Up cycling prickly pear peel waste for sustainable wool dyeing using microwave irradiation. [PDF]
Sci RepEl Gabry LK, Abdelhafez TF, Hakeim OA.
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Choline chloride (ChCl) additive enables dynamic interface engineering in Zn‐I2 batteries by forming hydrophobic polyiodide complexes and a Zn‐stabilizing Ch+‐rich layer under electric field modulation. This dual‐function strategy suppresses iodine hydrolysis and dendrite formation, while optimizing Zn2+ solvation and transport for high‐efficiency ...
Xiaoyu Bi +16 more
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Development of Plant-Based Leather from Naturally Dyed Banana Pseudo-Stem Using a Low-Energy Process. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel)Srisuk S, Sodsai T, Pisitsak P.
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A Dual‐Functional Electrolyte Additive for Highly Reversible Zinc‐Ion Batteries
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This study introduces tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) as a dual‐function additive for aqueous zinc‐ion batteries. TBAB disrupts the hydrogen‐bond network of water while TBA+ adsorbs on Zn to improve interfacial wettability and regulate Zn2+ flux, resulting in suppressed dendrite growth and parasitic reactions. This synergy extended the lifespan of Zn|
Shirui Zhang +9 more
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The Effect of Natural Colourants in Woad (<i>Isatis tinctorum</i> L.) on the Dyeing Properties of Oak and Poplar Wood. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Kucharczyk N, Szadkowski J.
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Toward Fast Proton Shuttling in Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This review establishes proton transfer dynamics as a descriptor governing acidic OER activity, moving beyond the kinetic constraints derived from the proton coupled electron transfer. We discuss how deprotonation governs classical mechanisms, including adsorbate evolution mechanism (AEM), lattice oxygen mechanism (LOM) and oxide path mechanism (OPM ...
Ashish Gaur +3 more
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Eco-friendly dyeing of silk fabric by using <i>Artemisia argyi</i> as natural dye and <i>Phyllanthus emblica</i> as natural mordant. [PDF]
RSC AdvFeng L, Ye A, Yu X, Chen Z.
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Application of Ibuprofen Sodium Dihydrate for Thermochemical Energy Storage
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Ibuprofen sodium dihydrate is introduced as a durable organic salt hydrate for low‐temperature thermochemical energy storage, operating within 60°C–110°C with high energy density. At the material level, it delivers ∼99.9% cycling efficiency over 150 cycles without deliquescence, enabled by a dual energy‐storage mechanism coupling dehydration and phase ...
Kavin Chakravarthy Thangaraj +10 more
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Eco-innovative dyeing of cotton with upcycled pineapple peel waste-derived natural dye. [PDF]
R Soc Open SciPramod K +3 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.An architecture‐enabled bottom‐heated 3D solar convective evaporator spatially decouples photothermal heating from evaporation, triggering natural convection that intensifies sidewall vapour removal and heat transfer. The system achieves significantly enhanced evaporation rates over 2D and conventional 3D designs while confining salt precipitation to ...
Xiaolong Ma +7 more
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