Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yiou Wang, Enqi Chen, Junwang Tang
Summary: Photocatalytic CO2 conversion to value-added chemicals is a promising solution for current energy and environmental issues, but faces obstacles such as the inertness of CO2 molecule, sluggish multi-electron process, unfavorable thermodynamics, and selectivity control. Despite the challenges, understanding reaction mechanisms and seeking potential solutions are crucial for addressing remaining obstacles in the field.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Gajanan Y. Shinde, Abhishek S. Mote, Manoj B. Gawande
Summary: The constant increase in hydrocarbon fuel combustion and high levels of carbon dioxide emissions have resulted in a global energy crisis and environmental changes. Photocatalysis offers an effective solution to address this energy and environmental crisis. Utilizing clean and renewable solar energy, photocatalytic CO2 reduction can generate value-added products such as methanol to tackle energy and environmental problems.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Nikolaos G. Moustakas, Felix Lorenz, Martin Dilla, Tim Peppel, Jennifer Strunk
Summary: Research shows that removing photogenerated holes from TiO2 in gas-solid photocatalytic reactions hinders the production of CH4 in CO2 reduction, and coupling the reaction with sacrificial oxidation reactions also inhibits CH4 formation. Additionally, the addition of H-2 can have detrimental effects on the reaction.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Tongxin Qu, Shuzhou Wei, Zhuo Xiong, Junying Zhang, Yongchun Zhao
Summary: With the accelerated process of industrial modernization, the continuous emission of CO2 seriously disrupts the natural carbon balance and contributes to global warming. To reverse this effect, CO2 photocatalytic reduction has received increasing attention. This review summarizes the different catalytic materials explored for CO2 photocatalytic conversion to methanol, and briefly describes the primary designing strategies for photocatalysts.
FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Risov Das, Kousik Das, Sathyapal R. Churipard, Sebastian C. Peter
Summary: This study utilized Bi2MoO6 as an electron donor to activate TiO2 for visible light driven CO2 reduction, and the introduction of oxygen vacancies enhanced CO2 adsorption and conversion. The best catalyst achieved a methanol formation rate of 27.1 μmol g(-1) h(-1). The methanol formation mechanism on oxygen-deficient TiO2 was explained using DRIFTS.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
David A. Kuss, Markus Hoelscher, Walter Leitner
Summary: A theoretical and experimental mechanistic study was conducted on the homogeneously catalyzed CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. The results showed the significance of the formate ester intermediate and determined the turnover determining transition state. The experimental results were in good agreement with the computational model, further validating the proposed mechanism.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Sandhya Saini, Nand Kishor Gour, Shafiur Rehman Khan, Ramesh Chandra Deka, Suman L. Jain
Summary: This study presents the first visible light-assisted, metal-free, and organic base-mediated synthesis of unsymmetrical methyl aryl/alkyl carbonates with high to excellent yields under atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature conditions.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Chunying Chen, Qijie Mo, Yongsheng Huang, Li Zhang
Summary: The selective reduction of CO2 to methanol has been achieved by using a metal-organic framework catalyst (Ir-PCN-222). The catalyst showed high catalytic activity and selectivity under atmospheric CO2 pressure. The concentration balance between CO2 and hydrosilanes in the confined catalytic spaces of Ir-PCN-222 was found to play an important role in product selectivity.
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Yuqiao Li, Yiming Lei, Dezheng Li, Aidi Liu, Ze Zheng, Huimin Liu, Jiawen Guo, Siyu Liu, Chunnan Hao, Dehua He
Summary: The excessive emission of CO2 caused by the massive consumption of fossil energy has led to global warming. Solar-driven CO2 conversion is a promising solution to the energy crisis and environmental pollution. Plasmonic metal-based catalysts, with their strong light harvesting capacities and low recombination rates, are attracting extensive attention for photocatalytic CO2 conversion. This review summarizes the progress and mechanism of plasmonic metal-based catalysts in CO2 reduction with various materials and chemicals.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Yong Seok Kim, Jae Wook Lee, Byeongkyu Kim, Jong Wook Bae, Chan-Hwa Chung
Summary: A carbon-neutralized direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) with two bifunctional electrodes, Pd-Ag and Pt-Zn, has been developed in this study. The system operates in two modes: fuel-cell mode and spontaneous CO2 reduction mode. The Pd-Ag electrode oxidizes methanol to CO2 and generates electricity in the fuel-cell mode, while CO2 is spontaneously reduced to CO on Pd-Ag in the next step. In contrast, Pt catalyzes oxygen reduction and Zn is sacrificially oxidized in the fuel-cell and CO2 reduction modes, respectively. The power densities in the fuel-cell and CO2 reduction modes are 12.11 mW/cm² and 11.76 mW/cm², respectively, with faradaic efficiencies of 98.81% for CO2 and 89.11% for CO.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xingdong Wang, Derrick Ng, Haoran Du, Christian H. H. Hornung, Anastasios Polyzos, Aaron Seeber, Hexing Li, Yuning Huo, Zongli Xie
Summary: In this study, copper decorated indium oxide rods were prepared via a simple wet chemistry method, showing high catalytic efficiency and selectivity in CO2 photoreduction. The addition of copper significantly improved the total conversion rates and regulated the product selectivity, suggesting the potential industrial applications of these composites.
JOURNAL OF CO2 UTILIZATION
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Sukhjot Kaur, Mukesh Kumar, Divyani Gupta, Prajna Parimita Mohanty, Tisita Das, Sudip Chakraborty, Rajeev Ahuja, Tharamani C. Nagaiah
Summary: The researchers have developed a tubular-shaped nitrogen-boron-carbon catalyst (C-BN@600) derived from an ionic liquid and metal-organic framework composite, which was used as the cathode catalyst in a rechargeable zinc-carbon dioxide battery. The C-BN@600 catalyst exhibited excellent activity for electrochemical CO2 reduction to methanol with a Faradaic efficiency of 74% and a yield rate of 2665 μg h-1 mg-cat.1. The battery continuously consumes CO2 and electrochemically converts it to methanol during discharge, while simultaneously generating electrical energy, demonstrating a high energy density of 330 Wh kg-1 and a power density of 5.42 mW cm-2. It maintained stability for more than 12 days (>300 h, 800 cycles) at 1 mA cm-2, offering a dual-purpose platform for CO2 reduction and energy storage.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Pengsong Li, Jiahui Bi, Jiyuan Liu, Qinggong Zhu, Chunjun Chen, Xiaofu Sun, Jianling Zhang, Buxing Han
Summary: A dual doping strategy was used in this study to construct efficient CO2-to-methanol electrocatalysts. The results showed that this approach significantly enhanced the selectivity and current density of methanol formation, providing a new direction for the design of efficient catalysts for CO2 electroreduction to methanol.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Qinqin Lei, Huiqing Yuan, Jiehao Du, Mei Ming, Shuang Yang, Ya Chen, Jingxiang Lei, Zhiji Han
Summary: This study demonstrates the use of inexpensive aminoanthraquinone organic dyes to facilitate visible-light-driven CO2 reduction. The optimal reaction efficiency is achieved when both electron donating and accepting groups are present on a single dye molecule.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yuxiang Yang, Yun-Xiang Pan, Xin Tu, Chang -jun Liu
Summary: The nitrogen-doped indium oxide photocatalyst was found to be highly active and stable for the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol at ambient conditions. The nitrogen doping content can be tuned to improve the efficiency of methanol production. Nitrogen doping generates energy states and increases absorption and separation of photons. It also creates more active sites for CO2 adsorption and conversion. In addition, nitrogen doping enhances the activity of surface Lewis pairs, which further promotes CO2 adsorption and activation.
Article
Materials Science, Ceramics
Muhammad Hassan, Yassine Slimani, Mohammed A. Gondal, Mohamed J. S. Mohamed, Sadik Guener, Munirah A. Almessiere, Aroob M. Surrati, Abdulhadi Baykal, Sergei Trukhanov, Alex Trukhanov
Summary: This study focuses on the production and investigation of NiFe2O4 spinel ferrite nanoparticles doped with different masses of Se. The results show that the chemical content of Se has an impact on the crystal structure, microstructure, and magnetic properties. Superparamagnetic and ferrimagnetic states are observed in a wide magnetic field range. The magnetic characteristics do not change significantly when Se-substitution is less than 2.0%. However, a nonlinear dependence of magnetic parameters is observed for samples with Se-substitution greater than or equal to 2.0%. The undoped sample and NiFe2O4+x%Se exhibit soft magnetic behavior.
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Muhammad Younas, Mohammed Ashraf Gondal, Mohamed A. Dastageer, Aasif Hilal
Summary: In this study, a layer of cobalt-metallic-ion-coordinated metal-organic framework (Co-MOF199) is deposited on the photoanode of conventional dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), resulting in increased electron recombination lifetime and resistance, leading to improved open-circuit voltage and power conversion efficiency.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
M. Sertkol, S. Guener, M. A. Almessiere, Y. Slimani, A. Baykal, H. Gungunes, E. M. Alsulami, F. Alahmari, M. A. Gondal, S. E. Shirsath, A. Manikandan
Summary: In this study, various Co0.5Ni0.5BixFe2-xO4 spinel ferrite nanofibers were synthesized and their structure, morphology, and magnetic properties were investigated. The results showed that all samples exhibited a single-phase cubic spinel structure, with Bi3+ ions mainly occupying the B site. The magnetic measurements indicated the presence of ferrimagnetic phases in all samples, except for one. The substitution of Bi3+ ions generally decreased the magnetic properties, except for the sample with x = 0.04. Additionally, the squareness ratio provided information about the domain structure of the nanofiber samples.
MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Muhammad Hassan, Mohammed A. Gondal, Emre Cevik, Ayhan Bozkurt
Summary: This study reports the fabrication of an activated carbon-based supercapacitor using a biodegradable gel electrolyte. The device achieved high specific capacitance, specific energy, and cycling stability through the optimization of concentration and doping additives.
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Saeed A. Baqraf, Mohammed A. Gondal, Mohamed A. Dastageer, Raashid Muhammad, Abdulaziz Al-Aswad
Summary: Dust mitigation is becoming a challenge as more large-scale solar cell installations take place in desert environments. Traditional methods of dust removal require significant resources and manpower. Electrodynamic dust shield (EDS) systems have been successful in mitigating dust, with low-cost installation and unmanned operation. This study presents the design and fabrication of a locally made three-phase EDS system, optimizing its dust removal efficiency through electrode geometry and electrical parameters. The operation and optimization of the system are explained by analyzing electrostatic and mechanical forces. The system's efficacy in improving photovoltaic performance in dusty environments is studied using natural sunlight.
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yassine Slimani, Munirah A. Almessiere, Mohamed J. S. Mohamed, Essia Hannachi, Serkan Caliskan, Sultan Akhtar, Abdulhadi Baykal, Mohammed A. Gondal
Summary: One of the major concerns globally is the presence of organic pollutants in wastewater and water resources, specifically Rhodamine B, which is highly persistent and toxic. Metal oxide semiconducting materials, such as TiO2, have been studied for their ability to remove organic pollutants. In this study, a series of Ce-Sm co-doped TiO2 nanoparticles were prepared and their photocatalytic activity was evaluated. It was found that all co-doped nanoparticles showed better photocatalytic activity than pristine TiO2, with the x = 0.50% sample demonstrating the highest degradation efficiency.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Aziz Ahmad, Mohammed Ashraf Gondal, Muhammad Hassan, Rashid Iqbal, Sami Ullah, Atif Saeed Alzahrani, Waqar Ali Memon, Fazal Mabood, Saad Melhi
Summary: Biomass-derived physically activated carbon was obtained from date seed biomass as symmetric electrodes for all-solid-state supercapacitors (SCs). PVA/KOH gel polymer electrolyte was used in the SCs. The C-850 electrode showed the best electrochemical performances, with a specific capacitance of 138.12 F g(-1) at 5 mV s(-1) and an energy density of 9.6 Wh kg(-1).
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Mohamed Jaffer Sadiq Mohamed, Serkan Caliskan, Mohammed Ashraf Gondal, Munirah Abdullah Almessiere, Abdulhadi Baykal, Yassine Slimani, Khaled Abdelsabour Elsayed, Muhammad Hassan, Ismail Abdullah Auwal, Abdul Zeeshan Khan, Asif Ali Tahir, Anurag Roy
Summary: The magnetic properties of Co0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4 spinel ferrites can be tuned by Se doping, with increased coercivity and remanence at 10 K. An optimized catalyst, CoNi NSFs + 0.15% Se, exhibits superior electrocatalytic performance for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), with a low overpotential and high stability. This research is important for developing hard magnetic materials and efficient electrocatalysts for sustainable energy generation.
ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Luqman E. Oloore, Mohammed A. Gondal, Idris K. Popoola, AbdulJelili Popoola
Summary: Pseudocapacitive materials usually have low capacitance and conductivity, but the designed perovskite electrode architecture in this study improves ion accessibility and provides high gravimetric and area normalized capacitance.
MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mohamed Jaffer Sadiq Mohamed, Mohammed Ashraf Gondal, Muhammad Hassan, Munirah Abdullah Almessiere, Asif Ali Tahir, Anurag Roy
Summary: Offshore hydrogen production through water electrolysis presents significant challenges, but the use of WCSNCs catalysts can enhance the efficiency of the hydrogen evolution reaction, especially in alkaline and natural seawater environments.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yakubu Sani Wudil, Osama Atef Al-Najjar, Mohammed A. A. Al-Osta, Omar Baghabra S. Al-Amoudi, Mohammed Ashraf Gondal
Summary: Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a significant technique for elemental identification and quantification. In this study, a novel technique using artificial intelligence is developed to estimate the soil unconfined compressive strength based on LIBS spectra. The models demonstrate good prediction capability and applicability, as confirmed by evaluation and validation.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sabiha Sultana, Mohammed A. Gondal, Amir Naveed, Imran Rehan, Kamran Rehan, Noor Ul Amin, Luqman Ali Shah, Shah Khalid, Bassam El Ali, M. A. Almessiere
Summary: This paper presents the synthesis, physical characterization, and antibacterial properties of copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) incorporated in activated PVA/PMMA/montmorillonite (MMT) polymeric clay composites. The CuNPs were prepared using an eco-friendly solvent evaporation technique. The UV-Vis spectral analysis showed that the optical band gap energy of the composites could be adjusted by controlling the CuNPs loading, making them suitable for optoelectronic applications. XRD analysis confirmed a strong interaction between CuNPs and the polymeric clay composite. The composites exhibited improved hydrophobicity and excellent bactericidal activity, suggesting their potential use in the food packaging industry.
ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Imran Rehan, Saranjam Khan, M. A. Gondal, Qamar Abbas, Rahat Ullah
Summary: This study uses SVM algorithm and LIBS technology to identify diabetes mellitus in human urine. By collecting pathological urine samples from diabetic patients and control samples from non-diabetic individuals, LIBS spectra of both groups were obtained and analyzed using PCA and support vector classifier. SVM models with various kernel functions were developed and evaluated using k-fold cross-validation, and the radial basis function (RBF) kernel demonstrated the highest performance efficiency. The results highlight the potential of LIBS approach for real-time assessment of diabetes mellitus in clinical trials.
ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sabiha Sultana, Mohammed A. Gondal, Muhammad Haris, Imran Rehan, Kamran Rehan, Saqib Khan, Muhammad Saleem
Summary: In this study, silica powder was successfully prepared from raw rice husk and silver nanoparticles were synthesized using natural neem leaves. Biodegradable nanocomposites were fabricated by blending polylactic acid, silver nanoparticles, montmorillonite MMT and silica with filler contents. The incorporation of silica improved the mechanical properties and thermal stability of the nanocomposites, and inhibited bacterial growth.
ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2023)