Pyrolysis of chlorella vulgaris as a green chemistry method for manufacturing of nitrogen doped porous carbon materials of high application potential

Materials Express

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 25-34

  Ilnicka, Anna ^a   Kamedulski, Piotr ^a   Lukaszewicz, Jerzy P ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Chlorella vulgaris; N rich activated carbon; Nitrogen content; XPS

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018260376     PISSN: 21585849     EISSN: 21585857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/mex.2017.1350     Document Type: Article

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