Center for Advanced Materials: Recent submissions
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A Promising Electrochemical Sensor Platform for the Detection of Dopamine Using CuO-NiO/rGO Composite
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2023 , Article)Dopamine plays a significant role in the proper functioning of the central nervous system. Hence, the ability to sense levels of dopamine is pivotal in diagnosis and treatment procedures. For sensing dopamine, a mixed metal ... -
Electrochemical Nonenzymatic Acetone Sensing: A Novel Approach of Biosensor Platform Based on CNT/CuO Nanosystems
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2023 , Article)A promising approach for noninvasive medical diagnosis may be to measure the VOCs produced by metabolic changes or pathological disorders in human sweat, such as measuring the acetone levels in the presence of diabetes. ... -
Impact of a Sand Filtration Pretreatment Step on High-Loaded Greywater Treatment by an Electrocoagulation Technique
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)Greywater (GW) treatment by the electrocoagulation (EC) technique alone might not meet the required standards in terms of pollutant removal, specifically when GW contains high loads of pollutants. In this preliminary study, ... -
Integrating of electrocoagulation process with submerged membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment under low voltage gradients
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Treating and reusing wastewater has become an essential aspect of water management worldwide. However, the increase in emerging pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are presented in wastewater ... -
A comparison between iron and mild steel electrodes for the treatment of highly loaded grey water using an electrocoagulation technique
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)In the last years, the electrocoagulation (EC) process has been widely used as a potential technique for grey water treatment. However, only a few studies have focused on treating highly loaded GW (HLGW) by EC. In this ... -
Investigating the potential of using solid waste generated from stone cutting factories for phenol removal from wastewater: A study of adsorption kinetics and isotherms
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Remarkably toxic, phenol requires efficient elimination from water. This study investigates the utilization of solid waste generated by stone-cutting factories for extracting phenol from wastewater. The solid waste underwent ... -
Correction: Pd/Ni-metal–organic framework-derived porous carbon nanosheets for efficient CO oxidation over a wide pH range
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2022 , Article)The authors regret that one of the funders of this work was omitted in the Acknowledgements section of the original publication. The correct acknowledgements are as follows: This work was supported by the Qatar University ... -
Interfacial Electronic Interactions within the Pd-CeO2/Carbon Onions Define the Efficient Electrocatalytic Ethanol Oxidation Reaction in Alkaline Electrolytes
( American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2024 , Article)Porous Pd-based electrocatalysts are promising materials for alkaline direct ethanol fuel cells (ADEFCs) and ethanol sensors in the development of renewable energy and point-of-contact ethanol sensor test kits for drunk ... -
Porous transition metal-based nanostructures as efficient cathodes for aluminium-air batteries
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Aluminum-air batteries (AABs) are green and efficient energy systems due to their earth-abundant, safety, low price, excellent theoretical capacity (2.98 Ah/g) and energy density (8.1 Wh/g), which are significant merits ... -
Ternary PdNiO nanocrystals-ornamented porous CeO2/onion-like carbon for electrooxidation of carbon monoxide: unveiling the effect of supports and electrolytes
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2023 , Article)Porous ternary Pd-based catalysts are highly promising for various electrocatalytic applications, due to their low Pd mass, high surface area, accessible active sites, and tunable electronic structure; however, their ... -
Graphene-based catalysts for carbon monoxide oxidation: Experimental and theoretical insights
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Graphene-based catalysts are important in various applications ranging from hydrogen production to fuel cells and gas conversion reactions, due to their high surface area, low density, great mechanical properties, and rich ... -
Unveiling the effect of shapes and electrolytes on the electrocatalytic ethanol oxidation activity of self-standing Pd nanostructures
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Morphologically controlled Pd-based nanocrystals are the most efficient strategies for improving the electrocatalytic ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR) performance; however, their morphological-EOR activity relationship and ... -
Synergistically interactive MnFeM (M = Cu, Ti, and Co) sites doped porous g-C3N4 fiber-like nanostructures for an enhanced green hydrogen production
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2023 , Article)The use of a synergetic effect is an effective approach for promoting the green hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, ternary metal doped porous g-C3N4 fiber-like nanostructures have not been reported so far. Herein, ... -
Self-Standing Pd-Based Nanostructures for Electrocatalytic CO Oxidation: Do Nanocatalyst Shape and Electrolyte pH Matter?
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)Tailoring the shape of Pd nanocrystals is one of the main ways to enhance catalytic activity; however, the effect of shapes and electrolyte pH on carbon monoxide oxidation (COOxid) is not highlighted enough. This article ... -
Pd nanocrystals encapsulated in MOF-derived Ni/N-doped hollow carbon nanosheets for efficient thermal CO oxidation: unveiling the effect of porosity
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2023 , Article)Rational synthesis of Ni-metal-organic-framework (MOF)-derived hollow N-doped carbon (Ni-MOF-HNC) nanostructures has garnered great attention in various catalytic reactions due to their outstanding catalytic and physicochemical ... -
Electrocatalytic CO oxidation on porous ternary PdNiO-CeO2/carbon black nanocatalysts: Effect of supports and electrolytes
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)The catalytic activity and durability of porous ternary Pd-based electrocatalysts are augmented by alloying with other metals and using supports, however, the effect of supports and electrolytes at varied pH on the ... -
Self-standing foam-like Pd-based alloys nanostructures for efficient electrocatalytic ethanol oxidation
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)In this work, self-standing binary porous PdM (M = Ni, Fe and Co) foam-like nanostructures are rationally designed by a rapid and one-step aqueous-solution method, including ice co-reduction of metal precursors using sodium ... -
Unveiling the electrochemical CO oxidation activity on support-free porous PdM (M = Fe, Co, Ni) foam-like nanocrystals over a wide pH range
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Binary PdM-based nanocrystals are efficient electrocatalysts for a wide range of renewable and green fuel cell applications; however, their poisoning by CO is a great barrier for commercialization, so it is pivotal to solve ... -
Interfacial Engineering of Porous Pd/M (M = Au, Cu, Mn) Sponge-like Nanocrystals with a Clean Surface for Enhanced Alkaline Electrochemical Oxidation of Ethanol
( American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2023 , Article)The interfacial engineering of Pd-based alloys (i.e., PdM with distinct morphologies, compositions, and strain defects) is an efficient way for enhanced catalytic activity; however, it remains a grand challenge to fabricate ... -
Controlling the Synthesis Protocols of Palladium-Based Nanostructures for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide: A Mini-Review
( Wiley-Blackwell , 2023 , Article)Pd-based nanostructures are endowed with impressive catalytic features for alcohol-based fuel cells, however, their poisoning by carbon monoxide (CO) is a great barrier to large-scale utilization of such fuel cells as ...
