Advances in tailoring resorcinol‐formaldehyde organic and carbon gels

AM ElKhatat, SA Al‐Muhtaseb - Advanced materials, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
An overview on the preparation and properties of resorcinol‐formaldehyde (RF) organic and
carbon gels reveals the fascinating and remarkably flexible properties of RF carbon and …

[HTML][HTML] Carbons for fuel cell energy generation

N Rey-Raap, L dos Santos-Gómez, A Arenillas - Carbon, 2024 - Elsevier
The growing interest in renewable energy has driven the development of fuel cell
technologies. However, their mass use still depends on improving durability and lowering …

Synthesis of very highly dispersed platinum catalysts supported on carbon xerogels by the strong electrostatic adsorption method

S Lambert, N Job, L D'Souza, MFR Pereira, R Pirard… - Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Highly dispersed Pt/carbon xerogel catalysts are obtained by applying the “strong
electrostatic adsorption”(SEA) of hexachloroplatinic acid to carbon xerogels (PZC= 9.4) and …

Next generation thermal insulators for operation in high-temperature and humid environments through aerogel carbonization

M Alshrah, LH Mark, P Buahom, JH Lee… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We generated a carbon aerogel with high thermal stability and a wider operational range by
carbonizing resorcinol–formaldehyde (RF) aerogels. The carbonization process was …

A comparison of physical activation of carbon xerogels with carbon dioxide with chemical activation using hydroxides

MS Contreras, CA Páez, L Zubizarreta, A Léonard… - Carbon, 2010 - Elsevier
Carbon xerogels synthesized with a fixed resorcinol/sodium carbonate molar ratio (R/C)
were physically activated using CO2. The effect of activation temperature and activation time …

Activated carbon xerogels for the removal of the anionic azo dyes Orange II and Chromotrope 2R by adsorption and catalytic wet peroxide oxidation

RS Ribeiro, NA Fathy, AA Attia, AMT Silva… - Chemical Engineering …, 2012 - Elsevier
Activated carbon xerogels (ACXs) were tested for the removal of azo dyes in aqueous
solutions, either by adsorption or by catalytic wet peroxide oxidation (CWPO). Two azo dyes …

Effect of pore geometry on the electrocatalytic performance of nickel cobaltite/carbon xerogel nanocomposite for methanol oxidation

MM El-Deeb, WMA El Rouby, A Abdelwahab… - Electrochimica …, 2018 - Elsevier
A new nickel cobaltite/carbon xerogel nanocomposite (NiCo 2 O 4/CX) is obtained by
preparing carbon xerogel (CX) by using sol-gel technique followed by growing the NiCo 2 O …

Carbon xerogels as catalyst supports for PEM fuel cell cathode

N Job, J Marie, S Lambert, S Berthon-Fabry… - Energy Conversion and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Carbon xerogels with various pore textures were prepared by evaporative drying and
pyrolysis of resorcinol–formaldehyde gels, and used as supports for Pt catalysts in PEM fuel …

Structural characterization of aerogels

G Reichenauer - Aerogels handbook, 2011 - Springer
Determining reliable structural parameters for an aerogel by applying suitable
characterization techniques is a key factor in terms of understanding the different synthesis …

Structural tuneability and electrochemical energy storage applications of resorcinol‐formaldehyde‐based carbon aerogels

Q Abbas, M Mirzaeian, MA Abdelkareem… - … Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Extensive use of carbon‐based materials has revolutionised the number of modern scientific
areas such as transportation, electronic, material chemistry and electrochemical energy …