Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials

Green sonochemical recovery of technology-critical elements from the end-of-life photovoltaic module using aqueous organic-acid solutions

End-of-life photovoltaic (PV) modules represent an increasingly important secondary resource for valuable metals and technology-critical elements. However, the combined influence of pretreatment strategy and leaching chemistry on metal recovery under ultrasonic-assisted condition...

Direct Immobilization of Living Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) Chains onto Mesoporous Silica: A Simplified Grafting-To Strategy for Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Materials

The development of straightforward and efficient strategies for the preparation of polymer-functionalized mesoporous silica remains an important challenge in the design of advanced hybrid materials. Herein, we report a novel and simplified approach to the covalent functionalizati...