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Research Materials (ERA General)
These are general research materials deposited to the ERA General Collections community which are not yet associated with any department or faculty in ERA.
Items in this Collection
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A ruthenium-carbamato-complex derived from a siloxylated amine and carbon dioxide for the oxidative a-cyanation of aromatic and cyclic tertiary amines
Download2013-10-09
The ruthenium carbamate complex derived from 3-trimethoxysilyl-1- propyl amine and carbon dioxide was found to be a novel catalyst for the oxidative cyanation of aromatic and cyclic tertiary amines to corresponding a-amino nitriles in high to excellent yields by using hydrogen peroxide and...
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Air-and water-stable halide perovskite nanocrystals protected with nearly-monolayer carbon nitride for CO2 photoreduction and water splitting
Download2022-09-25
Halide perovskites are exciting candidates for broad-spectrum photocatalysts but have the problem of ambient stability. Protective shells of oxides and polymers around halide perovskite nano- and micro-crystals provide a measure of chemical and photochemical resilience but the photocatalytic...
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Boosting photocatalytic activity using carbon nitride based 2D/2D van der Waals heterojunctions
Download2022-09-25
The surging demand for energy and staggering pollutants in the environment have geared the scientific community to explore sustainable pathways that are economically feasible and environmentally compelling. In this context, harnessing solar energy using semiconductor materials to generate charge...
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C3N5: A Low Bandgap Semiconductor Containing an Azo-Linked Carbon Nitride Framework for Photocatalytic, Photovoltaic and Adsorbent Applications
Download2019-01-01
Modification of carbon nitride based polymeric 2D materials for tailoring their optical, electronic and chemical properties for various applications has gained significant interest. The present report demonstrates the synthesis of a novel modified carbon nitride framework with a remarkable 3:5...
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CO2 solubility in brine in silica nanopores in relation to geological CO2 sequestration in tight formations: Effect of salinity and pH
Download2021-05-01
Li, Wenhui, Nan, Yiling, You, Qing, Jin, Zhehui
Geological CO2 sequestration during CO2 enhanced oil recovery in tight formations is a technically and economically viable option to alleviate carbon emission. In tight formations, there existsare enormous number of nano-scale pores, which can be filled with connate and injected water. In...
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2021-02-15
Zhang, Wei, Feng, Qihong, Wang, Sen, Xing, Xiangdong, Jin, Zhehui
Enhanced hydrocarbon recovery from shale/tight reservoirs by CO2 injection has gained extensive attentions in recent years. However, the effect of CO2 on oil flow in shale/tight nanoporous media is still ambiguous. In this work, we used molecular dynamics simulations to study the structural and...
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Cobalt phthalocyanine immobilized on graphene oxide: an efficient visible‐active catalyst for the photoreduction of carbon dioxide
Download2014-07-10
Pawan Kumar, Arvind Kumar, Bojja Sreedhar, Bir Sain, Siddharth S Ray, Suman L Jain
New graphene oxide (GO)‐tethered–CoII phthalocyanine complex [CoPc–GO] was synthesized by a stepwise procedure and demonstrated to be an efficient, cost‐effective and recyclable photocatalyst for the reduction of carbon dioxide to produce methanol as the main product. The developed GO‐immobilized...
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2021-04-30
Pang, Wanying, Wang, Yingnan, Jin, Zhehui
Shale/tight gas plays an increasingly important role to meet the growing global energy demand and reduce carbon emissions. Unlike conventional reservoirs, shale formations are subject to rock heterogeneity and have pore size distributions ranging from sub-1 nm to a few micrometers. Thanks to the...
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Coproduction of hydrogen and lactic acid from glucose photocatalysis on band-engineered Zn1-xCdxS homojunction
Download2021-01-28
Photocatalytic transformation of biomass into value-added chemicals coupled with co-production of hydrogen provides an explicit route to trap sunlight into the chemical bonds. Here, we demonstrate a rational design of Zn1-xCdxS solid solution homojunction photocatalyst with a pseudo-periodic...