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Synthesis and Characterization of Doped Magnesium Hydroxide for Medium Heat Storage Application (2023)
Journal Article
Albeladi, N., Kur, A., Mokaya, R., Darkwa, J., Roger-Lund, S., Worall, M., …Boukhanouf, R. (2023). Synthesis and Characterization of Doped Magnesium Hydroxide for Medium Heat Storage Application. Materials, 16(18), Article 6296. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16186296

The amount of waste heat generated annually in the UK exceeds the total annual electricity demand. Hence, it is crucial to effectively harness all available sources of waste heat based on their varying temperatures. Through suitable technologies, a s... Read More about Synthesis and Characterization of Doped Magnesium Hydroxide for Medium Heat Storage Application.

A simple, sustainable route to flexible microporous carbon cloth for energy storage applications (2023)
Journal Article
Alkhaldi, T., Blankenship, L. S., & Mokaya, R. (2023). A simple, sustainable route to flexible microporous carbon cloth for energy storage applications. Materials Advances, 4(16), 3559-3571. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ma00157a

Activated carbon cloth (ACC) has the potential to be extremely useful in gas capture and storage applications as it combines high porosity, robustness, and flexibility with ease of handling. While it has been produced by a few researchers, the synthe... Read More about A simple, sustainable route to flexible microporous carbon cloth for energy storage applications.

Solvothermal synthesis of organoclay/Cu-MOF composite and its application in film modified GCE for simultaneous electrochemical detection of deoxyepinephrine, acetaminophen and tyrosine (2023)
Journal Article
Mouafo-Tchinda, E., Kemmegne-Mbouguen, J. C., Nanseu-Njiki, C. P., Langmi, H. W., Kowenje, C., Musyoka, N. M., & Mokaya, R. (2023). Solvothermal synthesis of organoclay/Cu-MOF composite and its application in film modified GCE for simultaneous electrochemical detection of deoxyepinephrine, acetaminophen and tyrosine. RSC Advances, 13(30), 20816-20829. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ra03850e

An organoclay/copper-based metal-organic framework (MOF) composite was synthesized using a solvothermal method by growing a Cu-BTC (copper(ii) benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate) MOF from a mixture of the MOF precursor solution in which various amounts of... Read More about Solvothermal synthesis of organoclay/Cu-MOF composite and its application in film modified GCE for simultaneous electrochemical detection of deoxyepinephrine, acetaminophen and tyrosine.

Hydrothermal synthesis of zeolites using silica extracted from tropical volcanic ash (2023)
Journal Article
Otieno, S. O., Kengara, F. O., Kowenje, C. O., & Mokaya, R. (2023). Hydrothermal synthesis of zeolites using silica extracted from tropical volcanic ash. Materials Advances, 4(10), 2292-2300. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ma00065f

This study addresses the reliance on costly aluminosilicate sources for the synthesis of zeolites by exploring the use of silica extracted from tropical volcanic ash. The volcanic ash contained CaO, in the form of calcite polymorph of CaCO3, and sili... Read More about Hydrothermal synthesis of zeolites using silica extracted from tropical volcanic ash.

Direct synthesis of organic salt-derived porous carbons for enhanced CO2 and methane storage (2023)
Journal Article
Alali, I., & Mokaya, R. (2023). Direct synthesis of organic salt-derived porous carbons for enhanced CO2 and methane storage. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11(13), 6952-6965. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ta00044c

The direct carbonisation of a carbon-rich organic salt, potassium phthalimide (PPI), generates porous carbons with porosity suitable for energy-related gas storage applications. The PPI-derived carbons exhibit high surface area of up to 2889 m2 g−1 a... Read More about Direct synthesis of organic salt-derived porous carbons for enhanced CO2 and methane storage.