Heteroatom doping of carbon materials may become the “Next Big Thing” in materials
science further enhancing research concerning carbon nanostructures. In particular, the S …

The template carbonization method is a powerful tool for producing carbon materials with
precisely controlled structures at the nanometer level. The resulting templated nanocarbons …

Supercapacitors (also known as ultracapacitors) are considered to be the most promising
approach to meet the pressing requirements of energy storage. Supercapacitive electrode …

With willow catkins as highly accessible carbon sources, hierarchical porous carbon
microtubes (denoted as HPNCTs) have been successfully prepared by a facile …

Although recognized as an important component of all energy storage and conversion
technologies, electrochemical supercapacitators (ES) still face development challenges in …

N-doped porous carbon materials (NPCs) were prepared by the carbonization of covalent-
organic frameworks as precursors and used as anodes for lithium and sodium ion batteries …

Nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide (N-RGO) and reduced graphene oxide (RGO)
have been synthesized by microwave-assisted hydrothermal method to discern the actual …

Non-precious materials have been considered as promising bifunctional catalysts towards
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). In the present work …

Hierarchical porous carbon foams (denoted as HPCFs) is prepared through a novel self-
template strategy based on banana peel. Banana peel, which contains natural porous …

Nanocasting is a powerful method for creating materials that are more difficult to synthesize
by conventional processes. We summarize recent developments in the synthesis of various …