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Re-use of South African fly ash for CO2 capture and brine remediation.
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
Coal combustion accounts for 95% of electricity generation in South Africa while globally coal combustion for energy generation stands at 42%. It has been predicted that coal utilization for energy generation will continue ...
Synthesis, characterization, and molecular docking of novel 4-Aminoquinolines and Salicylaldimine complexes: evaluation as antimalarial and antitumor agents
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Malaria remains a major global health problem and to date, hundreds of thousands of people
die as a result of this disease every year. Malaria has been able to adapt and rebound despite
various efforts made to combat the ...
Dendritic poly(3-hexylthiophene) star copolymer systems for next generation bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic cells
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The continuous increase in energy consumption and decrease in fossil fuels reserves are a primary concern worldwide; especially for South Africa. Therefore, there is an urgent need for alternative energy resources that ...
Chemical isolation and electro-chemical characterization of antidiabetic compounds from selected South African lamiaceae plant species
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Diabetes mellitus (DM), being one of the most common metabolic disorders with an elevated morbidity and mortality rate around the world. It is characterised by deficiency in insulin secretion or degradation of secreted ...
Coal fly ash and acid mine drainage based heterogeneous Fe catalysts Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
The catalytic support materials used in the present study are zeolite HBEA and MCM-41. These high silica zeolites were synthesised from coal fly ash (CFA) waste via a novel approach that involved a fusion step, acid assisted ...
Functionalisation of electrospun nanofibre for lanthanide ion adsorption from aqueous solution
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Rare earth elements (REEs) have widespread use and importance for industrial
applications due to their metallurgical, optical and electronic properties. Several
typical hydrometallurgical techniques such as adsorption, ...
Novel Nanostructure Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
The widespread use of fossil energy has been most convenient to the world,
while they also cause environmental pollution and global warming. Therefore, it
is necessary to develop clean and renewable energy sources, among ...
Development of Anode Materials Using Electrochemical Atomic Layer Deposition (E-ALD) for Energy Applications
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Nanomaterials have been found to undeniably possess superior properties than bulk structures
across many fields of study including natural science, medicine, materials science, electronics
etc. The study of nano-sized ...
Development of nanostructured electrocatalysts using electrochemical atomic layer deposition technique for the direct liquid fuel cells By
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
The depletion of fossil fuel resources such as coal and the concern of climatic change arising from the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) and global warming [1] lead to the identification of the 'hydrogen economy' as one ...
Molecularly imprinted polymer sensor systems for environmental estrogenic endocrine disrupting chemicals
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
There is growing concern on endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs). The presence of drugs
in water supplies was first realized in Germany in the early 1990s when environmental
scientists discovered clofibric acid. Clofibric ...