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Graphene oxide: A promising nanomaterial for energy and environmental applications

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Graphene oxide (GO), the functionalized graphene with oxygen-containing chemical groups, has recently attracted resurgent interests because of its superior properties such as large surface area, mechanical stability, tunable electrical and optical properties as discussed by the authors.
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This article is published in Nano Energy.The article was published on 2015-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 495 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Graphene.

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Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4)-Based Photocatalysts for Artificial Photosynthesis and Environmental Remediation: Are We a Step Closer To Achieving Sustainability?

TL;DR: It is anticipated that this review can stimulate a new research doorway to facilitate the next generation of g-C3N4-based photocatalysts with ameliorated performances by harnessing the outstanding structural, electronic, and optical properties for the development of a sustainable future without environmental detriment.
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Mn3O4-Graphene Hybrid as a High Capacity Anode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries

TL;DR: The two-step solution-phase reactions to form hybrid materials of Mn(3)O(4) nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) sheets for lithium ion battery applications should offer a new technique for the design and synthesis of battery electrodes based on highly insulating materials.
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Tailoring Graphene Oxide-Based Aerogels for Efficient Solar Steam Generation under One Sun.

TL;DR: Graphene oxide-based aerogels with carefully tailored properties are developed to enable efficient solar steam generation under one-sun illumination.
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A review on heavy metal ions adsorption from water by graphene oxide and its composites

TL;DR: Graphene oxide and its composites have attracted widespread attentions as novel adsorbents for the adsorption of various heavy metal contaminants as mentioned in this paper, because of the unique physicochemical characteristics, they might become an excellent and most potential adsorbent.
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Spinel ferrite magnetic adsorbents: Alternative future materials for water purification?

TL;DR: Spinel ferrite (SF) magnetic materials are an important class of composite metal oxides containing ferric ions and having the general structural formula M 2+ Fe 2 3+ O 4.
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Electrochemical Photolysis of Water at a Semiconductor Electrode

TL;DR: Water photolysis is investigated by exploiting the fact that water is transparent to visible light and cannot be decomposed directly, but only by radiation with wavelengths shorter than 190 nm.
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Materials for electrochemical capacitors

TL;DR: This work has shown that combination of pseudo-capacitive nanomaterials, including oxides, nitrides and polymers, with the latest generation of nanostructured lithium electrodes has brought the energy density of electrochemical capacitors closer to that of batteries.
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Heterogeneous photocatalyst materials for water splitting

TL;DR: This critical review shows the basis of photocatalytic water splitting and experimental points, and surveys heterogeneous photocatalyst materials for water splitting into H2 and O2, and H2 or O2 evolution from an aqueous solution containing a sacrificial reagent.
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A roadmap for graphene

TL;DR: This work reviews recent progress in graphene research and in the development of production methods, and critically analyse the feasibility of various graphene applications.
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Li-O2 and Li-S batteries with high energy storage.

TL;DR: The energy that can be stored in Li-air and Li-S cells is compared with Li-ion; the operation of the cells is discussed, as are the significant hurdles that will have to be overcome if such batteries are to succeed.
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