Biomass‐Derived Porous Carbon Materials: Synthesis and Catalytic Applications

Abstract

Novel biomass‐derived porous carbons are attractive candidates for the preparation of carbon‐supported catalysts with a wide range of catalytic applications. Such carbonaceous catalysts are environmentally benign and could provide a cost‐competitive advantage as compared to existing heterogeneous catalysts. Tunable surface properties of carbon materials and excellent physical properties (e.g., hydrophobicity, chemically inert nature, etc.) are compatible with diverse catalysis reactions including organic transformations, as well as electro‐ and photochemical processes in aqueous solutions. This contribution provides an overview on the utilization of different biomass feedstocks and/or biomass‐derived precursors for the synthesis of carbonaceous materials to design advanced catalytic systems and their emerging applications in catalysis.

Facile self-templating large scale preparation of biomass-derived 3D hierarchical porous carbon for advanced supercapacitors

“…[34][35][36] More recently, researchers have made tremendous efforts to produce various porous carbons from inexpensive renewable biomasses such as bagasse, 37 cotton, 38 rice, 39 silk proteins, 40 lignosulphonatecellulose, 41 typha orientalis, 42 wood. 43 However, limited methods to access HPCs from biomass have been reported.…”

Environmental Catalysis: Present and Future

“…Among the most prominent catalytic materials are noteworthy supported metal nanoparticles, composite materials, metal oxide nanoparticles, metal organic frameworks and more recently bioconjugates. From an environmental point of view, special attention has received the bening‐by‐design of biomass‐derived catalyst, including materials with specific properties for application such as electro‐ and photo‐catalysis . Biomass is a wide concept, which includes lignocellulosic materials, starch/oilseed/sugar, aquatic cultures, and bio‐derived wastes (agricultural/animal/anthropological residues).…”

Porous Materials as Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

“…[27,28] Owing to the unique physicala nd chemical characteristics different from bulk materials, porousm aterials have also been widely appliedi ne lectrocatalysis, which is ah eterogeneous process happening on the interface. [27,28] Owing to the unique physicala nd chemical characteristics different from bulk materials, porousm aterials have also been widely appliedi ne lectrocatalysis, which is ah eterogeneous process happening on the interface.…”