Photothermal Water Evaporation

(2022) Guanyu Chen et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Mussel-inspired photothermal synergetic system for clean water production using full-spectrum solar energy

(2021) Ruofei Zhu et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Semiconductive, Flexible MnO2 NWs/Chitosan Hydrogels for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

(2021) Muhammad Sultan Irshad et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Biomass-Derived Carbonaceous Materials with Multichannel Waterways for Solar-Driven Clean Water and Thermoelectric Power Generation

(2021) Xinghang Liu et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

All‐Cold Evaporation under One Sun with Zero Energy Loss by Using a Heatsink Inspired Solar Evaporator

(2021) Xuan Wu et al.   Advanced Science

Conversion of Waste Plastics into Value‐Added Carbonaceous Fuels under Mild Conditions

(2021) Xingchen Jiao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biomimetic Ultra‐Black Sponge Derived from Loofah and Co‐MOF for Long‐Term Solar‐Powered Vapor Generation and Desalination

(2021) Hongqiang Wang et al.   Solar RRL

Universal Strategy to Prepare a Flexible Photothermal Absorber Based on Hierarchical Fe-MOF-74 toward Highly Efficient Solar Interfacial Seawater Desalination

(2021) Jiulong Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Modified Hollow Glass Microspheres/Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite Aerogels with Low Thermal Conductivity for Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation

(2021) Shuo Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Solar-Powered Sustainable Water Production: State-of-the-Art Technologies for Sunlight–Energy–Water Nexus

(2021) Zhengtong Li et al.   ACS Nano

Upcycling to Sustainably Reuse Plastics

(2021) Xin Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Realizing high thermoelectric properties in p-type polycrystalline SnSe by inducing DOS distortion

(2021) Yu-Ping Wang et al.   RARE METALS

Multifunctional Au/Ti3C2 Photothermal Membrane with Antibacterial Ability for Stable and Efficient Solar Water Purification under the Full Spectrum

(2021) Wei Qu et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Biomimetic surface strategy of spectrum-tailored liquid metal via blackbody inspiration for highly efficient solar steam generation, desalination, and electricity generation

(2021) Zechang Wei et al.   Nano Energy

Ultra-thin dark amorphous TiOx hollow nanotubes for full spectrum solar energy harvesting and conversion‡

(2021) Youhai Liu et al.   Nano Energy

Using the sun to co-generate electricity and freshwater

(2021) Tianpeng Ding et al.   Joule

Forest-like Laser-Induced Graphene Film with Ultrahigh Solar Energy Utilization Efficiency

(2021) Yunyan Peng et al.   ACS Nano

Synergy of photocatalysis and photothermal effect in integrated 0D perovskite oxide/2D MXene heterostructures for simultaneous water purification and solar steam generation

(2021) Deqi Fan et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Integrated reduced graphene oxide/polypyrrole hybrid aerogels for simultaneous photocatalytic decontamination and water evaporation

(2021) Shiwei Yan et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

A systematic literature review on the conversion of plastic wastes into valuable 2D graphene-based materials

(2021) Octávia Vieira et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Controllable synthesis of sea urchin-like carbon from metal-organic frameworks for advanced solar vapor generators

(2021) Panpan He et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Achieving steam and electrical power from solar energy by MoS2-based composites

(2021) Zhenzhen Guo et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

High-value products from ex-situ catalytic pyrolysis of polypropylene waste using iron-based catalysts: the influence of support materials

(2021) Ning Cai et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Gram-scale bottom-up flash graphene synthesis

(2020) Duy X. Luong et al.   NATURE

Carbon‐Microcuboid‐Supported Phosphorus‐Coordinated Single Atomic Copper with Ultrahigh Content and Its Abnormal Modification to Na Storage Behaviors

(2020) Yifan Li et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Hydrogen and Carbon Nanotubes from Pyrolysis-Catalysis of Waste Plastics: A Review

(2020) Paul T. Williams   Waste and Biomass Valorization

Modular Deformable Steam Electricity Cogeneration System with Photothermal, Water, and Electrochemical Tunable Multilayers

(2020) Fan Lu Meng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Cellulose Nanomaterials in Interfacial Evaporators for Desalination: A “Natural” Choice

(2020) Sisi Cao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Optimizing thermoelectric properties of BiSe through Cu additive enhanced effective mass and phonon scattering

(2020) Xing-Chen Shen et al.   RARE METALS

Same Materials, Bigger Output: A Reversibly Transformable 2D-3D Photothermal Evaporator for Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation

(2020) Yida Wang et al.   Nano Energy

Microwave-initiated catalytic deconstruction of plastic waste into hydrogen and high-value carbons

(2020) Xiangyu Jie et al.   Nature Catalysis

Poly(N-phenylglycine)-Based Bioinspired System for Stably and Efficiently Enhancing Solar Evaporation

(2020) Zhaoxing Lin et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Reversing heat conduction loss: Extracting energy from bulk water to enhance solar steam generation

(2020) Yida Wang et al.   Nano Energy

Fabrication of highly porous N-doped mesoporous carbon using waste polyethylene terephthalate bottle-based MOF-5 for high performance supercapacitor

(2020) Mohd Ubaidullah et al.   Journal of Energy Storage

Mass production of hierarchically porous carbon nanosheets by carbonizing “real-world” mixed waste plastics toward excellent-performance supercapacitors

(2019) Yanliang Wen et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

A High‐Performance Self‐Regenerating Solar Evaporator for Continuous Water Desalination

(2019) Yudi Kuang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Shape Conformal and Thermal Insulative Organic Solar Absorber Sponge for Photothermal Water Evaporation and Thermoelectric Power Generation

(2019) Liangliang Zhu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Recent progress in controlled carbonization of (waste) polymers

(2019) Jiang Gong et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Simultaneous production of fresh water and electricity via multistage solar photovoltaic membrane distillation

(2019) Wenbin Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Utilization of waste polyethylene terephthalate bottles to develop metal-organic frameworks for energy applications: A clean and feasible approach

(2019) Abdullah M. Al-Enizi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

New Strategies for Novel MOF-Derived Carbon Materials Based on Nanoarchitectures

(2019) Chaohai Wang et al.   Chem

Preparation of Iron‐ and Nitrogen‐Codoped Carbon Nanotubes from Waste Plastics Pyrolysis for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2019) Ning Cai et al.   ChemSusChem

Recent advances and challenges for solar-driven water evaporation system toward applications

(2019) Van-Duong Dao et al.   Nano Energy

Two-Dimensional Flexible Bilayer Janus Membrane for Advanced Photothermal Water Desalination

(2018) Yanbing Yang et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Co-precipitation, impregnation and so-gel preparation of Ni catalysts for pyrolysis-catalytic steam reforming of waste plastics

(2018) Dingding Yao et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Solar-driven interfacial evaporation

(2018) Peng Tao et al.   Nature Energy

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

From Bimetallic Metal-Organic Framework to Porous Carbon: High Surface Area and Multicomponent Active Dopants for Excellent Electrocatalysis

(2015) Yu-Zhen Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Unusual Ultra-Hydrophilic, Porous Carbon Cuboids for Atmospheric-Water Capture

(2014) Guang-Ping Hao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Converting mixed plastics into mesoporous hollow carbon spheres with controllable diameter

(2014) Jiang Gong et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Processing Real-World Waste Plastics by Pyrolysis-Reforming for Hydrogen and High-Value Carbon Nanotubes

(2013) Chunfei Wu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Pyrolysis Pathways of Sulfonated Polyethylene, an Alternative Carbon Fiber Precursor

(2013) Jarod M. Younker et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The Chemistry and Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks

(2013) H. Furukawa et al.   SCIENCE