Deterioration of water quality and the unavailability of drinkable water are pressing
challenges worldwide. Removal of toxic organic and inorganic pollutants from water is …

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, kee** them …

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have attracted considerable interest due to their potential in
renewable electrical power generation using the broad diversity of biomass and organic …

Rational design of non-noble metal catalysts with an electrocatalytic activity comparable or
even superior to Pt is extremely important for future fuel cell-based renewable energy …

One of the key focuses of the agricultural industry for preventing the decline in crop yields
due to pests is to develop effective, safe, green, and sustainable pesticide formulation. A key …

Ordered mesoporous carbon materials have recently aroused great research interest
because of their widespread applications in many areas such as adsorbents, catalysts and …

Although mesoporous materials have well-defined pore structures, these fine materials can
surprisingly be produced by employing a set of conventional and simple procedures such as …

Recent progress in syntheses of porous carbons with designed pore architecture has
rejuvenated the field of carbon chemistry and promises to provide new advanced materials …

The controlled fabrication of nanometer-scale objects is without doubt one of the central
issues in current science and technology. However, existing fabrication techniques suffer …

Carbothermal reduction could be employed as a facile technology for the synthesis of
various novel materials, especially transition-metal-functionalized nanostructures. In …