The transportation of metal particles in oil has numerous applications in industrial areas. Under electric field, the electroosmotic flow of the oil-water interface can be generated
The article discusses the peculiarities of corrosion in low-pressure gas pipelines intended for collection and transportation of associated petroleum gas. It is shown that the corrosive aggressiveness of associated petroleum gas is determined by the…
Reliable corrosion monitoring of natural gas transmission lines is a major tool providing a foundation for safe management of natural gas infrastructures. Through the development of membrane-based electrochemical sensors which are able to function in…
The continual increase in energy demand and inconsistent supply have attracted attention towards sustainable energy storage/conversion devices, such as electrochemical capacitors with high energy densities and power densities. Perovskite oxides have…
Conversion/alloying anode materials exhibiting high K storage capacities suffer from large volume variations and unstable electrode/electrolyte interfaces upon cycling. Herein, taking SnS/reduced graphene oxide (SnS/rGO) anodes as an example, the…
A green, clean, and rapid process employing sunlight for converting a large quantity of graphene oxide (GO) into reduced graphene oxide (rGO) is presented herein. In this protocol, the sunlight is concentrated using a Fresnel lens and focused on GO,…
Rational construction of multidimensional composites with abundant heterointerfaces is still a persistent challenge, especially dual interface structure. Herein, a facile interface engineering strategy has been put forward to construct…
The hierarchically porous hollowcarbon spheres (HPHCSs) are synthesized by activating the hollowcarbon spheres (HCSs) derived from the template-directing method using SiO2 spheres and waste tire pyrolysis oil (WTPO) as templates and carbon precursor,…
Zinc-based energy storage devices have received extensive attention because of their low-cost and high-safety characteristics. Numerous breakthroughs have been made in this field in recent years. Some special applications, such as polar inspections,…
Rational design and sustainable preparation of high-performance carbonaceous electrode materials are important to the practical application of supercapacitors. In this work, a cost-effective synthesis strategy for nitrogen and oxygen co-doped porous…
Ice crystallization in confined spherical geometries is investigated experimentally at ambient pressure conditions. Water-in-crude (w/o) oil emulsions are formed by homogenization of an acidic North Sea crude oil with water or brine, at aqueous phase…
Porous silicon (Si)/carbon nanocomposites have been extensively explored as a promising anode material for high-energy lithium (Li)-ion batteries (LIBs). However, shrinking of the pores and sintering of Si in the nanoporous structure during…
It is generally believed that asphaltenes and resins as the polar components in crude oil can get adsorbed at the oil/water interface and act as a surface active agents. However, due to the complex behavior of asphaltenes and resins, the…
In current chemical flooding technology, surfactant and polymer (SP) rather than alkali, surfactant and polymer (ASP) flooding is preferred, because the addition of alkali in ASP flooding has been linked to environmental problems. However, in the…
Rational pore structure and surface properties of carbon materials are significant for their practical application in supercapacitors (SCs). Pursuing a simple and costless synthesis approach is of great importance, yet full of challenges. Herein,…
It is well known that CO2 is easier to form hydrate because its hydrate phase equilibrium pressure was lower than CH4 at a given temperature. The natural gas containing high content of CO2 increases pipeline blockage risk due to hydrate problem in…
In subsurface anoxic environments, microbial communities generally produce methane as an end-product to consume organic compounds. This metabolic function is a source of biogenic methane in coastal natural gas aquifers, submarine mud volcanoes, and…
This study intended to examine whether the volatile compounds, oxidation stability and fatty acid profile of soybean oil are influenced by the refining process methods and conditions. To that end, an electrostatic field as a non-thermal technology…
Supercapacitors require the use of electrode materials exhibiting high surface area, thermal and environmental stability, low cost and good conductivity. Asphaltene, an undesired and problematic fraction of crude oil production, is one such…
Under the pressure of climate change, the demands for alternative green hydrogen (H2) production methods have been on the rise to conform to the global trend of transition to a H2 society. This article proposes a multirenewable-to-hydrogen production…
In current chemical flooding technology, surfactant and polymer (SP) rather than alkali, surfactant and polymer (ASP) flooding is preferred, because the addition of alkali in ASP flooding has been linked to environmental problems. However, in the…
In current chemical flooding technology, surfactant and polymer (SP) rather than alkali, surfactant and polymer (ASP) flooding is preferred, because the addition of alkali in ASP flooding has been linked to environmental problems. However, in the…
Rational pore structure and surface properties of carbon materials are significant for their practical application in supercapacitors (SCs). Pursuing a simple and costless synthesis approach is of great importance, yet full of challenges. Herein,…
Supercapacitors require the use of electrode materials exhibiting high surface area, thermal and environmental stability, low cost and good conductivity. Asphaltene, an undesired and problematic fraction of crude oil production, is one such…