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 …

Carbon nanosphere synthesis and applications for rechargeable batteries

ZG Liu, XX He, JH Zhao, CM Xu, Y Qiao, L Li… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanospheres (CNSs) have attracted great interest in energy conversion and storage
technologies due to their excellent chemical and thermal stability, high electrical conductivity …

Quantitative control of pore size of mesoporous carbon nanospheres through the self‐assembly of diblock copolymer micelles in solution

H Tian, Z Lin, F Xu, J Zheng, X Zhuang, Y Mai, X Feng - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reports facile synthesis of nitrogen‐doped mesoporous carbon nanospheres
(MCNSs) with average diameters of around 300 nm and well‐controlled pore sizes ranging …

Mesoporous carbons synthesized by direct carbonization of citrate salts for use as high-performance capacitors

GA Ferrero, M Sevilla, AB Fuertes - Carbon, 2015 - Elsevier
A simple one-step synthesis methodology for the fabrication of mesoporous carbons with an
excellent performance as supercapacitor electrodes is presented. The procedure is based …

Electrical double-layer capacitance of micro-and mesoporous activated carbon prepared from rice husk and beet sugar

S Kumagai, M Sato, D Tashima - Electrochimica acta, 2013 - Elsevier
To produce micro-and mesoporous RH-derived activated carbons (ACs), a mixture of rice
husk (RH) and beet sugar (BS) was carbonized to produce a precursor, which was …

Preparation of activated carbon from sorghum pith and its structural and electrochemical properties

ST Senthilkumar, B Senthilkumar, S Balaji… - Materials Research …, 2011 - Elsevier
The cost effective activated carbon (AC) has been prepared from sorghum pith by NaOH
activation at various temperatures, including 300° C (AC1), 400° C (AC2) and 500° C (AC3) …

A novel activated carbon for supercapacitors

H Shen, E Liu, X Xiang, Z Huang, Y Tian, Y Wu… - Materials Research …, 2012 - Elsevier
A novel activated carbon has been prepared by simple carbonization and activation of
phenol–melamine–formaldehyde resin which is synthesized by the condensation …

Colloidal and micro-carbon spheres derived from low-temperature polymerization reactions

C Moreno-Castilla - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Carbon spheres (CSs) have recently attracted major interest due to their new applications,
mainly in energy storage and conversion but also in hard-templating, sorption/catalysis …

Potassium citrate-assisted eco-friendly synthesis of tannin-derived nitrogen-doped micro–mesoporous carbon microspheres

J Phuriragpitikhon, EO Phinney, M Jaroniec - Journal of Materials Science, 2020 - Springer
Nitrogen-doped micro–mesoporous carbon microspheres (N-MMCSs) were successfully
synthesized using condensed tannins in place of synthetic phenolic compounds as carbon …

Improvement of mesoporosity on supercapacitive performance of activated carbons derived from coffee grounds

UW Lee, G Yang, SJ Park - Bulletin of the Korean Chemical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Activated carbons with different porosities derived from coffee, which prepared by the
potassium hydroxide (KOH) activation method, are used as electrode for supercapacitors …