Application of Nanoporous Carbon in Energy

Dear Colleagues,

Nanoporous carbon materials have been applied as catalysts in many fields, especially for producing energy by using thermal chemistry, electrochemistry, and photolytic chemistry. These materials possess a high surface area and broad pore size distribution, providing the possibility for doping heteroatoms on their surface or encapsulating active elements in the pore channels. With functionalized porous carbon, a specific catalytic reaction can be achieved through certain mechanisms. Different strategies to create porous carbon with an enlarged surface area have been explored through physical and chemical methods. Accompanied by an adjusted pore volume and surface functional groups, the carbon framework needs to retain its mechanical properties to maintain stability and re-utilization. The ongoing exploration of the best activity and stability available are still underway.

This Special Issue in ‘Nanomaterials’ focuses on the application of nanoporous carbon in energy, such as biomass based carbon, coal char, polymer carbon, and fossil carbon for energy production. The hydrogen from hydrogen-containing precursors, such as water, ammonia, methane, etc., catalyzed by porous carbon are preferable. Research work on the equilibrium of energy conversion by porous carbon is welcome.

We also invite interdisciplinary researchers to join our journal and submit your manuscript. Let us meet through your research work to thoroughly understand the functional properties of porous carbon.

Prof. Dr. Tie-Zhen Ren
Guest Editor

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• porous carbon
• design strategy
• functionalization
• energy conversion
• structural feature
• hybridization
• encapsulation
• doping