Walnuts are highly valued for their rich nutritional profile and wide medicinal applications. This demand has led to the intensification of breeding activities in major walnut production areas such as southwest China, in ...
Study region
This study was undertaken in the Athi-Sabaki river basin in Kenya in East Africa.
Study focus
The study focused on the determination of the influence of streamflow variability on salt fluxes. This involved ...
Geographical names and the entities they represent act as a fundamental cornerstone across
numerous disciplines. However, inconsistent geographical names and arbitrarily defined regional
geographical scales are common, ...
High surface area nanostructured electrodes are essential for understanding charge storage mechanisms in high capacitance supercapacitors. Additionally, a growing number of studies provide credible evidence that the highest ...
Sirengo, K.; Jande, Y. A.; Kibona, T. E.; Hilonga, A.; Muiva, Cosmas; King'ondu, Cecil K.(Elsevier, 2019-06-15)
Cobalt oxide/titanium dioxide/activated carbon (Co3O4/TiO2/Ac) composite was synthesized using simple sol-gel method before annealing at 300 °C. Fish bladder derived porous carbon used for the composite was synthesized by ...
King'ondu, Cecil K.; Garces, Hector F.; Suib, Steven L.(Elsevier, 2018-04)
Porous and highly flexible OMS-2 membranes have successfully been obtained via side-by-side and end-to-end alignment of the short OMS-2 nanorods into 1D microyarn superarchitectures and interweaving the resultant microyarn ...
To protect metal from corrosion reactions, one of the most practical methods is to apply corrosion inhibitors. Corrosion reduction is typically achieved through cathodic protection, process control, metal impurity reduction, ...
Fuel’s sulfur content should be controlled to prolong catalytic converters and infrastructure life and improve air quality and human health. Catalytic sulphur oxidation is widely used for fuel refining. In this work, a ...
Elisadiki, Joyce; King'ondu, Cecil K.(Elsevier: International society of electrochemistry, 2020-12-01)
Capacitive deionization (CDI) also referred to as electrochemical deionization (EDI) is a deionization technology which depends on the electrical potential difference applied between a pair of electrodes to extract charged ...
Musyimi, Charles; Kasivu, Gideon M.; Nzomoi, Joseph N.(International journal of research and innovation in social science (IJRISS), 2026-02)
Education is a dependable mechanism to improve people’s lives through the acquisition of knowledge, skills and desirable attitudes. It is therefore imperative to ensure that children are receiving equal educational ...
Muema, Faith M.; Richardson, Yohan; Keita, Amadou; Sawadogo, Marie(Elsevier, 2024-11)
Biochar is a porous, carbon-rich material derived from the thermochemical decomposition of biomass materials. Biochars are suitable soil amendments that enhance soil properties and improve crop productivity. Biochar agronomic ...
Munguti, Lawrence K.; Dejene, Francis B.; Muthee, Dorah K.(Elsevier, 2023-02-01)
Zeolite Na-A supported ZnO nanocomposites (ZnO/Zeolite Na-A NCs) were synthesized at low temperature (70 °C) via the sol-gel process and characterized for thermal, structural, morphological, adsorption, optical and bonding ...
Contemporary society faces environmental and energy challenges, including fossil fuel depletion, the greenhouse effect, and pollution, which emphasize the need to explore sustainable energy storage alternatives. This study ...
The present study investigates the use of SO42-/TiO2 Nb2O5 (STNO) catalyst prepared through the modified sol-gel method in the process of xylose dehydration to furfural. The reaction was carried out in a biphasic solvent ...
Gembo, Robert O.; Odisitse, Sebusi; Msagati, Titus A.; King'ondu, Cecil K.(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2024-07-03)
This study reports on converting waste into an activated carbon material for the efficient removal of diazinon pesticide (DP). The asphalt waste obtained from the streets was converted into an activated carbon and was ...
Composite electrode materials for removing paraquat from contaminated water were synthesized by loading aluminium oxide (Al2O3) onto activated carbon (AC) via co-precipitation method. The composite properties were investigated ...
Coated fiber–reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have attracted attention due to their superior mechanical properties and flexibility. Advances in coating-FRP are improving performance in areas such as interfacial bonding, ...
Vehicular SOx emissions have a huge detrimental impact on public health, catalytic converters, and the environment. Developing strategies to remove sulfur from diesel and thus safeguard the above is imperative. A series ...
This study focuses on utilization of biomass waste for fabrication of multilayered graphene (MLG) via cellulose extraction. MLG nanosheets were synthesized from corn husk via alkali-acid treatments, pyrolysis, and activation. ...
Green synthesis of nanostructures is an alternative method to physical and conventional chemical methods, which is cost-effective and environmentally friendly. This study focuses on the synthesis of nanostructured multilayer ...