Hard carbons, an important category of amorphous carbons, are non‐graphitizable and are
widely accepted as the most promising anode materials for emerging sodium‐ion batteries …

Carbonaceous materials have been accepted as a promising family of anode materials for
lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) owing to optimal overall performance. Among various emerging …

Hard carbons are extensively studied for application as anode materials in sodium-ion
batteries, but only recently a great interest has been focused toward the understanding of …

Carbons are versatile and diverse materials that have numerous applications across energy
and environmental sciences. Carbons with a graphitic structure are particularly appealing …

Until now, few sp2 carbon materials simultaneously exhibit superior performance for specific
surface area (SSA) and electrical conductivity at bulk state. Thus, it is extremely important to …

Thanks to the advanced technologies for energy generation such as solar cells and thermo-
or piezo-generators the amount of electricity transformed from light, heat or mechanical …

As carbons are widely used in energy storage and conversion systems, there is a rapidly
growing need for an updated book that describes their physical, chemical, and …

The precise atomic structure of activated carbon is unknown, despite its huge commercial
importance in the purification of air and water. Diffraction methods have been extensively …

Microporous carbons are important in a wide variety of applications, ranging from pollution
control to supercapacitors, yet their structure at the molecular level is poorly understood …

Hard carbon has become the most promising commercial anode material for sodium-ion
batteries, due to its excellent sodium storage performance and low cost. However, the …