Hard carbon anodes for next‐generation Li‐ion batteries: review and perspective

L **e, C Tang, Z Bi, M Song, Y Fan… - Advanced Energy …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Carbonaceous materials have been accepted as a promising family of anode materials for
lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) owing to optimal overall performance. Among various emerging …

Biomass-derived porous carbon materials: synthesis, designing, and applications for supercapacitors

L Sun, Y Gong, D Li, C Pan - Green Chemistry, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Since the industrial revolution, modern society has experienced rapid technological
development, which has greatly increased the demand for energy, and cheap energy for …

Lignin-containing cellulose nanomaterials: preparation and applications

K Liu, H Du, T Zheng, W Liu, M Zhang, H Liu… - Green …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
In the past few years, cellulose nanomaterials obtained from lignocellulose have attracted
extensive attention as functional nanomaterials with excellent properties and great …

Roles of ionic liquids in adjusting nature of ionogels: a mini review

Z Luo, W Li, J Yan, J Sun - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Over the past two decades, the unique features of ionic liquids (ILs) drive their exploration
and exploitation in gel field and endow the gels with many excellent properties including …

History repeats itself again: Will the mistakes of the past for ILs be repeated for DESs? From being considered ionic liquids to becoming their alternative: The …

J Afonso, A Mezzetta, IM Marrucho, L Guazzelli - Green Chemistry, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The establishment of the place of Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) as a new class of green
solvents was essentially grounded on naïve comparisons with Ionic Liquids (ILs), since both …

Downstream processing of lignin derived feedstock into end products

SS Wong, R Shu, J Zhang, H Liu, N Yan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the enormous research efforts in recent years regarding lignin depolymerisation and
functionalisation, few commercial products are available. This review provides a summary …

Designing for a green chemistry future

JB Zimmerman, PT Anastas, HC Erythropel, W Leitner - Science, 2020‏ - science.org
The material basis of a sustainable society will depend on chemical products and processes
that are designed following principles that make them conducive to life. Important inherent …

A concise review of current lignin production, applications, products and their environmental impact

DS Bajwa, G Pourhashem, AH Ullah… - Industrial Crops and …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Lignin is the second most abundant natural material on the earth. Commercially, it is
generated as a waste product from the paper and ethanol production. The worldwide …

Synthesis, life cycle assessment, and polymerization of a vanillin-based spirocyclic diol toward polyesters with increased glass-transition temperature

SV Mankar, MN Garcia Gonzalez… - ACS Sustainable …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Bio-based rigid diols are key building blocks in the development and preparation of high-
performance bioplastics with improved thermal and dimensional stabilities. Here, we report …

Unlocking the role of lignin for preparing the lignin-based wood adhesive: A review

C Huang, Z Peng, J Li, X Li, X Jiang, Y Dong - Industrial Crops and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Adhesives––the resins widely used in particleboards, oriented strength boards, and
plywood––are traditionally produced from fossil-based polymers. Owing to the toxicity …