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Renewable Materials and Green Technology Products: Environmental and Safety Aspects

Preface Green Synthesized Carbon-Based Nanomaterials: Synthesis and Properties INTRODUCTION CARBON DOTS (CDs)SYNTHETIC METHODS HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENT MICROWAVE TREATMENT EXTRACTION METHOD ACID OXIDATION OTHER SYNTHESIS METHODS PROPERTIES DISPERSIBILITY QUANTUM YIELD CYTOTOXICITY AND BIOCOMPATIBILITY OPTICAL PROPERTIES Absorbance Photoluminescence (PL)Up-Conversion Photoluminescence (UCPL)STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES CARBON NANOTUBES SYNTHESIS OF CARBON NANOTUBES ARC DISCHARGE METHOD LASER ABLATION METHOD CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD] METHOD SPRAY PYROLYSIS METHOD SYNTHESIS OF CNTS USING NATURAL PRECURSORS NATURAL RESOURCES AS CATALYST GREEN PLANT EXTRACT AS CATALYST NATURAL MATERIALS AS CATALYST CATALYST-FREE SYNTHESIS OF CNTS PROPERTIES OF CNTS GRAPHENE/GRAPHENE OXIDE/REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GRAPHENE, GO, AND rGO PROPERTIES GRAPHENE Л.2.2 GRAPHENE OXIDE/REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE GREEN SYNTHESIS OF GRAPHENE, GRAPHENE OXIDE, AND REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE ,3.1 REDUCTION USING PLANT EXTRACTS ,3.2 REDUCTION USING MICROORGANISMS REDUCTION USING BIOMOLECULES FULLERENE SYNTHESIS OF FULLERENE PROPERTIES OF FULLERENE CARBON NANODIAMONDS HISTORY STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF NANODIAMOND SYNTHETIC METHODS FOR NANODIAMOND GREEN SYNTHESIS OF NANODIAMOND FROM NATURAL PRECURSORS CONCLUSIONS Microwave-Assisted Synthesis: A New Tool in Green Technology INTRODUCTION HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT MICROWAVE-ASSISTED SYNTHESIS OF NANOMATERIALS FOR VARIOUS APPLICATIONS PHOTOCATALYSIS PROPELLANTS SUPERCAPACITORS CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVE KEYWORDS REFERENCES Global Abatement of Air Pollution Through Green Technology Routes INTRODUCTION CLASSIFICATION OF AIR POLLUTANTS PRIMARY POLLUTANTS SECONDARY POLLUTANTS CONTRIBUTORS TO AIR POLLUTANTS ENVIRONMENT IMPACTS ACID RAIN EUTROPHICATION INCORPORATION OF TOXINS INTO THE FOOD CHAIN OZONE HOLE MONTREAL PROTOCOL PLANT GROWTH AND CROP PRODUCTION ROAD SAFETY CLIMATE CHANGE HEALTH EFFECTS BRAIN DISORDERS BIRTH DISORDERS POLLUTION CONTROLLING STRATEGIES MODIFICATION OF AUTOMOBILE ENGINES—THERMAL OXIDATION SUBSTITUTE FUELS BIOFUELS BIOLUBRICANTS HYDROGEN PRODUCTION TREATMENT OF EXHAUST GASES CATALYTIC CONVERTERS SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION ADSORPTION ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS HIGH-GRAVITY TECHNOLOGY SCRUBBERS NANOTECHNOLOGY NONTHERMAL PLASMA PROCESSING (NTP)GREEN TECHNOLOGIES FOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL MEMBRANE SEPARATION BIOSORPTION BIOFILTRATION BIOCHAR SEQUESTRATION GREEN ROOFS HERBAL REMEDIES GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AIR QUALITY STANDARDS CONCLUSION KEYWORDS REFERENCES Application of Green Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatments INTRODUCTION GREEN TECHNOLOGY METHODS FOR WATER TREATMENTS ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS (AOPS)NONPHOTOCHEM1CAL ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES OZONATION OZONATION WITH HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (O/HfiJ FENTON’S REAGENT (H202/FE2t) OXIDATION ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION PHOTOCHEMICAL ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES PHOTOCATALYTIC OZONATION (UV/Oj ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (UV/HflJ OZONE-HYDROGEN PEROXIDE-UV RADIATION (0/H20/UV)PHOTO-FENTON SYSTEM PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATION MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (MBR) TECHNOLOGY CONCLUSIONS KEYWORDS REFERENCES Green Energy: Renewable Power Generation from Solar PV Cells INTRODUCTION RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION SCENARIO WORKING OF SOLAR CELL MODEL OF A SOLAR PV MODULE IMPACT OF SOLAR IRRADIATION ON PV CHARACTERISTICS IMPACT OF PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL MATERIAL IN PV CHARACTERISTICS CLASSIFICATION OF PVMODULES BASED ON MATERIAL USED IMPACT OF AGING OF PV MODULES (DEGRADATION) IN RENEWABLEPOWER GENERATION EFFECT OF RSH AND RSE DEGRADATION ON VMpp EFFECT OF DC LINK CAPACITOR MATERIAL IN POWER CONVERTERS/SOLAR INVERTER CHALLENGES INVOLVED IN SOLAR POWER GENERATION MITIGATION TECHNIQUES FOR OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES INVOLVED IN SOLAR POWER GENERATION GREEN CHEMISTRY FOR GREEN ENERGY GREEN CHEMISTRY FOR ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS Green Synthesized Carbon-Based Nanomaterials: Applications and Future Developments ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION CARBON QUANTUM DOTS (CDs)APPLICATIONS CHEMICAL SENSING BIOIMAGING CATALYSIS DRUG DELIVERY SOLAR CELLS OTHER FIELDS CARBON NANOTUBES APPLICATIONS WASTEWATER TREATMENT SOLAR CELLS CAPACITORS HYDROGEN ENERGY STORAGE GRAPHENE/GRAPHENE OXIDE/REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE (rGO)APPLICATIONS BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS DYE REMOVAL SENSING ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS FULLERENES APPLICATIONS CARBON NANODIAMONDS (CNDs)APPLICATIONS DRUG DELIVERY BIOIMAGING BIOSENSING CONCLUSIONS KEYWORDS REFERENCES Development of Green Technology Through Renewable and Sustainable Materials INTRODUCTION ROLE OF RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS IN GREEN TECHNOLOGY BIOFUELS AS AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE ACTIVATED CARBON FROM BIOMASS FOR WATER TREATMENT POLYMERIC MEMBRANE-BASED HEAT EXCHANGERS RENEWABLE SELF-HEALING MATERIALS FOR STRUCTURAL APPLICATION BIOCOMPOSITES AS A BUILDING MATERIAL BIOPOLYMERS FOR IMPROVING SOIL PROPERTIES PLANT FIBERS-BASED BIOCOMPOSITES AS SUSTAINABLE AND RENEWABLE GREEN MATERIALS BIO-BASED EPOXY THERMOSETS FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS LACTIC ACID AS ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY CHEMICAL RESOURCES NATURAL FIBERS FOR BUILDING THERMAL INSULATION CONCLUSIONS KEYWORDS REFERENCES Green Technologies for Nutrient Cycles in Crop and Livestock Systems Management INTRODUCTION NITROGEN CYCLING AND MAJOR LOSSES NITROGEN EMISSIONS IN MANURE HANDLING NITROGEN EMISSIONS POSTDIRECT DEPOSITION AND USE NITROGEN LEACHING AND RUNOFF POSTDIRECT DEPOSITION AND USE USE OF GREEN TECHNOLOGIES FOR CUTTING DOWN NITROGEN LOSSES CHECKING NITROGEN LEAKAGE FROM MANURE MANURE HANDLING IMPROVED METHODS CHECKING IN FIELD N GASEOUS EMISSIONS CHECKING RUNOFF AND LEACHING PLANTS EFFICIENT USE OF NITROGEN USE OF INTEGRATED TOOLS AND INDICATORS FOR IMPROVING N CYCLING USE OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC RESOURCES OF NITROGEN FOR PRODUCTIVE AND EFFICIENT USE OF NITROGEN METHODOLOGY USED PRESENT SCENARIOS FINDINGS USE OF ENHANCED CROP-LIVESTOCK INTEGRATION FOR CHECKING NITROGEN SURPLUS IN DAIRY INDUSTRY METHODOLOGY USED PRESENT SCENARIOS SIMULATION FINDINGS GLOBAL VIEW OF NITROGEN LOSSES AND WORLD AGROSYSTEMS CONCLUSION KEYWORDS REFERENCES Bionanocomposite Materials and Their Applications BIONANOCOMPOSITES AS BIOCATALYSTS ROLE OF BIOPOLYMERS IN BIONANOCOMPOSITES SILICA CARBON NANOMATERIALS KEY BIOCATALYSTS NUCLEOTIDES AND AMINO ACIDS ENZYMES WHOLE CELLS APPLICATIONS OF BIONANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS BIOSYNTHESIS BIOSENSING ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION ENERGY GENERATION CONCLUSION KEYWORDS REFERENCES A Study on Magnetic Metal Carbon Mesocomposites Green Synthesis Peculiarities with Point of Chemical Mesoscopics View INTRODUCTION SHORT THEORY RESULTS AND DISCUSSION CONCLUSIONS KEYWORDS REFERENCES The Role of Nanostructure Activity in Selected Green Material Modification INTRODUCTION THE INTERACTION OF LIQIUD MEDIA WITH NANOSTRUCTURES (OR MESOSCOPIC PARTICLES)ABOUT CHOICE OF LIQUID MEDIA FOR NANOSTRUCTURED MODIFIERS CONCLUSIONS KEYWORDS REFERENCES

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