The rational design of biomass-derived carbon materials towards next-generation energy storage: A review

Z Zhu, Z Xu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The efficient storage of electricity generated from clean energy can help liberate human
beings from the shackles of fossil fuel shortage. As the existing energy storage systems are …

Bottom-up hydrothermal carbonization for the precise engineering of carbon materials

Y Gong, L Xie, C Chen, J Liu, M Antonietti… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of carbohydrates in general has been reported as a
sustainable and green technique to produce novel carbon materials. Traditional HTC of …

Amination strategy to boost the CO 2 electroreduction current density of M–N/C single-atom catalysts to the industrial application level

Z Chen, X Zhang, W Liu, M Jiao, K Mou… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Although the Faraday efficiency (FE) for CO production of single-atom catalysts immobilized
on nitrogen-doped carbon supports (M–N/C) for the CO2 electrocatalytic reduction reaction …

A search for selectivity to enable CO 2 capture with porous adsorbents

M Oschatz, M Antonietti - Energy & Environmental Science, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Fundamental aspects and actual developments of selective CO2 capture from relevant
sources (flue gas or air) by reversible physisorption are critically reviewed. Thermodynamic …

Nanoengineering carbon spheres as nanoreactors for sustainable energy applications

H Tian, J Liang, J Liu - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Colloidal carbon sphere nanoreactors have been explored extensively as a class of
versatile materials for various applications in energy storage, electrochemical conversion …

Hydrothermal conversion of biomass waste to activated carbon with high porosity: A review

A Jain, R Balasubramanian, MP Srinivasan - Chemical Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
With the awareness of the need for optimal and sustainable use of natural resources,
hydrothermal treatment of biomass and biomass waste for energy and resource recovery …

Preparation and application of biochar-based catalysts for biofuel production

F Cheng, X Li - Catalysts, 2018 - mdpi.com
Firstly, this paper reviews two main methods for biochar synthesis, namely conventional
pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization (HTC). The related processes are described, and …

Recent progress on nitrogen/carbon structures designed for use in energy and sustainability applications

KN Wood, R O'Hayre, S Pylypenko - Energy & Environmental Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Heteroatom modification represents one of the largest studied areas of research related to
nanostructured carbon materials, with integrated applications stretching from energy …

[PDF][PDF] Hydrothermal carbonization of biomass residuals: a comparative review of the chemistry, processes and applications of wet and dry pyrolysis

JA Libra, KS Ro, C Kammann, A Funke, ND Berge… - Biofuels, 2011 - researchgate.net
The carbonization of biomass residuals to char has strong potential to become an
environmentally sound conversion process for the production of a wide variety of products …

Layer-by-layer self-assembly of pillared two-dimensional multilayers

W Tian, A VahidMohammadi, Z Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract We report Layer-by-Layer (LbL) self-assembly of pillared two-dimensional (2D)
multilayers, from water, onto a wide range of substrates. This LbL method uses a small …