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Activation of 2D cobalt hydroxide with 0D cobalt oxide decoration for microplastics degradation and hydrogen evolution
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This dataset supports research on cobalt-based materials for degrading microplastics and generating hydrogen simultaneously. The study represents a dual-function approach to microplastic remediation that also produces clean energy.
See the paper: Greco, R.; Baxauli-Marin, L.; Temerov, F.; Daboczi, M.; Eslava, S.; Niu, Y.; Zakharov, A.; Zhang, M.; Li, T.; Cao, W. Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 471, 1144569 The authors acknowledge MAX IV Laboratory for time on Beamline [MAXPEEM] under Proposal [20210172]. Research conducted at MAX IV, a Swedish national user facility, is supported by the Swedish Research council under contract 2018-07152, the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems under contract 2018-04969, and Formas under contract 2019-02496.
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