Bio‐derived Carbon Nanofibres from Lignin as High‐Performance Li‐Ion Anode Materials

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Discovering Biomass Structural Determinants Defining the Properties of Plant-Derived Renewable Carbon Fiber

“…It is possible that feedstock with new cell wall structure could be developed to enable such by-product utilization. Fractionation and other processing technologies could also be developed to deliver more uniform lignin for versatile carbon materials ( Culebras et al., 2019 ; Dalton et al., 2019 ; Li et al., 2019a ). The fundamental understanding of the underlying relationship between lignin structure and carbon fiber property will allow the new renewable material design from biomass and other biological sources.…”

Lignin–Inorganic Interfaces: Chemistry and Applications from Adsorbents to Catalysts and Energy Storage Materials

“…Lignin is also a promising starting substrate for the synthesis of carbonaceous materials for energy storage. [145][146][147][148][149][150][151][152] The morphology and/or type of lignin as substrate has generally an influence on the properties of the final product, even if the conversion is performed at high temperatures above 723 K. [148,[153][154][155][156][157][158][159] The electrochemical performance and stability of carbon-based materials, such as graphite or hard carbon, is mainly determined by the SEI, [160] that is, the decomposition layer separating the electrode from the liquid electrolyte that forms during first cycling. This general problem accounts for several electrode materials having a high theoretical capacity, such as Li 7 CuSi 2 with 1563 mA h g À1 , [161] but continuous SEI formation preventing their application.…”

Porous carbon materials for microwave absorption

“…PC materials have been widely studied and applied in many fields such as catalysis, batteries, and supercapacitors due to their high specific areas, tunable pore sizes and pore structures. [47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56] Meanwhile, these advantages also make PC materials expected to become MA materials: firstly, a porous material could be regarded as a composite composed of the solid component and air component, which efficiently decreases the density and increases the impedance matching. 57 Secondly, the porous structure could generate more interface polarization loss, which would increase absorption of EM wave energy.…”