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Xiang C, Ling Y, Zhou Z, Zhu X, Xue F, Feng Z, Wang Y, Cheng X, Wang M, Cheng X. Efficient synergism of concentric ring structures and carbon dots for enhanced methanol electro-oxidation. RSC Adv 2024; 14:30091-30101. [PMID: 39315027 PMCID: PMC11417460 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra04685d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2024] [Accepted: 08/31/2024] [Indexed: 09/25/2024] Open
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Developing affordable and reliable electrocatalysts with high activity and stability is crucial for enhancing the practicality of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). An effective and simple strategy of combining the carbon point of N-CDs (0.4 mg mL-1) with NiO/Ni for the fabrication of NiO/Ni-N-CDsV nanocomposites with a three-dimensional concentric core-shell structure was proposed to successfully prepare the electro-oxidation catalyst of methanol. The low cost of Ni-based materials and the conductive N-CDs that improve methanol catalytic performance make the composites an excellent choice as electrode materials for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). The electrocatalytic behavior of methanol oxidation was studied using cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry. The results indicated that the catalytic activity of NiO/Ni-N-CDsV increased by 3.02 times, and the current density was stable during the operation for 83 hours, implying strong electrocatalytic stability. Furthermore, the electrocatalytic performance for ethanol, ethylene glycol, and glycerol electro-oxidation reactions was impressive. This study provides a novel foundation for the development of high-performance, cost-effective, non-noble metal catalysts for DMFC applications, contributing to the formation of commercially competitive electro-oxidation catalysts with enhanced efficiency and stability.
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- Cong Xiang
- Department of Pharmacy, Wannan Medical College Wuhu 241002 China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Wannan Medical College Wuhu 241002 China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Wannan Medical College Wuhu 241002 China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Wannan Medical College Wuhu 241002 China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Wannan Medical College Wuhu 241002 China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Wannan Medical College Wuhu 241002 China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Wannan Medical College Wuhu 241002 China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Wannan Medical College Wuhu 241002 China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Wannan Medical College Wuhu 241002 China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Wannan Medical College Wuhu 241002 China
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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Abdel-Fatah AS, Tohamy HAS, Ahmed SI, Youssef MA, Mabrouk MR, Kamel S, Samhan FA, El-Gendi A. Anatase-cellulose acetate for reinforced desalination membrane with antibacterial properties. BMC Chem 2023; 17:112. [PMID: 37700386 PMCID: PMC10496367 DOI: 10.1186/s13065-023-01013-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023] Open
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This study aimed to prepare antifouling and highly mechanical strengthening membranes for brackish and underground water desalination. It was designed from cellulose acetate (CA) loaded anatase. Anatase was prepared from tetra-iso-propylorthotitanate and carboxymethyl cellulose. Different concentrations of anatase (0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, and 0.8)% were loaded onto CA during the inversion phase preparation of the membranes. The prepared membranes were characterized using Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM & EDX), mechanical properties, swelling ratio, porosity determination, and ion release. The analysis confirmed the formation of anatase on the surface and inside the macro-voids of the membrane. Furthermore, anatase loading improved the CA membrane's mechanical properties and decreased its swelling and porosity rate. Also, CA-loaded anatase membranes displayed a significant antibacterial potential against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The results showed that the salt rejection of the CA/anatase films as-prepared varies considerably with the addition of nanomaterial, rising from 46%:92% with the prepared membranes under the 10-bar operation condition and 5 g/L NaCl input concentration. It can be concluded that the prepared CA-loaded anatase membranes have high mechanical properties that are safe, economical, available, and can stop membrane biofouling.
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- Ahmed S Abdel-Fatah
- Water Quality Audit Department, Egyptian Water and Wastewater Regulatory Agency, New Cairo City, Egypt
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- Faculty of Engineering, Public Works Dept., Ain Shams University, Abbasseya, Cairo, 11535, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Cellulose and Paper Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, 12622, Egypt
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- Environmental and Climate Change Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, 12622, Egypt.
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- Chemical Engineering and Pilot Plant Department, Engineering Research and Renewable Energy Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, 12622, Egypt
- Canal High Institute of Engineering and Technology, Ministry of High Education, Suez, Egypt
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Palanisamy G, Im YM, Muhammed AP, Palanisamy K, Thangarasu S, Oh TH. Fabrication of Cellulose Acetate-Based Proton Exchange Membrane with Sulfonated SiO 2 and Plasticizers for Microbial Fuel Cell Applications. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:581. [PMID: 37367785 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13060581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Developing a hybrid composite polymer membrane with desired functional and intrinsic properties has gained significant consideration in the fabrication of proton exchange membranes for microbial fuel cell applications. Among the different polymers, a naturally derived cellulose biopolymer has excellent benefits over synthetic polymers derived from petrochemical byproducts. However, the inferior physicochemical, thermal, and mechanical properties of biopolymers limit their benefits. In this study, we developed a new hybrid polymer composite of a semi-synthetic cellulose acetate (CA) polymer derivate incorporated with inorganic silica (SiO2) nanoparticles, with or without a sulfonation (-SO3H) functional group (sSiO2). The excellent composite membrane formation was further improved by adding a plasticizer (glycerol (G)) and optimized by varying the SiO2 concentration in the polymer membrane matrix. The composite membrane's effectively improved physicochemical properties (water uptake, swelling ratio, proton conductivity, and ion exchange capacity) were identified because of the intramolecular bonding between the cellulose acetate, SiO2, and plasticizer. The proton (H+) transfer properties were exhibited in the composite membrane by incorporating sSiO2. The composite CAG-2% sSiO2 membrane exhibited a higher proton conductivity (6.4 mS/cm) than the pristine CA membrane. The homogeneous incorporation of SiO2 inorganic additives in the polymer matrix provided excellent mechanical properties. Due to the enhancement of the physicochemical, thermal, and mechanical properties, CAG-sSiO2 can effectively be considered an eco-friendly, low-cost, and efficient proton exchange membrane for enhancing MFC performance.
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- Gowthami Palanisamy
- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab, India
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
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Ma N, Wang X, Zhang M, Lu S, Hua Z, Wu Z, An R, Li L. Programmable Interactions of Cellulose Acetate with Octadecyltrichlorosilane-Functionalized SiO 2 Nanoparticles. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:5956-5969. [PMID: 37084536 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c03232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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It is significant to understand the interfacial interactions involved between the cellulose acetate (CA) and dispersed nanomaterials, in which the enhanced interaction improves the mechanical behavior of CA. In this work, the amendments of CA with SiO2 nanoparticles have been found to be endowed by grafting varying concentrations (0, 3, 5, and 6%) of octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS). Aided by SiO2 colloid probe atomic force microscopy (AFM with a probe diameter of 20 μm), the adhesion force between CA and SiO2 is found to be programmable by tuning OTS concentrations functionalized onto SiO2 surfaces. The adhesion forces of 5% OTS-functionalized SiO2 with CA are the strongest, followed by the ones of 0, 3, and 6% OTS, resulting in a smoother and denser morphology on the film with 5% OTS. The AFM-measured approaching force-distance curves have been further compared to predictions by the extended Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (XDLVO) theory, in which the XDLVO force is summed as the Liftshitz-van der Waals force (FLW), the electrostatic double-layer force (FEL), and the acid-base interaction force (FAB). FLW and FEL do not change significantly with OTS concentrations functionalized onto SiO2. However, FAB is sensitive to the functionalized OTS concentration onto SiO2 and significantly contributes to the interaction force of the composite films with 5% OTS, promoting the formation of a smooth and dense surface feature with a considerable mechanical performance demonstrated by load-displacement curves from a nanoindenter. This is highly encouraging and suggests that nanomaterials can be incorporated into CA to effectively improve their mechanical compatibility by programming the interaction between the CA matrix and nanomaterials.
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- Na Ma
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering/Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering/Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering/Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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Modified Cellulose Proton-Exchange Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15030659. [PMID: 36771960 PMCID: PMC9920170 DOI: 10.3390/polym15030659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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A direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is an excellent energy device in which direct conversion of methanol to energy occurs, resulting in a high energy conversion rate. For DMFCs, fluoropolymer copolymers are considered excellent proton-exchange membranes (PEMs). However, the high cost and high methanol permeability of commercial membranes are major obstacles to overcome in achieving higher performance in DMFCs. Novel developments have focused on various reliable materials to decrease costs and enhance DMFC performance. From this perspective, cellulose-based materials have been effectively considered as polymers and additives with multiple concepts to develop PEMs for DMFCs. In this review, we have extensively discussed the advances and utilization of cost-effective cellulose materials (microcrystalline cellulose, nanocrystalline cellulose, cellulose whiskers, cellulose nanofibers, and cellulose acetate) as PEMs for DMFCs. By adding cellulose or cellulose derivatives alone or into the PEM matrix, the performance of DMFCs is attained progressively. To understand the impact of different structures and compositions of cellulose-containing PEMs, they have been classified as functionalized cellulose, grafted cellulose, acid-doped cellulose, cellulose blended with different polymers, and composites with inorganic additives.
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Agboola O, Khalih AA, Oladokun O, Ayeni AO, Chukwudubem FU, Odunlami O, Elehinafe F, Yahaya A, Fayomi OSI. Statistical Analyses of Pore Radii on the Performance of PET-Nanocomposite Membranes in the Removal of Iron and Anions from Ibeshe River. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sajce.2023.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Banitaba SN, Ebadi SV, Salimi P, Bagheri A, Gupta A, Arifeen WU, Chaudhary V, Mishra YK, Kaushik A, Mostafavi E. Biopolymer-based electrospun fibers in electrochemical devices: versatile platform for energy, environment, and health monitoring. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2022; 9:2914-2948. [PMID: 36226580 DOI: 10.1039/d2mh00879c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Electrochemical power tools are regarded as essential keys in a world that is becoming increasingly reliant on fossil fuels in order to meet the challenges of rapidly depleting fossil fuel supplies. Additionally, due to the industrialization of societies and the growth of diseases, the need for sensitive, reliable, inexpensive, and portable sensors and biosensors for noninvasive monitoring of human health and environmental pollution is felt more than ever before. In recent decades, electrospun fibers have emerged as promising candidates for the fabrication of highly efficient electrochemical devices, such as actuators, batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, and biosensors. Meanwhile, the use of synthetic polymers in the fabrication of versatile electrochemical devices has raised environmental concerns, leading to an increase in the quest for natural polymers. Natural polymers are primarily derived from microorganisms and plants. Despite the challenges of processing bio-based electrospun fibers, employing natural nanofibers in the fabrication of electrochemical devices has garnered tremendous attention in recent years. Here, various natural polymers and the strategies employed to fabricate various electrospun biopolymers are briefly covered. The recent advances and research strategies used to apply the bio-based electrospun membranes in different electrochemical devices are carefully summarized, along with the scopes in various advanced technologies. A comprehensive and critical discussion about the use of biopolymer-based electrospun fibers as the potential alternative to non-renewable ones in future technologies is briefly highlighted. This review will serve as a field opening platform for using different biopolymer-based electrospun fibers to advance the electrochemical device-based renewable and sustainable technologies, which will be of high interest to a large community. Accordingly, future studies should focus on feasible and cost-effective extraction of biopolymers from natural resources as well as fabrication of high-performance nanofibrous biopolymer-based components applicable in various electrochemical devices.
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- Seyedeh Nooshin Banitaba
- Department of Textile Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran 159163-4311, Iran.
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- Department of Textile Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, Genova 16163, Italy
- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genova, via Dodecaneso 31, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, Genova 16163, Italy
- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry and Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), Technische Universitate Dresden, Dresden 01062, Germany
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- Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-ro, Gyeongsan-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 38541, South Korea
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- Research Cell & Department of Physics, Bhagini Nivedita College, University of Delhi, Delhi 110043, India
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- Mads Clausen Institute, NanoSYD, Smart Materials, University of Southern Denmark, Alsion 2, 6400, Sønderborg, Denmark
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- NanoBioTech Laboratory, Health Systems Engineering, Department of Natural Sciences, Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, Florida, USA
- School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Floatable cellulose acetate beads embedded with flower-like zwitterionic binary MOF/PDA for efficient removal of tetracycline. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 620:333-345. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ramos‐Rivera G, Suleiman D. High‐performance blended membranes based on poly(arylene ether sulfone) and sulfonated poly(styrene‐isobutylene‐styrene) for direct methanol fuel cell applications. J Appl Polym Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/app.52027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Gilberto Ramos‐Rivera
- Chemical Engineering Department University of Puerto Rico‐Mayaguez Campus Mayagüez Puerto Rico
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- Chemical Engineering Department University of Puerto Rico‐Mayaguez Campus Mayagüez Puerto Rico
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Madih K, El-Shazly A, Elkady M, Aziz AN, Yossuf ME, Khalifa RE. A facile synthesis of cellulose acetate reinforced graphene oxide nanosheets as proton exchange membranes for fuel cell applications. JOURNAL OF SAUDI CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jscs.2022.101435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Development of novel cellulose acetate-g-poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) proton conducting polyelectrolyte polymer. JOURNAL OF SAUDI CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jscs.2021.101327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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