Fuel cells, batteries and supercapacitors are critical to meet the rising global demand for clean, sustainable energy. Biomass-derived activated carbon can be obtained with tailored properties fulfil extensive need low-cost, high-performance, catalyst electrode materials. To investigate possibility of nanoporous nitrogen-doped materials as catalysts in fuel cells electrodes lithium-ion batterie...

An efficient method for the synthesis of mono and bulky 1,8-dioxooctahydroxanthenes was developed by the reaction of dimedone or 1,3-cyclohexadione and aldehydes or some bisaldehydes in the presence of polyvinylpolypyrrolidone supported oxalic acid (PVPP-OXA) as a new polymeric catalyst in ethanol at room temperature. Polyvinylpolypyrrolidone supported oxalic acid was characterized by FT-IR, an...

In this study, esterification reaction of different carboxylic acids (Acetic acid, Palmitic acid, Oleic acid) with ethanol was investigated by ZnO, Al2O3-ZnO mixed oxide and phosphotungestic acid (10 %wt) immobilized on the Al2O3-ZnO mixed oxide. The heterogeneous catalysts were characterized by XRD, BET, FE-SEM and EDX techniques. Optimum yield was achieved by using 10% HPW/Al2O3-ZnO as the be...

a water soluble, bronsted acid, 5-sulfosalicylic acid as an efficient organocatalyst was used for the synthesis of physiologically active 2-substituted benzimidazole derivatives from o-phenylenediamine and aromatic aldehydes in ethanol at reflux condition. cost-effectiveness, use of non-hazardous solvents, metal free and commercially available catalyst, single-step, environmentally friendly gre...

The VOx/LUS-1 nanoporous silica synthesis and characterized by XRD, Nitrogen adsorption–desorption isotherms and UV-visible spectrophotometer. Direct oxidation of benzene to phenol in liquid phase by H2O2 peroxide were examined by using various (methanol, acetone, acetic acid, acetonitryl) solvents.

sulfuric acid {[3-(3-silicapropyl)sulfanyl]propyl}ester (saspspe) is employed as a recyclable catalyst for the synthesis of α-amino nitriles. these syntheses were performed via a one-pot three-component condensation of aldehydes, amines, and trimethylsilyl cyanide under mild reaction conditions at room temperature. the catalyst could be recycled and reused several times without any loss of effi...

molybdate sulfuric acid (msa) has been prepared and used as catalyst for the biginelli synthesis of some quinazolinones/thiones under solvent-free conditions. the catalyst loading is low and it shows recyclability. this method has advantages such as avoidance of the organic solvents, high yield of pure products, short reaction times and operational simplicity.

sulphuric acid adsorbed on silica gel is a practical and useful catalyst for acetylation of varius alcohols, phenols and amines.

Hybrid nanostructured arrays based on carbon nanotubes (CNT) and palladium or titanium dioxide materials have been synthesized using self-supported and silicon-supported anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) as nanoporous template. It is well demonstrated that carbon nanotubes can be grown using these membranes and hydrocarbon precursors that decompose at temperatures closer to 600°C without the use of...