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Lignin-Derived Carbon And Nanocomposite Materials For Energy Storage Applications, Wenqi Li
Lignin-Derived Carbon And Nanocomposite Materials For Energy Storage Applications, Wenqi Li
Theses and Dissertations--Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
With a growing demand for electrical energy storage materials, lignin-derived carbon materials have received increasing attention in recent years. As a highly abundant renewable carbon source, lignin can be converted to a variety of advanced carbon materials with tailorable chemical, structural, mechanical and electrochemical properties through thermochemical conversion (e.g. pyrolysis). However, the non-uniformity in lignin structure, composition, inter-unit linkages and reactivity of diverse lignin sources greatly influence lignin fractionation from plant biomass, the pyrolysis chemistry, and property of the resulting carbon materials.
To introduce a better use of lignocellulosic biomass to biofuels and co-products, it is necessary to find novel …