Professor GEORGE CHEN's Outputs (8)

The FFC Cambridge process and its relevance to valorisation of ilmenite and titanium-rich slag (2014)
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Chen, G. Z. (2015). The FFC Cambridge process and its relevance to valorisation of ilmenite and titanium-rich slag. Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, 124(2), 96-105. https://doi.org/10.1179/1743285514y.0000000073

© 2015 Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and The AusIMM. The Fray-Farthing-Chen (FFC) Cambridge process was patented in 1998 for low cost and clean electrochemical extraction of metals and synthesis of alloys directly from the mineral precu... Read More about The FFC Cambridge process and its relevance to valorisation of ilmenite and titanium-rich slag.

Titanium carbide nanocube core induced interfacial growth of crystalline polypyrrole/polyvinyl alcohol lamellar shell for wide-temperature range supercapacitors (2014)
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Weng, Y.-T., Pan, H.-A., Wu, N.-L., & Chen, G. Z. (2015). Titanium carbide nanocube core induced interfacial growth of crystalline polypyrrole/polyvinyl alcohol lamellar shell for wide-temperature range supercapacitors. Journal of Power Sources, 274, 1118-1125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.10.158

This is the first investigation on electrically conducting polymers–based supercapacitor electrodes over a wide temperature range, from −18 °C to 60 °C. A high-performance supercapacitor electrode material consisting of TiC nanocube core and conforma... Read More about Titanium carbide nanocube core induced interfacial growth of crystalline polypyrrole/polyvinyl alcohol lamellar shell for wide-temperature range supercapacitors.

Influences of graphite anode area on electrolysis of solid metal oxides in molten salts (2014)
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Chen, H., Jin, X., Yu, L., & Chen, G. Z. (2014). Influences of graphite anode area on electrolysis of solid metal oxides in molten salts. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 18(12), 3317-3325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-014-2645-2

Laboratory studies of electrochemical reduction of refractory metal oxides, e.g. TiO2 and Ta2O5, in molten CaCl2 often involve a graphite anode and a cell voltage of 3.0 V or higher, which deviates significantly from thermodynamic predictions. The ca... Read More about Influences of graphite anode area on electrolysis of solid metal oxides in molten salts.

Investigation of electrochemical reduction of GeO2 to Ge in molten CaCl2-NaCl (2014)
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Rong, L., He, R., Wang, Z., Peng, J., Jin, X., & Chen, G. Z. (2014). Investigation of electrochemical reduction of GeO2 to Ge in molten CaCl2-NaCl. Electrochimica Acta, 147, 352-359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2014.09.107

Electrochemical reduction of solid GeO2 has been investigated in the mixed CaCl2-NaCl melt at 1023 K for developing a more efficient process for preparation of Ge. Cyclic voltammetry and potentiostatic electrolysis were applied to study the GeO2-load... Read More about Investigation of electrochemical reduction of GeO2 to Ge in molten CaCl2-NaCl.

Electro-deposition and re-oxidation of carbon in carbonate containing molten salts (2014)
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Ijije, H. V., Chen, G., Lawrence, R. C., Siambun, N. J., Jeong, S. M., Jewell, D. A., & Hu, D. (2014). Electro-deposition and re-oxidation of carbon in carbonate containing molten salts. Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society, 172, 105-116. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4fd00046c

Indirect electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon nanopowders in molten alkali carbonates: Process variables and product properties (2014)
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Ijije, H. V., Sun, C., & Chen, G. Z. (2014). Indirect electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon nanopowders in molten alkali carbonates: Process variables and product properties. Carbon, 73, 163-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2014.02.052

Carbon was deposited on a mild steel cathode during electrolysis in the molten mixture of Li2CO3 and K2CO3 (mole ratio: 62:38) under CO2 or mixed N2 and CO2 atmospheres at 3.0–5.0 V and 540–700 °C. In a three-electrode cell, cyclic voltammetry was ap... Read More about Indirect electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon nanopowders in molten alkali carbonates: Process variables and product properties.

A sunlight assisted dual purpose photoelectrochemical cell for low voltage removal of heavy metals and organic pollutants in wastewater (2014)
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Chen, G. Z., Kim, G., & Igunnu, E. (2014). A sunlight assisted dual purpose photoelectrochemical cell for low voltage removal of heavy metals and organic pollutants in wastewater. Chemical Engineering Journal, 244, 411-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2014.01.090

Photoelectrochemical cells that consisted of a Pt (small cells) or Ti (large cells) cathode and a sunlight responsive WO3 photoanode were built for simultaneous removal of heavy metal ions and organic pollutants. Synthetic wastewater samples containi... Read More about A sunlight assisted dual purpose photoelectrochemical cell for low voltage removal of heavy metals and organic pollutants in wastewater.

Cryo-solvatochromism in ionic liquids (2014)
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Yu, L., & Chen, G. Z. (2014). Cryo-solvatochromism in ionic liquids. RSC Advances, 4(76), 40281-40285. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra08116a

Cryo-solvatochromism (blue to green) in response to cooling from room temperature to well below 0 °C can have many applications, and has been achieved in an ionic liquid, 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, containing di-(1-buty... Read More about Cryo-solvatochromism in ionic liquids.