Replacing fossil fuels with energy sources and carriers that are sustainable, environmentally
benign, and affordable is amongst the most pressing challenges for future socio-economic …

Functionalized nanoporous carbon materials have attracted the colossal interest of the
materials science fraternity owing to their intriguing physical and chemical properties …

Ionic liquids (ILs) are liquids consisting entirely of ions and can be further defined as molten
salts having melting points lower than 100° C. One of the most important research areas for …

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are of great interest for many potential applications because of
their extraordinary electronic, mechanical and structural properties. However, issues of …

Microporous polymers are covalently bound, entirely organic materials which possess very
high surface areas. These materials have been intensively studied within recent years and …

As a group of large-surface-area nonmetal materials, polymeric carbon nitride (C x N y) and
its hybrid structures are nowadays of ever-increasing interest for use in energy devices …

Designing nanoscale components and units into functional defined systems and materials
has recently received attention as a nanoarchitectonics approach. In particular, exploration …

Silica materials are used in a wide range of applications such as catalysis, photocatalysis,
CO2 capture, and environmental remediation. These nanomaterials (NMs) have been …

The quest for the development of new porous materials addressing both CO2 capture from
various sources and its conversion into useful products is a very active research area and …

The electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an important cathode reaction of
various types of fuel cells. The development of electrocatalysts composed only of abundant …