Lignin-Derived Advanced Carbon Materials

Sabornie Chatterjee, Tomonori Saito

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Abstract

Lignin is a highly abundant source of renewable carbon that can be considered as a valuable sustainable source of biobased materials. By applying specific pretreatments and manufacturing methods, lignin can be converted into a variety of value-added carbon materials. However, the physical and chemical heterogeneities of lignin complicate its use as a feedstock. Herein lignin manufacturing process, the effects of pretreatments and manufacturing methods on the properties of product lignin, and structure-property relationships in various applications of lignin-derived carbon materials, such as carbon fibers, carbon mats, activated carbons, carbon films, and templated carbon, are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3941-3958
Number of pages18
JournalChemSusChem
Volume8
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 7 2015

Keywords

  • biomass
  • carbon
  • renewable resources
  • structure-property relationships
  • synthesis design

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