Electrocatalytic and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution integrated with organic oxidation

We have summarized the recent progress in electrocatalytic and photocatalytic water splitting integrated with organic oxidation for efficient H₂ generation, which features no formation of explosive H₂/O₂ mixtures and reactive oxygen species, higher efficiency compared to conventional water splitting and potential co-production of value-added organic products.

Tuned surface area and mesopore diameter of ordered mesoporous carbon: ultrahigh decontamination of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate

High surface area ordered mesoporous carbons were fabricated as superior adsorbents for ultrahigh decontamination of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate from a model water pollutant.

Nanocasting Process to Pore-Expanded Ordered Mesoporous Carbons with 2D Hexagonal Mesostructure

Pore-expanded ordered mesoporous carbons with 2D hexagonal mesostructure were synthesized by a simple nanocasting process. We adopted sucrose as carbon precursors, mesoporous silica materials SBA-15 as the hard templates, and hexane as micelle swelling agents. The pore size distribution of OMCs was narrow and centered at 5.4 nm, which is larger than the upper limit of pore diameters typically reported for CMK-3. The BET surface area and mesopore volume of PE-CMK-3 can reach to 1213.47 m2/g and 1.56 cm3/g, respectively, indicating that choosing large pore size materials as template is good for preparation of high performance of OMCs.