Molecular-based design and emerging applications of nanoporous carbon spheres

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 763-774

  Liu, Jian ^a   Wickramaratne, Nilantha P ^b   Qiao, Shi Zhang ^c   Jaroniec, Mietek ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS ADSORBENTS; CARBONIZATION; EMULSIFICATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUTURE CHALLENGES; HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NANOPOROUS CARBONS; SYNTHESIS TECHNIQUES;

SPHERES;

EID: 84938095209     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4317     Document Type: Review

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