Also: biomass-derived carbon, graphene quantum dots, porous carbon
Plant and food waste can be heated and processed into advanced carbons, from porous electrode carbons to graphene quantum dots, for batteries, supercapacitors and sensors.
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A review of biomass-derived porous carbons of different dimensions for supercapacitor electrodes.
As reported in: Bi, Kong, Cao et al. (2019). Biomass-derived porous carbon materials with different dimensions for supercapacitor electrodes: a review. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. doi:10.1039/c9ta04436a
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Studied how interconnected pores in polymer- and biomass-derived carbons affect energy applications.
As reported in: Dutta, Bhaumik, Wu (2014). Hierarchically porous carbon derived from polymers and biomass: effect of interconnected pores on energy applications. Energy Environ. Sci.. doi:10.1039/c4ee01075b
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A review of biomass-derived nanostructured carbons and composites as lithium-ion battery anodes.
As reported in: Long, Fang, Ignaszak et al. (2017). Biomass-derived nanostructured carbons and their composites as anode materials for lithium ion batteries. Chemical Society Reviews. doi:10.1039/c6cs00639f
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Gram-scale synthesis of single-crystalline graphene quantum dots from lignin biomass.
Built / tested: quantum dots
As reported in: Ding, Li, Wen et al. (2018). Gram-scale synthesis of single-crystalline graphene quantum dots derived from lignin biomass. Green Chemistry. doi:10.1039/c7gc03218h
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A review of graphene quantum dots made from biomass waste and their applications.
As reported in: Abbas, Mariana, Phan (2018). Biomass-waste derived graphene quantum dots and their applications. Carbon. doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2018.08.016