Lightweight and Highly Conductive Aerogel-like Carbon from Sugarcane with Superior Mechanical and EMI Shielding Properties

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1419-1427

  Li, Yuan Qing ^a   Samad, Yarjan Abdul ^a   Polychronopoulou, Kyriaki ^a   Liao, Kin ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Aerogel like carbon; Biomass; EMI shielding; Hydrothermal; Mechanical

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; BIOMASS; CARBONIZATION; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; MOBILE SECURITY; SHIELDING; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA;

EMI SHIELDING; EMI SHIELDING PROPERTIES; ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGES; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION; MECHANICAL; SUSTAINABLE RAW MATERIALS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING;

EID: 84936769604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00340     Document Type: Article

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