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Works on the development of catalytic processes for the sustainable production of fuels and chemicals from waste biomass. Editor in Chief of Sustainable Energy & Fuels @sef-journal.rsc.org

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#rscsef #electrocatalytic #co2reduction #zeolite #decarboxylation #fatty_acids #jetfuel #hydrocarbons #saf | Energy #RSCEnergy ๐Ÿšจ Check out issue 20 of Sustainable Energy & Fuels #RSCSEF ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://lnkd.in/g6S595Nr This issue we feature work from Seerat Amin and Sailaja Krishnamurty of @CSIR_NCL and Professor Manzoor Ahmad D...

๐ŸšจIssue 20 of @rsc.org Sustainable Energy & Fuels #RSCSEF now online
#energysky.
#chemsky

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And for more details on the covers....

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01.11.2025 01:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Promotional image from the Royal Society of Chemistry asking "Is your work defining the future of solar fuels?" with an abstract background of swirled yellow and orange lines.

Promotional image from the Royal Society of Chemistry asking "Is your work defining the future of solar fuels?" with an abstract background of swirled yellow and orange lines.

We loved hosting #ISF2025 in September. If you would like your own work to feature in a specially curated collection of research that will continue the conference conversation, read our call for papers and submit your work for consideration โžก๏ธ https://rsc.li/4ol8n7V #ChemSky

17.10.2025 12:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sugar made from Blackburn sewage 'won't be going into food chain' United Utilities trials scheme that sees glucose extracted from used toilet paper for use in industry.

A water company is extracting sugar from toilet paper flushed down the loo.
United Utilities said the naturally occurring glucose could be turned into biofuels, bioplastics and detergents.

07.10.2025 08:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For the latest information about articles published in @rsc.org Sustainable Energy and Fuels, follow @sef-journal.rsc.org, we will be posting details of hot articles, perspectives and Editorials

#Catalysis
#Chemsky
#Energysky
#Biorefining
#Sustainability
#Batteries
#Photovoltaics

06.10.2025 18:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Another packed issue of Sustainable Energy & Fuels spanning the #energymix covering #biofuels, #Energy_storage, #electrocatalysis, #photocatalysis, #hydrogen, #SAF, #gasification, #power_to_X, #CO2utilisation, #piezoelectrics, #triboelectric nanogenerator, #supercapacitors and more
#chemsky

05.10.2025 09:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Issue 14 of Sustainable Energy & Fuels is now published online! | Energy #RSCEnergy Issue 14 of Sustainable Energy & Fuels is now published online! Read in full here: ย  ๐Ÿ”— https://lnkd.in/e6vvapNv ย  Check out this issue's cover article and artwork below: ย  "Polymer nanopa...

๐ŸšจHot off the press, Issue 14 of #Sustainable #Energy & #Fuels. Read the editorial about our outstanding reviewers from 2024, congratulations to them & thanks to all the community that works so hard in providing timely manuscript peer review. ๐Ÿ‘

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11.07.2025 21:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Electrochemical Degradation of Plastic Waste Coupled with Hydrogen Evolution in Seawater Using Rosetteโ€Like Highโ€Entropy Oxides Rosette-like high-entropy NiCoFeMnAlOx enable the electrochemical degradation of PGA plastic waste in seawater, coupling glycolic acid oxidation with hydrogen evolution. Abundant OH* species lower en....

๐ŸšจCheck out our recent work with Prof Kai Yan of Sun-Yat-sen University published in Advanced Science. Anodic #electrocatalytic degradation of #plastic waste over highโ€entropy oxides increases the #energy efficiency for H2 #electrolysers.

advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#chemsky

07.07.2025 03:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm really looking forward to #IUPAC2025 in Kuala Lumpur in just over a week! I'll be at the @rsc.org stand and look forward to meeting you there - please stop by if you've got any questions about the RSC, we'd love to see you at @iupac.org #Chemsky !

04.07.2025 09:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thrilled to be attending @iupac.org IUPAC2025ย in beautiful Kuala Lumpur as a keynote speaker and panellist on Open Science Dissemination.

Catch up with me and other members of the #RSCEnergy team if you learn more about @sef-journal.rsc.org
#chemsky
#bioenergy
#energy
#ozchem
#catalysis

04.07.2025 04:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One week to go for #IUPAC2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ

#Chemsky, where are you joining from?

Something #exciting is going to happen, stay tuned for more information โ„น๏ธ

Follow @iupac.org and IUPAC 2025 on social media and tag #IUPAC2025 to share your Kuala Lumpur moments ๐Ÿ‘

See you soon in KL โค๏ธ

02.07.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Issue 12 of Sustainable Energy & Fuels is now published online! | Energy #RSCEnergy Issue 12 of Sustainable Energy & Fuels is now published online! Read in full here: ย  ๐Ÿ”— https://lnkd.in/eJ-TG3pn ย  Check out this issue's cover article and artwork below: ย  "Ultra-low load...

๐Ÿšจ Check out issue 12 of RSC Sustainable Energy & Fuels for the latest on #batteries, #photovoltaics, #hydrogen, #electrocatalysis and other #energy_materials. Look out for themed collection tags offering free access.
#chemsky
#renewable_energy
@sef-journal.rsc.org

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02.07.2025 08:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Research intern position in Trey Sato's lab is open and taking applications!

The goal of Satoโ€™s lab is to engineer yeast to efficiently convert biomass to #biofuels. If interested, please follow the link below and apply by 7/11.

More details: glbrc.org/about/job-op...

25.06.2025 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honoured to be selected as Editor in Chief to lead RSC #Sustainable #Energy & #Fuels into this next exciting phase.

Watch this space for journal highlights, and I look forward to receiving everyone's top papers on #sustainable #energy as we strive to meet #netzero.

#chemsky #ozchem

25.06.2025 10:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The Death of the Student Essayโ€”and the Future of Cognition One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognitionโ€”and how to save ourselves.

After the latest round of grading papers, I wrote about AI, ChatGPT, the death of the student essay, and what it means for the future of human cognition.

19.06.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 905    ๐Ÿ” 360    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 72    ๐Ÿ“Œ 142
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Hi #Chemsky We are delighted to announce that ๐€๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค has been appointed as a new Associate Editor in ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ โ‡

Read more about Read more about Asim โžก blogs.rsc.org/gc/2025/06/2...

@rsc.org
#GreenChemistry

20.06.2025 10:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
EES Catalysis is a Gold Open Access journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, our first journal impact factor is... Explore our metrics on our website!

EES Catalysis is a Gold Open Access journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, our first journal impact factor is... Explore our metrics on our website!

EES Catalysis has reached an important milestone - its first ๐—๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿด.๐Ÿญ and full set of metrics. Our papers showcase the role catalysis plays in enabling developments in energy and environmental science for the benefit of society.

Discover our metrics โžก www.rsc.org/publishing/j...

19.06.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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RSC Sustainability has reached an important milestone โ€“ its first ๐—๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฐ.๐Ÿต and full set of metrics. The work we publish helps our world, and we are excited to carry on sharing significant papers without barriers.

Discover our metrics โžก www.rsc.org/publishing/j...

#ChemSky

19.06.2025 08:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A more effective carbon dioxide reduction reaction Simply bubbling CO<sub>2</sub> gas through acid shows a 50-fold improvement in reaction duration, researchers find

Bubbling carbon dioxide, which is found in flue gases, through an acid solution dramatically increases the durability of membranes used in carbon dioxide reduction reactions. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky ๐Ÿงช

19.06.2025 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Excited to share our latest research on #biomass #valorisation for #sustainable #chemistry published by the American Chemical Society (ACS Catalysis): https://lnkd.in/gSq9vS7c | Adam Lee Excited to share our latest research on #biomass #valorisation for #sustainable #chemistry published by the American Chemical Society (ACS Catalysis): https://lnkd.in/gSq9vS7c Heteropolyacid #catalys...

๐Ÿšจ Check out our group's recent work on ethanol dehydration over SBA supports heteropolyacids where we reveal a critical role of cofeeding water in maintaining activity. #chemsky #biofuels #Catalysis #sustainability #biomass #energy #ozchem
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18.06.2025 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸšจCheckout and follow the new site for RSC Sustainable Energy & Fuels for our latest articles.

#chemsky; #energy; #biofuels; #Biomass; #battery; #Catalysis; #climate_change

bsky.app/profile/sef-...

@rscsustainability.rsc.org

17.06.2025 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โœจ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ - ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€/๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ @๐—”๐—ฃ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑโœจ | Iris Yu โœจ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ - ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€/๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ @๐—”๐—ฃ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑโœจ [abstract submission deadline ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป; early bird registration ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป] We&#39;re pleased to announce that the following Royal Society of Chemistry RSC...

Looking forward to representing #SustainableEnergy&Fuels at #APCAT10_2025.
#RSCEnergy #chemsky
Track me down at the #Biomass symposium to discuss publication opportunities ๐Ÿ˜

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15.06.2025 04:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#chemsky

19.03.2025 03:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#biomass #chemicals #materials | Adam Lee There&#39;s still time to apply for the 2025 Gordon Research Conference on #Biomass to Biobased #Chemicals &amp; #Materials in Maine, 1-6 June! tinyurl.com/GRCBiomassโ€ฆ

๐ŸšจInterested in #biomass conversion, #catalysis and #biorefining ? Don't miss this opportunity to attend the Gordon Research Conference on Biomass to #Biobased #Chemicals and #Materials. Details in the link below ๐Ÿ‘‡

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19.03.2025 01:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Only thing worse is not having a chemist in charge, and someone who finds the concept of anyone doing synthesis in the lab terrifying ๐Ÿคฏ.

01.12.2024 00:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is amazing, please can you include me.

26.11.2024 09:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hi Darren, please can you add me to this group. Thanks ๐Ÿ˜Š

24.11.2024 11:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Slowly switching over to my new profile #chemsky

24.11.2024 06:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@profkwilson1971 is following 18 prominent accounts