25th anniversary article: "Cooking carbon with salt": carbon materials and carbonaceous frameworks from ionic liquids and poly(ionic liquid)s

Tim-Patrick Fellinger; Arne Thomas; Jiayin Yuan; Markus Antonietti

doi:10.1002/adma.201301975

25th anniversary article: "Cooking carbon with salt": carbon materials and carbonaceous frameworks from ionic liquids and poly(ionic liquid)s

Adv Mater. 2013 Nov 6;25(41):5838-54. doi: 10.1002/adma.201301975.

Authors

Tim-Patrick Fellinger¹, Arne Thomas, Jiayin Yuan, Markus Antonietti

Affiliation

¹ Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Research Campus Golm, D-14424, Potsdam, Germany.

PMID: 24425624
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201301975

Abstract

This review surveys recent work on the use of ionic liquids (ILs) and polymerized ionic liquids (PILs) as precursors to synthesize functional carbon materials. As solvents or educts with negligible vapour pressure, these systems enable simple processing, composition, and structural control of the resulting carbons under rather simple and green synthesis conditions. Recent applications of the resulting nanocarbons across a multitude of fields, such as fuel cells, energy storage in batteries and supercapacitors, catalysis, separation, and sorption materials are highlighted.

Keywords: carbon synthesis; electrocatalysis; ionic liquids; poly(ionic liquid)s; porous materials.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't