Activated carbon from lignocellulosics precursors: A review of the synthesis methods, characterization techniques and applications

P González-García - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Activated carbon is a porous material that has been in many important ages of the human
history. Lignocellulosic precursors and biomass sources have become important materials …

Carbon black reborn: Structure and chemistry for renewable energy harnessing

S Khodabakhshi, PF Fulvio, E Andreoli - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbon Black (CB) is one of the most abundantly produced carbon nanostructured
materials, and approximately 70% of it is used as pigment and as reinforcing phase in …

Fe–N-doped carbon capsules with outstanding electrochemical performance and stability for the oxygen reduction reaction in both acid and alkaline conditions

GA Ferrero, K Preuss, A Marinovic, AB Jorge… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
High surface area N-doped mesoporous carbon capsules with iron traces exhibit
outstanding electrocatalytic activity for the oxygen reduction reaction in both alkaline and …

2D-NLDFT adsorption models for carbon slit-shaped pores with surface energetical heterogeneity and geometrical corrugation

J Jagiello, JP Olivier - Carbon, 2013 - Elsevier
In this work, we show that the standard slit pore model widely used for the characterization of
activated carbons may be improved by introducing structural and/or energetical …

Quenched solid density functional theory and pore size analysis of micro-mesoporous carbons

AV Neimark, Y Lin, PI Ravikovitch, M Thommes - Carbon, 2009 - Elsevier
We present a new model of adsorption on micro-mesoporous carbons based on the
quenched solid density functional theory (QSDFT). QSDFT quantitatively accounts for the …

Unified Approach to Pore Size Characterization of Microporous Carbonaceous Materials from N2, Ar, and CO2 Adsorption Isotherms

PI Ravikovitch, A Vishnyakov, R Russo, AV Neimark - Langmuir, 2000 - ACS Publications
We present a unified approach to pore size characterization of microporous carbonaceous
materials such as activated carbon and carbon fibers by nitrogen, argon, and carbon dioxide …

Carbon slit pore model incorporating surface energetical heterogeneity and geometrical corrugation

J Jagiello, JP Olivier - Adsorption, 2013 - Springer
In our recent paper (Jagiello and Olivier, Carbon 55: 70–80, 2013) we considered
introducing energetical heterogeneity (EH) and geometrical corrugation (GC) to the pore …

Electrochemically active nitrogen-enriched nanocarbons with well-defined morphology synthesized by pyrolysis of self-assembled block copolymer

M Zhong, EK Kim, JP McGann, SE Chun… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Novel nanoporous nitrogen-enriched carbon materials were prepared through a simple
carbonization procedure of well-defined block copolymer precursors containing the source …

The influence of pore size distribution on the oxygen reduction reaction performance in nitrogen doped carbon microspheres

GA Ferrero, K Preuss, AB Fuertes, M Sevilla… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrogen-doped carbon microspheres with tunable porosity are investigated as
electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The materials were synthesized by …

Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs): bridging the void between microporous and polymeric materials

NB McKeown, PM Budd, KJ Msayib… - … A European Journal, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Novel types of microporous material are required for chemoselective adsorptions,
separations and heterogeneous catalysis. This concept article describes recent research …