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Functionalized carbon electrocatalysts in energy conversion and storage applications: A review

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Chemical Upcycling of PET Waste towards Terephthalate Redox Nanoparticles for Energy Storage

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Branched Poly( l -lysine)-Derived Nitrogen-Containing Porous Carbon Flake as the Metal-Free Electrocatalyst toward Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction

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High-value applications of traffic and transportation waste for energy storage system: moving towards green development

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Sustainable synthesis of hierarchical nitrogen-doped porous carbons from polyolefin waste for high-performance supercapacitors

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Black phosphorene/NP heterostructure as a novel anode material for Li/Na-ion batteries

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Processing Plastic Wastes into Value-Added Carbon Adsorbents by Sulfur-Based Solvothermal Synthesis

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A Dual Carbon Lithium-Ion Capacitor Using Recycled Polymer Separator Derived Carbon Cathode and Graphite Anode from Spent Lithium-Ion Battery

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Cascade degradation and electrocatalytic upcycling of waste poly(ethylene terephthalate) to valued products

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Functional nanocarbons from waste plastics for energy storage applications

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Transformation of waste polypropylene disposable masks into advanced anode materials for high-performance Lithium-ion batteries

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Tuning Germanane Band Gaps via Cyanoethyl Functionalization for Cutting-Edge Photoactive Cathodes: Photoenhanced Hybrid Zinc-Ion Capacitor Evaluation

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Transforming Nonrecyclable Plastic Waste into Cathode Materials for Energy Storage Devices

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From Harm to Hope: Tackling Microplastics’ Perils with Recycling Innovation

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From Waste Plastics to Carbon/Graphene Quantum Dots: A Journey Towards Value-Added Carbon Nanostructures for Various Applications

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Upgrading Polyvinyl Chloride by ZnO-Assisted Solvothermal Dehalogenation

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Nanomaterials for the management of plastic waste: a way combating white pollution

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Sustainable electrode material from waste plastic for modern energy storage devices

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Nanotechnology for the Remediation of Plastic Wastes

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A carbothermic hybrid synthesized using waste halogenated plastic in sub/supercritical CO2 and its application for lithium recovery

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Depolymerization of waste plastics and chemicals

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Low-temperature nanocubic MgO synthesis from MgCl2·6H2O waste

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Salt sealing strategy to prepare N,O-codoped porous bio-carbon derived from Ephedra Herb for supercapacitors

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Plastic waste carbonization - a review. Part I. Morphology and characteristics of carbonization products

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Sub/supercritical CO2-induced benign fabrication of magnetic hybrid using waste halogenated plastics and its performance for Cr(Ⅵ) stabilization

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Scalable synthesis of atomically metal-doped porous carbon from polystyrene foam for efficient organophosphate contaminants removal

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Plastic waste carbonization - a review. Part II. Thetmal properties

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Recycling low-density polyethylene microplastics into flexible supercapacitors through carbonization and activation processes

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Waste Plastic Generated High-Performance Nanocomposites for Modern EDLC and LIB: A Two-Way Sustainable Approach

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Recovery, separation, and quality-based reutilization of PET in waste blended fabrics: A review

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Recycling waste masks as a low-cost but excellent hard carbon source for high-performance sodium-ion batteries

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Upcycling low-density polyethylene waste into functional carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries

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Waste-derived hierarchical porous carbon with tunable sp2/sp3 hybridization from pyrolyzed Poly (ethylene terephthalate)/oyster shell for high-performance lithium-ion battery anodes

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Recycling of waste plastics and scalable preparation of Si/CNF/C composite as anode material for lithium-ion batteries

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Microwave-assisted preparation of hollow porous carbon spheres and as anode of lithium-ion batteries

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