Carbonaceous Materials: The Beauty of Simplicity
Nieves López‐Salas, Markus Antonietti
Abstract
Abstract The current mandates of a sustainable society and circular economy lead to the request that materials chemistry, but also chemistry as such, become significantly redesigned. Changes include the commonplace as the glassware we use, the minimization of wastes and side products or replacement strategies in the materials choice, among others. In this context, “carbons” are very versatile and already have found their place in a myriad of applications for a “carbon-neutral” society. They already take key enabling positions for sensors and biomaterials preparation, as energy conversion and storage electrodes, or as effluent remediation sorbents. Herein, we describe how carbon chemistry can be again re-designed to outperform benchmark materials in a number of fields, especially in energy storage, (electro)catalysis, as sorbents, but also in a new chemistry of the confined state.