Research advances in biomass-derived nanostructured carbons and their composite materials for electrochemical energy technologies

Natural aloe vera derived Pt supported N-doped porous carbon: A highly durable cathode catalyst of PEM fuel cell

(2020) Prabakaran Varathan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

Biomass-derived porous carbon supported Co CoO yolk-shell nanoparticles as enhanced multifunctional electrocatalysts

(2019) Mengjie Yang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

A simple and universal method for preparing N, S co-doped biomass derived carbon with superior performance in supercapacitors

(2019) Bin Wang et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Three-dimensionally hierarchical MoS2/graphene architecture for high-performance hydrogen evolution reaction

(2019) Xiangyu Meng et al.   Nano Energy

A Universal Strategy for Hollow Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Encapsulated into B/N Co-Doped Graphitic Nanotubes as High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes

(2018) Hassina Tabassum et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Stable silicon/3D porous N-doped graphene composite for lithium-ion battery anodes with self-assembly

(2018) Xiaofu Tang et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Molten salt synthesis of nitrogen and oxygen enriched hierarchically porous carbons derived from biomass via rapid microwave carbonization for high voltage supercapacitors

(2018) Yinfeng Cheng et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Highly porous defective carbons derived from seaweed biomass as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction in both alkaline and acidic media

(2018) Yajuan Hao et al.   CARBON

Metal-free nitrogen-doped porous carbons derived from pomelo peel treated by hypersaline environments for oxygen reduction reaction

(2018) Nan Wang et al.   CARBON

A porous biomass-based sandwich-structured Co 3 O 4 @Carbon Fiber@Co 3 O 4 composite for high-performance supercapacitors

(2018) Zijun Shi et al.   CARBON

Nitrogen-rich carbon nano-onions for oxygen reduction reaction

(2018) Kuntal Chatterjee et al.   CARBON

Exposure of sufficient edge sites on well-crystallized MoSe 2 induced by nitrogen doping (Mo−N x ) for Pt: Enhanced co-catalytic activity and methanol tolerance for oxygen reduction

(2018) Siyu Pan et al.   ENERGY

Unlocking the door to highly active ORR catalysts for PEMFC applications: polyhedron-engineered Pt-based nanocrystals

(2018) Yan-Jie Wang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Two-dimensional siloxene nanosheets: novel high-performance supercapacitor electrode materials

(2018) Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Astragali Radix -derived nitrogen-doped porous carbon: An efficient electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction

(2018) Jinmei Li et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

Tetra-heteroatom self-doped carbon nanosheets derived from silkworm excrement for high-performance supercapacitors

(2018) Shuijin Lei et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Three-Dimensional Graphene Nanostructures

(2018) Samuel R. Peurifoy et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Preparation of bacterial cellulose based nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers and their applications in the oxygen reduction reaction and sodium–ion battery

(2018) Yang Huang et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Enhanced Ion Conductivity in Conducting Polymer Binder for High-Performance Silicon Anodes in Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2018) Wenwu Zeng et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Raw-Cotton-Derived N-Doped Carbon Fiber Aerogel as an Efficient Electrode for Electrochemical Capacitors

(2018) Juan Du et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

One Step Construction of Nitrogen–Carbon Derived from Bradyrhizobium japonicum for Supercapacitor Applications with a Soybean Leaf as a Separator

(2018) Qiufang Yao et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Recent developments in electrocatalysts and future prospects for oxygen reduction reaction in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

(2018) Maryam Kiani et al.   Journal of Energy Chemistry

Biomass chitosan derived cobalt/nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes for the electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction

(2018) Yijie Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

N-doped porous carbon nanosheets as pH-universal ORR electrocatalyst in various fuel cell devices

(2018) Liangzhen Liu et al.   Nano Energy

Iron Phosphide Incorporated into Iron-Treated Heteroatoms-Doped Porous Bio-Carbon as Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2018) Thanh-Nhan Tran et al.   ChemElectroChem

Hierarchically Nanostructured Transition Metal Oxides for Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2018) Mingbo Zheng et al.   Advanced Science

Facile Conversion of Radish to Nitrogen-Doped Mesoporous Carbon as Effective Metal-Free Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts

(2018) Yu Wang et al.   ChemNanoMat

A novel synthesis of Prussian blue nanocubes/biomass-derived nitrogen-doped porous carbon composite as a high-efficiency oxygen reduction reaction catalyst

(2018) Shaopei Jia et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Carbon spheres derived from biomass residue via ultrasonic spray pyrolysis for supercapacitors

(2018) Xin Zhao et al.   MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Boosting ORR electrocatalytic performance of metal-free mesoporous biomass carbon by synergism of huge specific surface area and ultra-high pyridinic nitrogen doping

(2018) Baohua Zhang et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

NaCl-templated synthesis of hierarchical porous carbon with extremely large specific surface area and improved graphitization degree for high energy density lithium ion capacitors

(2018) Ruiying Shi et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

In Situ Vertical Growth of Fe–Ni Layered Double-Hydroxide Arrays on Fe–Ni Alloy Foil: Interfacial Layer Enhanced Electrocatalyst with Small Overpotential for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

(2018) Qian Xiang et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Bifunctional biomass-derived 3D nitrogen-doped porous carbon for oxygen reduction reaction and solid-state supercapacitor

(2018) Donglin He et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

A review of performance optimization of MOF-derived metal oxide as electrode materials for supercapacitors

(2018) Shaorui Wu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH

Cobalt ferrite on honeycomb-like algae-derived nitrogen-doped carbon for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction and ultra-cycle-stable lithium storage

(2018) Lei Lu et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Biomass derived hierarchical porous carbon materials as oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysts in fuel cells

(2018) Prabhsharan Kaur et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Inhibiting grain coarsening and inducing oxygen vacancies: the roles of Mn in achieving a highly reversible conversion reaction and a long life SnO2–Mn–graphite ternary anode

(2017) Renzong Hu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

N, S co-doped carbon spheres with highly dispersed CoO as non-precious metal catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

(2017) Linlin Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

The porous carbon derived from water hyacinth with well-designed hierarchical structure for supercapacitors

(2017) Kaiwen Zheng et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Lignocellulose-derived porous phosphorus-doped carbon as advanced electrode for supercapacitors

(2017) Jianan Yi et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

MnO2 Nanowire/Biomass-Derived Carbon from Hemp Stem for High-Performance Supercapacitors

(2017) MinHo Yang et al.   LANGMUIR

Biomass-derived carbon/silicon three-dimensional hierarchical nanostructure as anode material for lithium ion batteries

(2017) Tong Shen et al.   MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN

Naturally nitrogen doped porous carbon derived from waste shrimp shells for high-performance lithium ion batteries and supercapacitors

(2017) Anjon Kumar Mondal et al.   MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS

Energy storage applications of biomass-derived carbon materials: batteries and supercapacitors

(2017) Yong-Ping Gao et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Hierarchical porous carbons with layer-by-layer motif architectures from confined soft-template self-assembly in layered materials

(2017) Jie Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Popcorn Inspired Porous Macrocellular Carbon: Rapid Puffing Fabrication from Rice and Its Applications in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

(2017) Yu Zhong et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

NiCoFe-Layered Double Hydroxides/N-Doped Graphene Oxide Array Colloid Composite as an Efficient Bifunctional Catalyst for Oxygen Electrocatalytic Reactions

(2017) Daojin Zhou et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Chemically Exfoliating Biomass into a Graphene-like Porous Active Carbon with Rational Pore Structure, Good Conductivity, and Large Surface Area for High-Performance Supercapacitors

(2017) Shi-Yu Lu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Mechanism of Na-Ion Storage in Hard Carbon Anodes Revealed by Heteroatom Doping

(2017) Zhifei Li et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Soft and wrinkled carbon membranes derived from petals for flexible supercapacitors

(2017) Xiuxiu Yu et al.   Scientific Reports

Biomass-Based Porous N-Self-Doped Carbon Framework/Polyaniline Composite with Outstanding Supercapacitance

(2017) Yijie Hu et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

N,P-Codoped Meso-/Microporous Carbon Derived from Biomass Materials via a Dual-Activation Strategy as High-Performance Electrodes for Deionization Capacitors

(2017) Dong Xu et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

From biomass with irregular structures to 1D carbon nanobelts: a stripping and cutting strategy to fabricate high performance supercapacitor materials

(2017) Tian Ouyang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Enabling high-volumetric-energy-density supercapacitors: designing open, low-tortuosity heteroatom-doped porous carbon-tube bundle electrodes

(2017) Jing Zhao et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Novel carbon channels from loofah sponge for construction of metal sulfide/carbon composites with robust electrochemical energy storage

(2017) Dong Xie et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Biomass-derived hierarchical porous carbons: boosting the energy density of supercapacitors via an ionothermal approach

(2017) Yuchuan Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Two-dimensional biomass-derived carbon nanosheets and MnO/carbon electrodes for high-performance Li-ion capacitors

(2017) Yuemei Zhao et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Biomass-derived mesopore-dominant porous carbons with large specific surface area and high defect density as high performance electrode materials for Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors

(2017) Jin Niu et al.   Nano Energy

Biomass-derived carbon materials with structural diversities and their applications in energy storage

(2017) Lili Jiang et al.   Science China-Materials

Large area few-layer graphene with scalable preparation from waste biomass for high-performance supercapacitor

(2017) Taniya Purkait et al.   Scientific Reports

Biomass-Derived Porous Fe3C/Tungsten Carbide/Graphitic Carbon Nanocomposite for Efficient Electrocatalysis of Oxygen Reduction

(2016) Ming Ma et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Biomass Organs Control the Porosity of Their Pyrolyzed Carbon

(2016) Yao Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Prolifera-Green-Tide as Sustainable Source for Carbonaceous Aerogels with Hierarchical Pore to Achieve Multiple Energy Storage

(2016) Jinfeng Cui et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Few-layer MoS 2 nanosheets incorporated into hierarchical porous carbon for lithium-ion batteries

(2016) Haiyan Wang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Electrochemical capacitors: mechanism, materials, systems, characterization and applications

(2016) Yonggang Wang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Hierarchical Porous Carbon Materials Derived from Sheep Manure for High-Capacity Supercapacitors

(2016) Caiyun Zhang et al.   ChemSusChem

Promising porous carbons derived from lotus seedpods with outstanding supercapacitance performance

(2016) Bei Liu et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Molten-salt treatment of waste biomass for preparation of carbon with enhanced capacitive properties and electrocatalytic activity towards oxygen reduction

(2016) Beihu Lu et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Biomass-derived carbon: synthesis and applications in energy storage and conversion

(2016) Jiang Deng et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Interconnected highly graphitic carbon nanosheets derived from wheat stalk as high performance anode materials for lithium ion batteries

(2016) Xiangyang Zhou et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Deep eutectic solvent promoted one step sustainable conversion of fresh seaweed biomass to functionalized graphene as a potential electrocatalyst

(2016) Dibyendu Mondal et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Superior Lithium-Ion Storage at Room and Elevated Temperature in an Industrial Woodchip Derived Porous Carbon

(2016) Ryan A. Adams et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Lithium and sodium storage in highly ordered mesoporous nitrogen-doped carbons derived from honey

(2016) Yongzhi Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Amorphous Fe 2 O 3 nanoshells coated on carbonized bacterial cellulose nanofibers as a flexible anode for high-performance lithium ion batteries

(2016) Yang Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Oxygen vacancies enhance pseudocapacitive charge storage properties of MoO3−x

(2016) Hyung-Seok Kim et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Biomass-Derived Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanofiber Network: A Facile Template for Decoration of Ultrathin Nickel-Cobalt Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets as High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitor Electrode

(2016) Feili Lai et al.   Small

Metal-Organic Framework-Based Nanomaterials for Electrocatalysis

(2016) Asif Mahmood et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Ultrathin MnO2 nanosheets grown on fungal conidium-derived hollow carbon spheres as supercapacitor electrodes

(2016) Cuiping Mao et al.   RSC Advances

Molten-salt treatment of waste biomass for preparation of carbon with enhanced capacitive properties and electrocatalytic activity towards oxygen reduction

(2016) Beihu Lu et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Effects of Cellulose, Hemicellulose, and Lignin on the Structure and Morphology of Porous Carbons

(2016) Jiang Deng et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Biomass chitin-derived honeycomb-like nitrogen-doped carbon/graphene nanosheet networks for applications in efficient oxygen reduction and robust lithium storage

(2016) Bo Wang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

N, O-codoped hierarchical porous carbons derived from algae for high-capacity supercapacitors and battery anodes

(2016) Wenhua Yu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Biomass-derived renewable carbon materials for electrochemical energy storage

(2016) Zan Gao et al.   Materials Research Letters

Honeycomb-like Porous Carbon–Cobalt Oxide Nanocomposite for High-Performance Enzymeless Glucose Sensor and Supercapacitor Applications

(2015) Rajesh Madhu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Metal–Support Interaction in Platinum and Palladium Nanoparticles Loaded on Nitrogen-Doped Mesoporous Carbon for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2015) Lorenzo Perini et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Hierarchical Porous Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanosheets Derived from Silk for Ultrahigh-Capacity Battery Anodes and Supercapacitors

(2015) Jianhua Hou et al.   ACS Nano

Sustainable Synthesis and Assembly of Biomass-Derived B/N Co-Doped Carbon Nanosheets with Ultrahigh Aspect Ratio for High-Performance Supercapacitors

(2015) Zheng Ling et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Versatile Iron-Tannin-Framework Ink Coating Strategy to Fabricate Biomass-Derived Iron Carbide/Fe-N-Carbon Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction

(2015) Jing Wei et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly ordered nitrogen-rich mesoporous carbon derived from biomass waste for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries

(2015) Yaohui Qu et al.   CARBON

Effective biodecolorization potential of surface modified lignocellulosic industrial waste biomass

(2015) Sibel Tunali Akar et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Functional Porous Carbon/Nickel Oxide Nanocomposites as Binder-Free Electrodes for Supercapacitors

(2015) Rajesh Madhu  et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Fish scale derived nitrogen doped hierarchical porous carbon—a high rate performing anode for lithium ion cell

(2015) V. Selvamani et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Biomass-derived porous carbon materials with sulfur and nitrogen dual-doping for energy storage

(2015) Guiyin Xu et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Micro-sized porous carbon spheres with ultra-high rate capability for lithium storage

(2015) Meng Chen et al.   Nanoscale

Biomass-derived materials for electrochemical energy storages

(2015) Lixue Zhang et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon of extraordinary capacitance for electrochemical energy storage

(2015) T. Lin et al.   SCIENCE

One-Step Synthesis of Single-Layer MnO2Nanosheets with Multi-Role Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate for High-Performance Pseudocapacitors

(2015) Zhenning Liu et al.   Small

Co3O4@Highly ordered macroporous carbon derived from a mollusc shell for supercapacitors

(2015) Yahui Liu et al.   RSC Advances

Sweet potato-derived carbon nanoparticles as anode for lithium ion battery

(2015) Peng Zheng et al.   RSC Advances

Sucrose-derived activated carbons: electron transfer properties and application as oxygen reduction electrocatalysts

(2015) Marta Nunes et al.   RSC Advances

Electrocatalytic Performance of Carbon Nanotubes with Different Structure Parameters toward the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2015) H.-J. Zhang et al.   ECS Electrochemistry Letters

MIL-101(Fe) as a lithium-ion battery electrode material: a relaxation and intercalation mechanism during lithium insertion

(2015) JaeWook Shin et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Nitrogen-rich porous carbon derived from biomass as a high performance anode material for lithium ion batteries

(2015) Junke Ou et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Bacterial cellulose derived nitrogen-doped carbon nanofiber aerogel: An efficient metal-free oxygen reduction electrocatalyst for zinc-air battery

(2015) Hai-Wei Liang et al.   Nano Energy

Flexible Fiber Supercapacitor Using Biowaste-Derived Porous Carbon

(2015) S. T. Senthilkumar et al.   ChemElectroChem

Composite of Macroporous Carbon with Honeycomb-Like Structure from Mollusc Shell and NiCo2O4 Nanowires for High-Performance Supercapacitor

(2014) Wei Xiong et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Supercapacitors of Nanocrystalline Metal–Organic Frameworks

(2014) Kyung Min Choi et al.   ACS Nano

Three-Dimensional Heteroatom-Doped Carbon Nanofiber Networks Derived from Bacterial Cellulose for Supercapacitors

(2014) Li-Feng Chen et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Pig Bone Derived Hierarchical Porous Carbon-Supported Platinum Nanoparticles with Superior Electrocatalytic Activity Towards Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2014) Haijing Liu et al.   ELECTROANALYSIS

A review on pyrolysis of biomass constituents: Mechanisms and composition of the products obtained from the conversion of cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin

(2014) François-Xavier Collard et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Where Do Batteries End and Supercapacitors Begin?

(2014) P. Simon et al.   SCIENCE

Carbon Fiber Aerogel Made from Raw Cotton: A Novel, Efficient and Recyclable Sorbent for Oils and Organic Solvents

(2013) Hengchang Bi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mesoporous nitrogen-rich carbons derived from protein for ultra-high capacity battery anodes and supercapacitors

(2013) Zhi Li et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Pyrolyzed Bacterial Cellulose: A Versatile Support for Lithium Ion Battery Anode Materials

(2013) Bin Wang et al.   Small

Rice husk-derived carbon anodes for lithium ion batteries

(2013) Liping Wang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Synthesis and Properties of Platinum Nanocatalyst Supported on Cellulose-Based Carbon Aerogel for Applications in PEMFCs

(2011) Joanna Rooke et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tuneable porous carbonaceous materials from renewable resources

(2009) Robin J. White et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Chemistry and materials options of sustainable carbon materials made by hydrothermal carbonization

(2009) Maria-Magdalena Titirici et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

New nanostructured carbons based on porous cellulose: Elaboration, pyrolysis and use as platinum nanoparticles substrate for oxygen reduction electrocatalysis

(2008) Elodie Guilminot et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES