Improving hydrothermal carbonization by using poly(ionic liquid)s

Pengfei Zhang; Jiayin Yuan; Tim-Patrick Fellinger; Markus Antonietti; Haoran Li; Yong Wang

doi:10.1002/anie.201301069

Improving hydrothermal carbonization by using poly(ionic liquid)s

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Jun 3;52(23):6028-32. doi: 10.1002/anie.201301069. Epub 2013 Apr 16.

Authors

Pengfei Zhang¹, Jiayin Yuan, Tim-Patrick Fellinger, Markus Antonietti, Haoran Li, Yong Wang

Affiliation

¹ ZJU-NHU United R&D Center, Key Lab of Applied Chemistry of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, PR China.

PMID: 23592443
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201301069

Abstract

Pores for thought: Porous nitrogen-doped carbon materials (HTC Carbon with PILs) composed of spherical nanoparticles, and also those with Au-Pd core-shell nanoparticles embedded (Au-Pd@N-Carbon) were synthesized. These materials can be prepared from sugars by hydrothermal carbonization (160-200 °C) in the presence of poly(ionic liquid)s (PILs), which act as a stabilizer, pore-generating agent, and nitrogen source.