A hierarchical origami moisture collector with laser-textured microchannel array for a plug-and-play irrigation system

Inspired by the Triarrhena sacchariflora, a hierarchical origami moisture collector was designed to achieve the highly-efficient fogdrop harvesting and long-lasting moisture retention forplant irrigation without an external energy input.

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Unprecedentedly high efficiency for photocatalytic conversion of methane to methanol over Au–Pd/TiO2 – what is the role of each component in the system?

Journal of Materials Chemistry A ◽

10.1039/d1ta00420d ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Xiaojiao Cai ◽

Siyuan Fang ◽

Yun Hang Hu

Keyword(s):

Methane Conversion ◽

High Efficiency ◽

Mild Conditions ◽

Highly Efficient ◽

System P ◽

Conversion Of Methane

Direct and highly efficient methane conversion to methanol under mild conditions is achieved via photocatalysis over Au–Pd/TiO2.

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Solar powered smart irrigation system

10.31227/osf.io/s5t72 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Viswanatha V

Keyword(s):

Solar Energy ◽

Irrigation System ◽

Photovoltaic Cells ◽

Gain Control ◽

Continuous Extraction ◽

Reservoir Water ◽

Op Amp ◽

System P ◽

Wet Condition ◽

Solar Powered

In the field of agriculture, use of proper method of irrigation is important because the main reason is the lack of rains and scarcity of land reservoir water. The continuous extraction of water from earth is reducing the water level due to which lot of land is coming slowly in the zones of un-irrigated land. Another very important reason of this is due to unplanned use of water due to which a significant amount of water goes waste. The system derives power from solar energy through photovoltaic cells. Hence, dependency on erratic commercial power is not required. In this paper we use solar energy which is used to operate the irrigation pump. The circuit comprises of sensor parts built using op-amp IC. Op-amp’s are configured here as a comparator. Two stiff probes are inserted in the soil to sense whether the soil is wet or dry. A microcontroller is used to control the whole system by monitoring the sensors and when sensors sense dry condition of soil, then microcontroller will send command to relay driver IC the contacts of which are used to switch on the motor and it will switch off the motor when the soil is in wet condition. The microcontroller does the above job as it receives the signal from the sensors through the output of the comparator, and these signals operate which is stored in ROM of the microcontroller. The condition of the pump i.e., ON/OFF is displayed on a 16X2 LCD which is interfaced to the microcontroller. Further it can be enhanced in future by interfacing it with a GSM modem to gain control over the switching operation of the motor.

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Combination of aggregation-induced emission and clusterization-triggered emission in mesoporous silica nanoparticles for the construction of an efficient artificial light-harvesting system

Journal of Materials Chemistry C ◽

10.1039/d0tc03619f ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (41) ◽

pp. 14587-14594

Author(s):

Saisai Yan ◽

Zhinong Gao ◽

Hongyan Yan ◽

Fei Niu ◽

Zhengqin Zhang

Keyword(s):

Mesoporous Silica ◽

Silica Nanoparticles ◽

Light Harvesting ◽

Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles ◽

Aqueous Environment ◽

Artificial Light ◽

Aggregation Induced Emission ◽

Highly Efficient ◽

System P

A highly efficient ALHS was constructed based on the non-covalent assembly of fluorescent MSNs and RB in an aqueous environment.

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A heterostructured PPy/ZnO layer assembled on a PAN nanofibrous membrane with robust visible-light-induced self-cleaning properties for highly efficient water purification with fast separation flux

Journal of Materials Chemistry A ◽

10.1039/d0ta00207k ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (8) ◽

pp. 4483-4493 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Liyun Zhang ◽

Yi He ◽

Pingya Luo ◽

Lan Ma ◽

Yi Fan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Visible Light ◽

Water Purification ◽

Nanofibrous Membrane ◽

Regeneration Capacity ◽

Fast Separation ◽

Highly Efficient ◽

Sewage System ◽

System P ◽

Self Cleaning ◽

Underwater Superoleophobicity

A heterostructured PAN–PPy/ZnO nanofibrous membrane with superhydrophilicity/underwater superoleophobicity and regeneration capacity to efficiently and quickly remediate the complex oily sewage system.

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Energy balance of irrigated maize silage

Ciência Rural ◽

10.1590/0103-8478cr20170625 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 48 (5) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tomás de Aquino Ferreira ◽

Sílvia Costa Ferreira ◽

Jackson Antônio Barbosa ◽

Carlos Eduardo Silva Volpato ◽

Rute Costa Ferreira ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Energy Efficiency ◽

Energy Balance ◽

Total Energy ◽

Energy Demand ◽

Energy Input ◽

Irrigation System ◽

Diesel Oil ◽

Maize Crop ◽

Energy Inputs ◽

Direct Energy

ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study is to evaluate the energy balance and energy efficiency of the silage maize crop in the Center for Research, Development and Technology Transfer of the Universidade Federal de Lavras (CDTT-UFLA). The crop was irrigated by center pivot and the stages of maize cultivation and energy inputs were monitored for the 1st and 2nd crops of the 2014/2015 harvest. Results from the energy analysis showed the crop had a total energy input of 45,643.85 MJ ha-1 and 47,303.60 MJ ha-1 for the 1st and 2nd crops and a significant predominance of direct energy type (about 92% of the matrix). Regarding direct energy inputs, the diesel oil was the most representative, contributing with approximately 38% of the total energy demand. Conversely, the irrigation system contribute with 3.92% e 5.97% in the 1st and 2nd crops, representing the largest indirect energy input. Nevertheless, irrigation and crop management allowed the system achieving high levels of productivity, resulting in an energy efficiency of 25.1 and 28.1 for the first and second crops respectively.

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Direct monitoring of the recombination zone in highly efficient phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes based on a high-doping concentration emitting system

Journal of Materials Chemistry C ◽

10.1039/c9tc04183d ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (42) ◽

pp. 13287-13293

Author(s):

Jianan Xue ◽

Jie Liang ◽

Xinze Liu ◽

Hao Zhang ◽

Kaiqi Ye ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Doping Concentration ◽

Light Emitting Diodes ◽

Organic Light Emitting Diodes ◽

Light Emitting ◽

Highly Efficient ◽

High Doping Concentration ◽

Organic Light ◽

System P ◽

Recombination Zone

The high-content bipolar phosphor (ppy)2Ir(dipba) can dominate the EL process and the recombination zone is almost broadened as wide as the whole EML in D4, leading to remarkably higher efficiency level of D4 than that of D2 based on (ppy)2Ir(acac).

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The highly efficient elimination of intracellular bacteria via a metal organic framework (MOF)-based three-in-one delivery system

Nanoscale ◽

10.1039/c9nr01284b ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (19) ◽

pp. 9468-9477 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Xu Zhang ◽

Lizhi Liu ◽

Lunjie Huang ◽

Wentao Zhang ◽

Rong Wang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Hyaluronic Acid ◽

Delivery System ◽

Metal Organic Framework ◽

Intracellular Bacteria ◽

Highly Efficient ◽

System P ◽

Metal Organic ◽

Efficient Elimination ◽

Organic Framework

Highly efficient elimination of intracellular bacteria via a hyaluronic acid-functionalized metal organic framework(MOF)/antibiotic system.

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Rhenium-modified porous covalent triazine framework for highly efficient photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction in a solid–gas system

Catalysis Science & Technology ◽

10.1039/c8cy00176f ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (8) ◽

pp. 2224-2230 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

Rui Xu ◽

Xu-Sheng Wang ◽

Hui Zhao ◽

Hua Lin ◽

Yuan-Biao Huang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

High Efficiency ◽

Carbon Dioxide Reduction ◽

Highly Efficient ◽

System P ◽

Gas System ◽

Covalent Triazine Framework

A porous rhenium-modified covalent triazine framework shows high efficiency in photocatalytic CO2 reduction to CO in a solid/gas interface.

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Sustainable construction: admicellar catalysed synthesis of pyrimido[4,5-b]quinolines in an aqueous system

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c5ra00791g ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (35) ◽

pp. 27603-27609 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

I. R. Siddiqui ◽

Pragati Rai ◽

Rahila Rahila ◽

Hoezyfa Sagir ◽

Prashant Singh

Keyword(s):

Aqueous System ◽

Sustainable Construction ◽

Nano Zno ◽

Efficient Strategy ◽

Highly Efficient ◽

System P ◽

Convenient Synthesis

A simple and highly efficient strategy has been documented for the rapid and convenient synthesis of pyrimido[4,5-b]quinoline from aldehydes, 2-hydroxynaphthalene1,4dione and 6-aminouracil in the presence of nano ZnO under aqueous admicellar system at 80 °C.

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