Publications

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This study explores the performance and durability of a hybrid alkaline/membrane electrolysis cell combining Anion Exchange Membrane technology with a liquid alkaline separator. By leveraging innovative design features, including mechanically supported membranes and hybrid configurations, this approach addresses key challenges in AEMWE systems, such as membrane degradation and limited durability...

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In this study, we present a techno-economic analysis for integrating an electrochemical reactor into a lignocellulosic biorefinery for the purpose of converting biorefinery lignin to higher-value industrial chemicals with co-generation of hydrogen. 

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Industrial lignin waste is an important byproduct of bio-refineries and the paper industry. Depolymerization of industrial lignin could generate useful aromatic compounds. This group has focused on electrolytic decomposition of biorefinery lignin...

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Lignin is one of the most abundant biopolymers on Earth, constituting about 20 to 30 percent of wood; it is one of the major waste materials of the pulp and paper industry and emerging biorefineries. Utilization of lignin as a raw material for industrial chemicals would provide additional revenue streams for pulping mills and biorefineries, and especially in the case of the latter, reduce the overall cost of generating biofuel. 

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The aim of this study is to quantify the hydrogen production rate in an anion exchange membrane (AEM) lignin electrolysis cell. Two non-precious and nanostructured metal and metal oxide electrocatalysts were developed and used as the anodic catalysts in a lignin electrolysis process...

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Lignin is one of the main byproducts of pulp and paper industry and biorefineries. Depolymerization of lignin can lead to producing valuable low molecular weight compounds with different functional groups, which are mainly achieved from crude oil sources. Lignin electrolysis could address issues of other lignin depolymerization methods such as complexity, lignin combustion, and low selectivity...

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Gd2O3-doped SnO2 nanoparticles as highly sensitive and selective ethanol sensor materials with uniform size distributions were synthesized in ethylene glycol at 250 °C and 20 bar in a continuous tubular microreactor...

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In this paper, the residence time distribution (RTD) diagram has been plotted for a two-dimensional airlift reactor. For this purpose, after injecting the tracer, the reactor has been photographed during specified time intervals...