Search Results - "Current opinion in green and sustainable chemistry"

Skutterudites, a most promising group of thermoelectric materials by Rogl, G., Rogl, P.

“…The current review summarizes and discusses the latest research activities (after 2014) on p- and n-type skutterudite thermoelectrics…”
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Potential benefits of using Hermetia illucens frass as a soil amendment on food production and for environmental impact reduction by Schmitt, Eric, de Vries, Wim

“…Nutrients, water, and light are the basic ingredients for crops. However, soil and water resources are under intense pressure, as the world's population…”
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Renewable energy carriers derived from concentrating solar power and nonstoichiometric oxides by McDaniel, Anthony H.

“…In this paper, we offer a perspective on the current state of material research in a part of the solar fuels community that exploits process heat derived from…”
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Hydrogen economy and sustainable development goals: Review and policy insights by Falcone, Pasquale Marcello, Hiete, Michael, Sapio, Alessandro

“…Hydrogen as a clean, reliable and potentially sustainable energy vector has attracted growing interest for promoting the sustainable development of both…”
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Deep eutectic solvents and their applications as green solvents by Perna, Filippo Maria, Vitale, Paola, Capriati, Vito

“…Several examples illustrate the effectiveness of using Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) as environmentally responsible reaction media in polar organometallic…”
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Bio-based and biodegradable polymers - State-of-the-art, challenges and emerging trends by RameshKumar, Saranya, Shaiju, P., O'Connor, Kevin E., P, Ramesh Babu

“…Frontiers of bio-based and biodegradable polymers are constantly expanding in a view to achieve sustainability. Hence, designing sustainable bioplastics made…”
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Cyclic carbonates synthesised from CO2: Applications, challenges and recent research trends by Pescarmona, Paolo P.

“…Cyclic carbonates are a class of versatile compounds that can be prepared using the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide as a building block and that can find…”
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Type V deep eutectic solvents: Design and applications by Abranches, Dinis O., Coutinho, João A.P.

“…Type V deep eutectic solvents are a novel class of sustainable solvents. They are prepared by physically mixing solid, non-ionic components and are…”
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Magnetic nanocatalysts: Synthesis and application in multicomponent reactions by Chen, Meng-Nan, Mo, Li-Ping, Cui, Zhen-Shui, Zhang, Zhan-Hui

“…The application of the magnetic nanocatalysts is a rapidly growing field for the development of sustainable and green processes. Magnetic separation not only…”
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Atmospheric CO2 mitigation technologies: carbon capture utilization and storage by Nocito, Francesco, Dibenedetto, Angela

“…Recently, the utilization of carbon dioxide has gained in consideration as it may contribute to improve the economics of CO2 capture process by producing added…”
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(Micro)plastics and the UN Sustainable Development Goals by Walker, Tony R.

“…Since the launch of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, the SDGs have been widely adopted by governments and corporations in…”
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Deep eutectic solvents: overcoming 21st century challenges by Florindo, Catarina, Lima, Filipa, Ribeiro, Bernardo Dias, Marrucho, Isabel M.

“…In the last couple of years, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have been raising a lot of attention mainly due to their versatility and their easy and speedy…”
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A review on current situation and challenges of construction and demolition waste management by Menegaki, Maria, Damigos, Dimitris

“…Construction and demolition activities and natural disasters generate vast quantities of waste materials. Globally, it is estimated that about 35% of the…”
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Recycling of the rare earth elements by Jowitt, Simon M., Werner, Timothy T., Weng, Zhehan, Mudd, Gavin M.

“…The rare earth elements (REE) are vital to modern technologies and society and are amongst the most critical of the critical elements. Despite these facts,…”
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Deep eutectic solvents and their application in electrochemistry by Abbott, Andrew P.

“…Deep eutectic solvents, DESs, are the mixture of Lewis and Brønsted acids and bases which significantly reduce the freezing point compared with those of the…”
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Sustainability of bioplastics: Opportunities and challenges by Thakur, Sourbh, Chaudhary, Jyoti, Sharma, Bhawna, Verma, Ankit, Tamulevicius, Sigitas, Thakur, Vijay Kumar

“…Recycling is groundwork of the worldwide efforts to diminish the amount of plastics in waste. Mostly around 7.8–8.2 million tons of poorly-used plastics enter…”
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Pyrometallurgical recycling of Li-ion, Ni–Cd and Ni–MH batteries: A minireview by Assefi, Mohammad, Maroufi, Samane, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Sahajwalla, Veena

“…This brief article review discusses the available pyrometallurgical methods for recycling of rechargeable batteries including Li-ion, Ni–Cd and Ni–MH…”
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Recent advances in industrial CO2 electroreduction by Sánchez, Oriol Gutiérrez, Birdja, Yuvraj Y., Bulut, Metin, Vaes, Jan, Breugelmans, Tom, Pant, Deepak

“…In light of the energy transition, electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2R) has commonly been postulated as a favorable strategy for renewable energy storage and…”
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Biodegradable plastic as an integral part of the solution to plastic waste pollution of the environment by Flury, Markus, Narayan, Ramani

“…Biodegradable plastics are promising alternatives to conventional, persistent plastics. In this opinion article, we discuss the benefits of biodegradable…”
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Ionic liquids: Promising green solvents for lignocellulosic biomass utilization by Yoo, Chang Geun, Pu, Yunqiao, Ragauskas, Arthur J.

“…Ionic liquids are effective solvents/media for the utilization of lignocellulosic biomass. The unique properties of ionic liquids enable them to effectively…”
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