Recent advancement of nanostructured carbon for energy applications

Z Yang, J Ren, Z Zhang, X Chen, G Guan, L Qiu… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Wood fuel was the main energy source before the 18th century, and then coal started to
dominate the energy component since the invention of steam engine in the industrial …

Density functional theory methods for characterization of porous materials

J Landers, GY Gor, AV Neimark - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical …, 2013 - Elsevier
This review presents the state-of-the-art of adsorption characterization of mesoporous and
microporous materials by using the density functional theory (DFT) methods. The DFT …

Black perspectives for a green future: hydrothermal carbons for environment protection and energy storage

MM Titirici, RJ White, C Falco, M Sevilla - Energy & Environmental …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
This perspective review paper provides an overview on recently developed carbon material
technology synthesised from the hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC) approach, with a …

The past, present and future of heterogeneous catalysis

I Fechete, Y Wang, JC Védrine - Catalysis Today, 2012 - Elsevier
This review highlights key catalytic discoveries and the main industrial catalytic processes
over the last 300 years that involved commodities, fine chemicals, petrochemicals …

Recent progress in the synthesis of porous carbon materials

J Lee, J Kim, T Hyeon - Advanced materials, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, the progress made in the last ten years concerning the synthesis of porous
carbon materials is summarized. Porous carbon materials with various pore sizes and pore …

On the controllable soft-templating approach to mesoporous silicates

Y Wan, N Zhao - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
Technical advances in various fields, such as adsorption, separation, catalysis, drug
delivery, sensors, photonics, and nanodevices, require the development of ordered porous …

Verified syntheses of mesoporous materials

V Meynen, P Cool, EF Vansant - Microporous and mesoporous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
A very large number of different synthesis approaches for the preparation of mesoporous
materials has been reported in literature since the first development of ordered mesoporous …

Quenched solid density functional theory method for characterization of mesoporous carbons by nitrogen adsorption

GY Gor, M Thommes, KA Cychosz, AV Neimark - Carbon, 2012 - Elsevier
Quenched solid density functional theory (QSDFT) model for characterization of mesoporous
carbons using nitrogen adsorption is extended to cylindrical and spherical pore geometries …

Endo‐and exotemplating to create high‐surface‐area inorganic materials

F Schüth - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Porous and high‐surface‐area materials are of interest to many scientific communities.
Templating pathways can be used to synthesize such materials with a high degree of control …

Composite mesostructures by nano-confinement

Y Wu, G Cheng, K Katsov, SW Sides, J Wang, J Tang… - Nature materials, 2004 - nature.com
In a physically confined environment, interfacial interactions, symmetry breaking, structural
frustration and confinement-induced entropy loss can play dominant roles in determining …