TY - JOUR
T1 - A comprehensive review of template-assisted porous carbons
T2 - Modern preparation methods and advanced applications
AU - Pavlenko, V.
AU - Khosravi H, S.
AU - Żółtowska, S.
AU - Haruna, A. B.
AU - Zahid, M.
AU - Mansurov, Z.
AU - Supiyeva, Z.
AU - Galal, A.
AU - Ozoemena, K. I.
AU - Abbas, Q.
AU - Jesionowski, T.
N1 - Funding Information:
Q.A. thanks The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) Austria for providing funds for the project number 39966764 . V.P. acknowledges the funding from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Grant no. AP09259890 ). Q.A. and V.P. thank the Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research (OeAD-GmbH) Austria for awarding mobility funds in EPU-Projekt Call 2019. This work was partially supported by Ministry of Education and Science Poland under the PUT research grant 0912/SBAD/2206 (S.Ż.). This work was also financed and prepared as part of a research project supported by the National Science Centre Poland, no. 2017/27/B/ST8/01506 (T.J.). A.B.H. and K.I.O. thank the South Africa’s Research Chair Initiative, DSI/NRF/Wits SARChI Chair in Materials Electrochemistry and Energy Technologies (MEET) (Grant No. 132739 ), for supporting the preparartion of this study.
Funding Information:
Prof. A. Galal earned his BSc and MSc degrees in Chemistry from Cairo University, Egypt. He obtained MSc and PhD degrees from the University Of Cincinnati, OH, USA. He joined the chemistry department of Cairo University as assistant professor in 1992 where he is currently a full professor. Professor Galal worked at several universities where he assumed Professor visit-ship including: Ulm, Erlangen, Ilmenau, and Free Universities (Germany); Cincinnati and Texas A&M Universities (USA); University of Liverpool (UK); Polytechnic University of Turin (Italy); United Arab Emirates and Kuwait Universities. Professor Galal served as member of Strategic Planning and Technical Support Centre, a member of Board of Research for the Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research (Egypt); Development and Innovation Program, a Program funded by the European Union of the Ministry of Higher Education of Egypt. Professor Galal also served as Dean of Faculty of Science, Cairo University and as Interim Head of Center of Hazardous and Environmental Mitigation of the University. Professor Galal earned several honors: Graduate Fellowship Award, Quantum Chemical Corporation (USA); Fellowship award of the “Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung,” Germany. He also acted as member in National Committee on New and Advanced Materials, the committee of Basic Sciences both of the Academy of Science and Technology of Egypt. Professor Galal was the Egyptian delegate to: International Science Technology and Innovation Centre for South-south Cooperation under the Auspices of UNESCO, (Malaysia); The inauguration of the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI) (Slovenia); The RussNano Forum (Russia); COMEST meeting on Ethics of Science and Technology under the Auspices of UNESCO (Qatar). Professor Galal is a member of the Advisory Board for International Institute for Multifunctional Materials for Energy Conversion (IIMEC), Texas A&M University (USA). Professor Galal earned State and University of Cairo University Prizes; Appreciation and Excellence in Research in the area of Advanced Materials for Technological Applications. He authored and co-authored 210 research papers in international renowned journals and delivered over 70 lectures in international conferences and institutes. His research covers a wide spectrum of interests including surface tailoring with nano-structured materials for energy conversion, storage and sensing applications. Synthesis and modification of carbon based nano-structures with emphasis on graphene and carbon nanotubes, and perovskites.
Funding Information:
Q.A. thanks The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) Austria for providing funds for the project number 39966764. V.P. acknowledges the funding from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Grant no. AP09259890). Q.A. and V.P. thank the Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research (OeAD-GmbH) Austria for awarding mobility funds in EPU-Projekt Call 2019. This work was partially supported by Ministry of Education and Science Poland under the PUT research grant 0912/SBAD/2206 (S.Ż.). This work was also financed and prepared as part of a research project supported by the National Science Centre Poland, no. 2017/27/B/ST8/01506 (T.J.). A.B.H. and K.I.O. thank the South Africa's Research Chair Initiative, DSI/NRF/Wits SARChI Chair in Materials Electrochemistry and Energy Technologies (MEET) (Grant No. 132739), for supporting the preparartion of this study.
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PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - Carbons with hierarchical pores in the range of few nanometers obtained via template-assisted methods offer a great control over structure and geometry of pores, keeping them uniformly distributed and better connected. Another advantage is the easy functionalization of templated porous carbons (TPCs) by various dopants, which makes them excellent materials for catalysis, energy storage and conversion, sensors and environmental applications. Herein, beyond zeolite-templated carbons, key methodologies based on the template material such as organic and metal oxides, silica, polymers, metal-organic framework (MOFs) and bio-originated materials used for the preparation of porous carbons possessing predetermined structure and composition, have been reviewed. The effects of precursor material on the textural and structural properties of TPCs have been described. In scope of applying novel methods such as evaporation induced self-assembling (EISA), the influence of different templates on the properties of resulting materials has been discussed. Further, advances on the template-induced synthesis of self-supporting metal-organic frameworks and their utilization as advanced templates have been described. Moreover, self-templates are especially emphasized, application of which in our opinion can provide a sustainable large-scale production of TPCs. The recent progress in the study of the diffusional processes, energy and biomedical applications as well as the confinement effects of different liquids and proteins within the porous matrices of template-derived carbons, have been reviewed.
AB - Carbons with hierarchical pores in the range of few nanometers obtained via template-assisted methods offer a great control over structure and geometry of pores, keeping them uniformly distributed and better connected. Another advantage is the easy functionalization of templated porous carbons (TPCs) by various dopants, which makes them excellent materials for catalysis, energy storage and conversion, sensors and environmental applications. Herein, beyond zeolite-templated carbons, key methodologies based on the template material such as organic and metal oxides, silica, polymers, metal-organic framework (MOFs) and bio-originated materials used for the preparation of porous carbons possessing predetermined structure and composition, have been reviewed. The effects of precursor material on the textural and structural properties of TPCs have been described. In scope of applying novel methods such as evaporation induced self-assembling (EISA), the influence of different templates on the properties of resulting materials has been discussed. Further, advances on the template-induced synthesis of self-supporting metal-organic frameworks and their utilization as advanced templates have been described. Moreover, self-templates are especially emphasized, application of which in our opinion can provide a sustainable large-scale production of TPCs. The recent progress in the study of the diffusional processes, energy and biomedical applications as well as the confinement effects of different liquids and proteins within the porous matrices of template-derived carbons, have been reviewed.
KW - Carbon production
KW - Hard and soft templates
KW - Nano-casting
KW - Porous carbon
KW - Self-template
KW - Templated carbon
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mser.2022.100682
DO - 10.1016/j.mser.2022.100682
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85133893258
SN - 0927-796X
VL - 149
JO - Materials Science and Engineering R: Reports
JF - Materials Science and Engineering R: Reports
M1 - 100682
ER -