Universal Journal of Carbon Research, Volume 1 Issue 2 (2023)



Open Access Article

Role of non-covalent interactions in 2,5-di-Me-pyrazine-di-N-oxide - tertiary butyl alcohol - single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes electrocatalytic systems

by Svetlana Kulakovskaya, Tatyana S. Zyubina, Alexander S. Zyubin, Alexander V. Kulikov, Yuriy A. Dobrovolskiy

ABSTRACT: Oxidation of tert-butyl alcohol (tert-BuOH, Me 3 COH), a compound with a high C-H bond breaking energy in the absence of precious metals or their oxides as catalysts and using metal-free...

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Specific Power of Explosive and its Effect on Nanodiamonds

by Valery Dolmatov

ABSTRACT: To determine the dependence of the yield of detonation nanodiamonds on the power of the explosives used, a new concept was introduced—the specific power of explosives (with which the detonation...

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Carbon accounting per unit of food and unit of land in food production systems of Argentina

by Ernesto Viglizzo, Florencia Ricard

ABSTRACT: Based on the notion of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), the carbon footprint (CF) is an extensively used concept that quantifies and informs carbon load per unit weight (e.g., kg C/ton food) in the...

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Improving the mechanical performance of low graphene content epoxy nanocomposites: investigation of hybrid and chemically modified nanofillers

by Daniel Belton, Marcin Orawiec, Richard Telford, Alexander Surtees

ABSTRACT: Graphene is a promising nanofiller for producing polymer nanocomposites with enhanced mechanical, electrical, thermal, electromechanical, and flame retardancy properties, leading to applications...

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Panel Examination of the impact of economic growth on Carbon Emissions—Case of 15 emerging and advanced economies

by Joseph-Tuakolon Tokpah, Mehdi Seraj, Huseyin Ozdeser

ABSTRACT: In today's world, there are numerous urgent global challenges that require our attention, prominent among those issues is the need to address climate change. Due to this, governments around the...

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Adsorptive removal of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) from greywater using activated carbon prepared from tropical almond and palm kernel shells

by Michael Oteng-Peprah, Benjamin Agyei-Tuffour, Maame Adwoa Animpong, Frank Nana Osei, Deborah Oyiye Mensah, Mike Agbesi Acheampong

ABSTRACT: This study assesses the reduction of 5-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD 5 ) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) of household greywater using palm kernel activated carbon (PKAC) and tropical almond...

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Influence of Doped Detonation Nanodiamonds on the Physical and Chemical Properties of Electrochemical Chromium Coatings

by Valerii Dolmatov, Galina Konstantinovna Burkat, Maxim Nikolaevich Kiselev

ABSTRACT: Chromium deposition process regularities are analyzed in the standard chromium plating electrolytes, with and without detonation nanodiamonds additives modified with boron, phosphorus (DND-boron,...

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Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes from Solid Supported Heterogeneous Catalysts: Achievements and Challenges

by Qianru Wu, Ningning Xu, Xinyan Chi, Wenjing Zhang, Kezheng Chen, Maoshuai HE

ABSTRACT: Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have gained worldwide attention because of their exceptional electronic, optical, and mechanical properties, which are contingent on their structures denoted...

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On the interpretation of single and bilayer graphene minimal conductivity

by Slavik Melkonyan

ABSTRACT: Within the Boltzmann kinetic theory minimal dc conductivity of single and bilayer graphene is studied. It is shown that the uncertainty principle plays a key role in graphene band structure. In...

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A bibliometric analysis on sustainable aviation fuels: core technologies, challenges and trends

by Rafael Belo Duarte, Gabriela de França Lopes, João Lourenço Castagnari Willimann Pimenta, Luiz Mario de Matos Jorge

ABSTRACT: International initiatives such as the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) have set goals for the complete de-carbonization of international aviation in this...