Activated carbon from lignocellulosics precursors: A review of the synthesis methods, characterization techniques and applications

P González-García - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Activated carbon is a porous material that has been in many important ages of the human
history. Lignocellulosic precursors and biomass sources have become important materials …

Evaluation of the BET Theory for the Characterization of Meso and Microporous MOFs

F Ambroz, TJ Macdonald, V Martis, IP Parkin - Small methods, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Surface area determination with the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) method is a widely
used characterization technique for metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). Since these …

Sieving carbons promise practical anodes with extensible low-potential plateaus for sodium batteries

Q Li, X Liu, Y Tao, J Huang, J Zhang… - National Science …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Non-graphitic carbons are promising anode candidates for sodium-ion batteries, while their
variable and complicated microstructure severely limits the rational design of high-energy …

Gas permeation properties, physical aging, and its mitigation in high free volume glassy polymers

ZX Low, PM Budd, NB McKeown… - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Hundreds of polymers have been evaluated as membrane materials for gas separations, but
fewer than 10 have made it into current commercial applications, mainly due to the effects of …

Influence of feedstock source and pyrolysis temperature on biochar bulk and surface properties

W Suliman, JB Harsh, NI Abu-Lail, AM Fortuna… - Biomass and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Eighteen biochar samples were produced from the pyrolysis of Douglas fir wood (DFW),
Douglas fir bark (DFB), and hybrid poplar wood (HP) at six temperatures (623, 673, 723 …

Conjugated porous polymers: incredibly versatile materials with far-reaching applications

D Taylor, SJ Dalgarno, Z Xu, F Vilela - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Conjugated porous polymers (CPPs) are a class of amorphous polymer networks that are, in
their design, fully cross-linked and fully π-conjugated. The cross-linked nature of CPPs …

Carbon electrodes for capacitive technologies

P Ratajczak, ME Suss, F Kaasik, F Béguin - Energy Storage Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
An overview of capacitive technologies based on carbon materials (energy storage in
electrical double-layer capacitors (EDLCs), capacitive deionization (CDI), energy harvesting …

Highly efficient and reversible iodine capture in hexaphenylbenzene-based conjugated microporous polymers

Y Liao, J Weber, BM Mills, Z Ren, CFJ Faul - Macromolecules, 2016 - ACS Publications
The effective and safe capture and storage of radioactive iodine (129I or 131I) is of
significant importance during nuclear waste storage and nuclear energy generation. Here …

Antioxidant chemistry of graphene-based materials and its role in oxidation protection technology

Y Qiu, Z Wang, ACE Owens, I Kulaots, Y Chen… - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional nanomaterials have potential as a new class of antioxidants that combine
physical barrier function with ultrahigh surface area for free radical scavenging. This work …

A review on the synthesis and characterization of biomass-derived carbons for adsorption of emerging contaminants from water

J Bedia, M Peñas-Garzón, A Gómez-Avilés… - C, 2018 - mdpi.com
This review analyzes the preparation and characterization of biomass-derived carbons and
their application as adsorbents of emerging contaminants from water. The study begins by …