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Porous carbon materials from sustainable precursors /

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This book focusses on the transformation of sustainable precursors into functional, porous carbonaceous materials via the two the most significant approaches: Starbon® and hydrothermal carbonisation.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: White, Robin J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Royal Society of Chemistry, [2015]
Series:RSC green chemistry series ; 32.
Subjects:
Carbon.
Porous materials.
Sustainability.
Environmental science, engineering & technology.
Organic chemistry.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Chemical & Biochemical.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. The search for functional porous carbons from sustainable presursors
  • Part 1. Starbons® ; Chapter 2. From polysaccharides to Starbons®
  • Chapter 3. Porous carbonaceous materials in catalytic applications
  • Chapter 4. Application to carbonaceous materials in separation science
  • Part 2. Hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC) ; Chapter 5. Hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC) : history, state-of-the-art and chemistry
  • Chapter 6. Porous hydrothermal materials, nanoparticles, hybrids and composites
  • Chapter 7. Hydrothermal carbon materials for heterogeneous catalysis
  • Chapter 8. HTC-derived materials in energy and sequestration applications
  • Part 3. Characterisation of porous carbonaceous solids ; Chapter 9. Porosity charaterisation of carbon materials
  • Chapter 10. Bulk and surface analysis of carbonaceous materials
  • Chapter 11. Microscopy and related techniques in the analysis of porous carbonaceous materials
  • Part 4. Commercialisation ; Chapter 12. Other approaches and the commercialisation of sustainable carbonaceus materials technology.