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Energy consumption and environmental impact assessment of desalination plants and brine disposal strategies
( Institution of Chemical Engineers , 2021 , Article)Nowadays, desalination plants are considered as tools to utilize water from different natural resources such as seawater and brackish water. Globally, the number of desalination plants are increasing to achieve the high ... -
Engineering and understanding of synergistic effects in the interfaces of rGO-CNTs/PtPd nanocomposite revealed fast electro-oxidation of methanol
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)The developing human societies are being faced provoking energy crises due to higher demands of energy for increasing worldwide populations. The massive depletion of natural resources and global warming issues sound a laud ... -
Engineering and understanding of synergistic effects in the interfaces of rGO-CNTs/PtPd nanocomposite revealed fast electro-oxidation of methanol
( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)The developing human societies are being faced provoking energy crises due to higher demands of energy for increasing worldwide populations. The massive depletion of natural resources and global warming issues sound a laud ... -
Engineering at Subatomic Scale: Achieving Selective Catalytic Pathways via Tuning of the Oxidation States in Functionalized Single-Atom Quantum Catalysts
( Wiley-Blackwell , 2022 , Article)Regulating the catalytic pathways of single-atom sites in single atom catalysts (SACs) is an exciting debate at the moment, which has redirected the research towards understanding and modifying the single-atom catalytic ... -
Engineering of Pt-based nanostructures for efficient dry (CO2) reforming: Strategy and mechanism for rich-hydrogen production
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article Review)Dry (CO2) reforming of methane (DRM) is of great interest in scientific, environmental, and industrial applications. The high-energy stationary path DRM provides gigatons of CO2 utilization to produce syngas (CO and H2), ... -
Enhanced and durable electrocatalytic performance of thin layer PtRu bimetallic alloys on Pd-nanocubes for methanol oxidation reactions
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2017 , Article)As a renewable and promising energy devices, direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) have attracted a wide range of interest in recent years. The design of electrocatalysts highly influences the performance of DMFCs systems. ... -
Enhanced and durable electrocatalytic performance of thin layer PtRu bimetallic alloys on Pd-nanocubes for methanol oxidation reactions
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2017 , Article)As a renewable and promising energy devices, direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) have attracted a wide range of interest in recent years. The design of electrocatalysts highly influences the performance of DMFCs systems. ... -
Enhanced corrosion protection of Epoxy/ZnO-NiO nanocomposite coatings on steel
( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)ZnO-NiO nanocomposite with epoxy coating on mild steel has been fabricated by the sol–gel assisted method. The synthesized sample was used to study corrosion protection. The analysis was performed by electrochemical impedance ... -
Enhanced detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by caffeine modified carbon nanotube junctions
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)Detection of vapor phase analytes and gas molecules is primarily essential for numerous applications including medical diagnostic, environmental monitoring, chemical threat detection, food quality control, and chemical ... -
Enhanced Electrocatalytic Performance of Pt3Pd1 Alloys Supported on CeO2/C for Methanol Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction Reactions
( American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2017 , Article)Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) with noble metals based anode and cathode is a promising energy generator to portable power devices. However, the deterioration of catalyst performance suffered by CO poisoning, crossover ... -
Enhanced electrochemical and mechanical performance of BN reinforced Ni-P based nanocomposite coatings
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Adequate corrosion protection and improved mechanical properties are necessary requirements to overcome operational costs in the industries. Ni-P based coatings are known to possess better superior corrosion resistance ... -
Enhanced LPG Sensitivity for Electron Beam Irradiated Al-ZnO Nanoparticles
( Wiley-VCH Verlag , 2020 , Article)Al doped and un-doped ZnO thin films are coated on glass substrate by successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction technique with varying doping concentrations of Al from 3 to 7 at%. The samples are annealed at 450 °C ... -
Enhanced mechanical and corrosion protection properties of pulse electrodeposited NiP-ZrO2 nanocomposite coatings
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)Pulse electrodeposition is a technique of particular interest, which offers promising advantages such as ease of processing, compositional control, uniformity in structure, and grain refinement. In the present study, ... -
Enhanced performance of nano-sized SiC reinforced Al metal matrix nanocomposites synthesized through microwave sintering and hot extrusion techniques
( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)In the present study, nano-sized SiC (0, 0.3, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 vol%) reinforced aluminum (Al) metal matrix composites were fabricated by microwave sintering and hot extrusion techniques. The structural (XRD, SEM), mechanical ... -
Enhanced Performance of Oxygen-Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as Support for Pt and Pt-Ru Bimetallic Catalysts for Methanol Electrooxidation
( American Chemical Society , 2020 , Article)The performance of Pt-Ru catalysts for methanol electrooxidation has been greatly enhanced by replacing the standard carbon XC72 support with oxygen-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). Highly dispersed, ... -
Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of a Molybdate-Intercalated Iron-Based Layered Double Hydroxide
( Wiley-VCH Verlag , 2017 , Article)Herein, we report the design and successful fabrication of new Mg/Fe layered double hydroxides (LDHs) with different Mg/Fe molar ratios (2:1, 3:1, and 4:1) by a coprecipitation method. The prepared Mg/Fe (4:1) LDH sample ... -
Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of a phenolic compounds' mixture using a highly efficient TiO2/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite
( Springer New York LLC , 2016 , Article)A nanocomposite (namely rGOTi) was prepared by loading 0.33 weight percent of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) on commercial TiO2 nanoparticles using a hydrothermal method. The as-prepared nanocomposite was characterized using ... -
Enhanced photocatalytic performance of WON@porous TiO2 nanofibers towards sunlight-assisted degradation of organic contaminants
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2018 , Article)In the last few decades, TiO2 has been widely used in different types of photocatalytic applications. However, the relatively large optical band gap (∼3.2 eV), low charge carrier mobility and consequently its low quantum ... -
Enhanced Z-scheme visible light photocatalytic hydrogen production over ?-Bi 2 O 3 /CZS heterostructure
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)Depletion of fossil fuels and associated environmental issues has drawn attention of researchers to renewable energy resources and photocatalytic hydrogen production is considered to be safe and applicable method to meet ... -
Enhancement of Adhesion Characteristics of Low-density Polyethylene Using Atmospheric Plasma Initiated-Grafting of Polyethylene Glycol
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)The low-density polyethylene/aluminum (LDPE/Al) joint in Tetra Pak food container provides stability and strength to food packaging, ensures protection against outside moisture, and maintains the nutritional values and ...