JOURNAL: 3D direct ink printed materials for chemical conversion and environmental remediation applications

Summary

Authors:

Jeannie Z. Y. Tan
Manuel Alejandro Avila-Lopez
Amir Jahanbakhsh
Xuesong Lu
Jose Bonilla-Cruz
Tania E. Lara-Ceniceros
John M. Andresen
Mercedes Maroto-Valer

Heriot-Watt University
Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados S.C.

3D direct ink printed materials for chemical conversion and environmental remediation applications

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

February 2023

3D printing technologies and continuous flow microreaction systems are rapidly gaining attention in the domain of heterogeneous catalysis. From a materials perspective, minimising material waste through simplified single (or few) step fabrication processes is attractive for commercial exploitation. Direct ink writing (DIW) has recently studied as potential printing technology for energy storage, such as batteries and capacitors. However, the use of DIW to develop catalysts and microreactors for photo-,photoelectro-, and electrocatalysis reactions for chemical conversion and environmental remediation applications has not been developed as much as reported for energy storage applications. Hence, this review summarises the most recent development of DIW for photo-, photoelelectro-, and electrocatalysis.