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Antibacterial and electrochemical evaluation of electrospun polyethersulfone/silver composites as highly persistent nanomaterials by Hernández‐Orozco, María Mónica, Castellanos‐Espinoza, Raúl, Hernández‐Santos, Nuri Aranzazú, Ramírez‐Montiel, Fátima Berenice, Álvarez‐Contreras, Lorena, Arellano‐Arreola, Víctor Manuel, Padilla‐Vaca, Felipe, Arjona, Noé, España‐Sánchez, Beatriz Liliana

“…Silver‐based antibacterial nanoparticles have demonstrated indices of possible bacterial resistance after consecutive periods of time, limiting their…”
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A Flow-Through Membraneless Microfluidic Zinc–Air Cell by Ortiz-Ortega, Euth, Díaz-Patiño, Lucia, Bejar, José, Trejo, Gabriel, Guerra-Balcázar, Minerva, Espinosa-Magaña, Francisco, Álvarez-Contreras, Lorena, Arriaga, Luis Gerardo, Arjona, Noé

“…In this work, the proof of concept of a functional membraneless microfluidic Zn–air cell (μZAC) that operates with a flow-through arrangement is presented for…”
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Manganese Oxides (Mn3O4 & α‐MnO2) as Co‐catalysts in Pd‐Based Nanomaterials for the Ethylene Glycol Electro‐Oxidation by Arjona, Noé, Espinosa‐Magaña, Francisco, Bañuelos, Jennifer A., Álvarez‐Contreras, Lorena, Guerra‐Balcázar, Minerva

“…Incorporation of α‐MnO2 and Mn3O4 during the synthesis of Pd nanoparticles promoted better particle anchoring. Especially the Mn single spinel (Mn3O4)…”
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Electrocatalytic Evaluation of Highly Stable Pt/ZrO2 Electrocatalysts for the Methanol Oxidation Reaction Synthesized Without the Assistance of Any Carbon Support by Aguilar‐Vallejo, Angélica, Álvarez‐Contreras, Lorena, Guerra‐Balcázar, Minerva, Ledesma‐García, Janet, Gerardo Arriaga, Luis, Arjona, Noé, Rivas, Sandra

“…Zirconium oxide has been proposed as an alternative to carbon supports due to its high electrochemical stability at high electrode potential values. However,…”
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Zinc‐Air Battery Operated with Modified‐Zinc Electrodes/Gel Polymer Electrolytes by Díaz‐Patiño, Lucia, Béjar, José, Ortiz‐Ortega, Euth, Trejo, Gabriel, Guerra‐Balcázar, Minerva, Arjona, Noé, Álvarez‐Contreras, Lorena

“…Zinc‐air batteries (ZABs) have anodic challenges to overcome such as passivation, shape changes, and hydrogen evolution. In this work, zinc anodes were…”
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Ethanol Electro‐oxidation in Aqueous and Poly(acrylic acid)‐Based Gel Alkaline Electrolytes, Varying the PdxAgy Composition by using Differential Pulse Amperometry by Martínez, Ciro M., Ambriz‐Peláez, Oscar, Álvarez‐Contreras, Lorena, Ledesma‐García, Janet, Guerra‐Balcázar, Minerva, Arjona, Noé

“…In this work, we prepared a polymer gel based on poly (acrylic acid) partial potassium salt (PAA‐K) for its use as an electrolyte in the ethanol…”
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Synthesis of a Small Amorphous PdMo/C Nanocatalyst and Pd Nanocubes Enclosed within (100) Planes and Their Use for Ethylene Glycol Electro–oxidation by Ambriz‐Peláez, Oscar, Álvarez‐Contreras, Lorena, Guerra‐Balcázar, Minerva, Ledesma‐García, Janet, Arriaga, Luis Gerardo, Arjona, Noé

“…In this work, PdMo/C and Pd/C nanocubes were synthesized and used for the electro‐oxidation of ethylene glycol. The XRD patterns revealed that the Pd/C…”
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Gel polymer electrolytes containing SiO2 spheres with tuned sizes to increase rechargeability of quasi-solid-state Zn-air batteries by Coello‒Mauléon, César, Arredondo-Espínola, Alejandro, Álvarez‒Contreras, Lorena, Guerra‒Balcázar, Minerva, Arjona, Noé

“…•Quasi-solid-state Zn-air batteries with high performance require interface modifications.•Gel polymer electrolytes (PVA/PAA) were obtained by incorporating…”
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Rational design of nitrogen‒doped carbon nanotubes by defect engineering for Zn‒air batteries with high performance by Béjar, José, Espinosa‒Magaña, Francisco, Avelar, Joana, Aguilar‒Elguezabal, Alfredo, Guerra‒Balcázar, Minerva, Arjona, Noé, Álvarez‒Contreras, Lorena

“…The rational design of N‒doped multi‒walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) by surface engineering was performed by changing the synthetic method, the nitrogen…”
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Zn‒air battery operated with a 3DOM trimetallic spinel (Mn0.5Ni0.5Co2O4) as the oxygen electrode by Béjar, José, Álvarez‒Contreras, Lorena, Espinosa‒Magaña, Francisco, Ledesma‒García, Janet, Arjona, Noé, Arriaga, Luis Gerardo

“…•A Trimetallic spinel with a 3DOM morphology was tested in a Zn-Air battery•Mn0.5Ni0.5Co2O4 3DOM spinel exhibits a similar half-wave potential than Pt…”
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Gold structures on 3D carbon electrodes as highly active nanomaterials for the clean energy conversion of crude glycerol by Arjona, Noé, Torres‒Pacheco, Luis J., Álvarez‒Contreras, Lorena, Guerra‒Balcázar, Minerva

“…•The synthesis method (CV and DPA) promoted changed in electrodeposited Au.•Au DPA 2 presented 3D shapes rich in surface/crystalline defects.•Au DPA 2 had a jp…”
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Direct Ethanol Membraneless Nanofluidic Fuel Cell With High Performance by López‐Rico , Cesar A., Galindo‐de‐la‐Rosa , Juan, Álvarez‐Contreras, Lorena, Ledesma‐García, Janet, Guerra‐Balcázar, Minerva, Arriaga, Luis G., Arjona, Noé

“…An air‐breathing nanofluidic fuel cell (AB‐NFC) was evaluated using ethanol as the fuel. Two Pd electrocatalysts, one commercial (ETEK) and one synthesized (Pd…”
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Defect Engineering of Oxygen Vacancies in Ultrathin NiFe-Layered Double Hydroxides: Insights from Density Functional Theory by Ramos-Castillo, C. M., Álvarez-Contreras, Lorena, Arjona, Noé, Guerra-Balcázar, Minerva

“…Defects and interface engineering in layered double hydroxides (LDH) are crucial for the rational search for functional electrocatalysts. Despite the known…”
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Electrocatalytic evaluation of Co3O4 and NiCo2O4 rosettes-like hierarchical spinel as bifunctional materials for oxygen evolution (OER) and reduction (ORR) reactions in alkaline media by Béjar, José, Álvarez-Contreras, Lorena, Ledesma-García, J., Arjona, Noé, Arriaga, L.G.

“…In this work, we have successfully synthetized Co3O4 spheres and NiCo2O4 rosettes by a simple chemical bath. The Ni incorporation to Co to form the NiCo2O4…”
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High performance of Pd and PdAg with well‒defined facets in direct ethylene glycol microfluidic fuel cells by López‒Coronel, Andrés, Ortiz‒Ortega, Euth, Torres‒Pacheco, Luis J., Guerra‒Balcázar, Minerva, Arriaga, Luis Gerardo, Álvarez‒Contreras, Lorena, Arjona, Noé

“…The development of bimetallic nanomaterials with well‒defined facets is highly desired in electrocatalysis to improve the alcohols oxidation. In this work,…”
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Synthesis and application of biogenic gold nanomaterials with {1 0 0} facets for crude glycerol electro-oxidation by Velázquez-Hernández, Isaac, Estévez, Miriam, Vergara-Castañeda, Hayde, Guerra-Balcázar, Minerva, Álvarez-Contreras, Lorena, Luna-Bárcenas, Gabriel, Pérez, Claudia, Arjona, Noé, Pool, Héctor

“…Gold nanomaterials obtained from black carrot extracts exhibit superior activity for crude glycerol electro-oxidation than gold nanoparticles obtained using…”
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Three-Dimensional-Order Macroporous AB2O4 Spinels (A, B =Co and Mn) as Electrodes in Zn–Air Batteries by Béjar, José, Espinosa-Magaña, Francisco, Guerra-Balcázar, Minerva, Ledesma-García, Janet, Álvarez-Contreras, Lorena, Arjona, Noé, Arriaga, Luis Gerardo

“…In this work, atomically substituted three-dimensionally ordered macroporous (3DOM) spinels based on Co and Mn (MnCo2O4 and CoMn2O4) were synthetized and used…”
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Effect of the SiO2 support morphology on the hydrodesulfurization performance of NiMo catalysts by Delgado, Anabel D., Alvarez Contreras, Lorena, Beltrán, Karen A., Aguilar Elguezabal, Alfredo

“…To study the effects of the support morphology on the hydrodesulfurization (HDS) activity of NiMoS catalysts, ordered mesoporous SiO2 (KIT-6) and nonporous…”
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Poly(Vinyl Alcohol)/Poly(Acrylic Acid) Gel Polymer Electrolyte Modified with Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and SiO2 Nanospheres to Increase Rechargeability of Zn–Air Batteries by Díaz-Patiño, Lucia, Guerra-Balcázar, Minerva, Álvarez-Contreras, Lorena, Arjona, Noé

“…Zn–air batteries (ZABs) are a promising technology; however, their commercialization is limited by challenges, including those occurring in the electrolyte,…”
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Electrocatalytic Promotion of Pt Nanoparticles by Incorporation of Ni(OH)2 for Glycerol Electro‐Oxidation: Analysis of Activity and Reaction Pathway by Velázquez‐Hernández, Isaac, Oropeza‐Guzmán, Mercedes T., Guerra‐Balcázar, Minerva, Álvarez‐Contreras, Lorena, Arjona, Noé

“…In this work, the effect of Pt−Ni(OH)2 nanoparticles on the activity and reaction pathway of glycerol oxidation was studied. For this purpose, small Pt (4±0.2…”
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