Recent advances in hydrothermal carbonisation: from tailored carbon materials and biochemicals to applications and bioenergy

Introduced in the literature in 1913 by Bergius, who at the time was studying biomass coalification, hydrothermal carbonisation, as many other technologies based on renewables, was forgotten during the "industrial revolution". It was rediscovered back in 2005, on the one hand, to follow th...

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Published in:Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC 2020, Vol.22 (15), p.4747-48
Main Authors: Nicolae, Sabina A, Au, Heather, Modugno, Pierpaolo, Luo, Hui, Szego, Anthony E, Qiao, Mo, Li, Liang, Yin, Wang, Heeres, Hero J, Berge, Nicole, Titirici, Maria-Magdalena
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Batteries
Biomass
Biomass energy production
Carbon
Carbonization
Catalysis
Catalysts
Chemicals
Coal conversion
Conversion
Energy storage
Environmental protection
Fluorescence
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Green chemistry
Liquid phases
Nanomaterials
Nanotechnology
Renewable energy
Solid phases
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Summary:Introduced in the literature in 1913 by Bergius, who at the time was studying biomass coalification, hydrothermal carbonisation, as many other technologies based on renewables, was forgotten during the "industrial revolution". It was rediscovered back in 2005, on the one hand, to follow the trend set by Bergius of biomass to coal conversion for decentralised energy generation, and on the other hand as a novel green method to prepare advanced carbon materials and chemicals from biomass in water, at mild temperature, for energy storage and conversion and environmental protection. In this review, we will present an overview on the latest trends in hydrothermal carbonisation including biomass to bioenergy conversion, upgrading of hydrothermal carbons to fuels over heterogeneous catalysts, advanced carbon materials and their applications in batteries, electrocatalysis and heterogeneous catalysis and finally an analysis of the chemicals in the liquid phase as well as a new family of fluorescent nanomaterials formed at the interface between the liquid and solid phases, known as hydrothermal carbon nanodots. Introduced in the literature in 1913 by Bergius, who at the time was studying biomass coalification, hydrothermal carbonisation, as many other technologies based on renewables, was forgotten during the "industrial revolution".
ISSN:1463-9262
1463-9270
1463-9270
DOI:10.1039/d0gc00998a