Insights into the synthesis and applications of earth-abundant metal-oxide nanoparticles
Schrama, Frank Rudolphus Antonius
Schrama, Frank Rudolphus Antonius
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2024
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2025-11-26
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Earth-abundant materials serve as a key source for potential wide-scale solutions toward current environmental challenges. Via the modification of surface morphology and particle size, the overall chemical activity can be tuned towards higher activity for environmental pollutant capture and degradation. CaO material was synthesized via a modified wet-chemical synthesis route for MgO (111). The addition of 4-methoxybenzyl alcohol as a structure directing agent was shown to alter the resulting precursor material via XRD, and evidence of the (111) facet was determined via HRTEM. Via CO2 TPD studies, some early insights were gleaned for this material and its ability to adsorb high quantities of CO2, as well as its increased binding strength.
A review of light-driven technologies for PFAS degradation and detection was done in order to summarize the potential applications of UV-Vis driven technologies, with a discussion on the potential usage (and misusage) of TiO2 P25 and anatase phase as a baseline material for many photocatalytic PFAS destruction technologies.
As a whole, this work aims to show the potential of earth-abundant metal-oxide materials. Via the alteration of surface chemistry new key applications can be discovered for old materials, and that one-day Earth-abundant materials can be implemented on a large scale as key solutions to global issues in an economically viable manner.
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