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Elimination of Toxic Heavy Metals from Aqueous Systems Using Potential Biosorbents: A Review
Heavy metal contaminations due to effluent discharge from industries are serious environmental problem since the last several decades. The...
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Emerging chitosan and cellulose green materials for ion exchange membrane fuel cell: a review
AbstractPolymer electrolyte fuel cell is an attractive type of fuel cell, which has proved to be an interesting area for further investigation. This...
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Ethanol-Water Separation Using Membrane Technology
The availability and easy access of renewable energy make biofuel as an attractive option for the transition, away from the fossil fuel. Ethanol...
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Applications of Biodiesel By-products
This chapter reviews the applications of biodiesel by-products. The biodiesel production process is predominantly carried out through...
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Visible Light Harvesting Titania-Coated Diatom Frustules with Superior Photocatalytic Activity
Porous silica frustules of diatoms are naturally occurring microcellular, solar light harvesting hierarchical structures. In this work,...
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Shale Gas: A Futuristic Non-conventional Energy Resource
Global energy security is a major goal for rapid industrial progress. However, meeting the demand of energy and continuing the pace of industrial...
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Biological degradation of toluene by indigenous bacteria Acinetobacter junii CH005 isolated from petroleum contaminated sites in India
The bacterium Acinetobacter junii was isolated from petroleum-contaminated site in India and tested for its efficiency in degradation of toluene...
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Polysaccharides in Batteries
As already briefly indicated in the first sections of this book, polysaccharides and here particularly cellulose, have been used from the very...
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Bioenergy and Biofuels: Nanotechnological Solutions for Sustainable Production
Rather than using fossil fuels, the world is focusing on finding or develo** alternative modes of energy production. This is due to the fact that...
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Role of Nanoparticles in Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Lignocellulose in Ethanol
The depletion in the limited sources of fossil fuels has generated the problem of energy crisis all over the world. This hunt forces scientific...
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Nonconventional Fossil Energy Sources: Shale Gas and Methane Hydrates
The world has run on fossil fuels for the past 50 years. However, the current rates of demand for energy and the limited reserves have led to focus...
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Zinc Electrodeposition Morphology
The electrochemical performance of the zinc half-cell is strongly linked to the quality and morphology of zinc electrodeposits generated during the...
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Natural Composite Membranes for Water Remediation: Toward a Sustainable Tomorrow
Natural composites as green membranes have shown great potential in water remediation. These membranes combine merits from both natural polymer and...
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Highly Ordered Macroporous Electrodes
In recent years, the field of highly ordered macroporous macropore thin films coated onto solid electrode surfaces...
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Application of Various Immobilization Techniques for Algal Bioprocesses
Immobilized cells entrapped within a polymer matrix or attached onto the surface of a solid support have advantages over their free-cell counterpart,...
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Unconventional Crudes and Feedstocks in Petroleum Processing
In addition to the numerous conventional crude oils marketed, there are several types of “unconventional” crudes or feedstocks that a refinery may...
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Unconventional Crudes and Feedstocks in Petroleum Processing
In addition to the numerous conventional crude oils marketed, there are several types of “unconventional” crudes or feedstocks that a refinery may...
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Microwave-Enhanced In Situ Transesterification of Algal Biomass to Biodiesel
Microwave-enhanced in situ transesterification for algal biodieselBiodiesel production can be considered as a green process and a preferred method...
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The Chemistry of Graphene Oxide
In this chapter, we discuss a variety of chemical reactions introduced for GO. Among all studies on the chemistry of GO, the largest portion focused...
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Compatibility of Ionic Liquids with Enzymes
The potential of ionic liquids as a green alternative to environmentally harmful volatile organic solvents has been well recognized. Being considered...