Development of New Carbon Materials Produced from Carbonaceous Mesophase.

Carbon Paste Electrodes Made from Different Carbonaceous Materials: Application in the Study of Antioxidants

This work describes the sensing properties of carbon paste electrodes (CPES) prepared from three different types of carbonaceous materials: graphite, carbon microspheres and carbon nanotubes. The electrochemical responses towards antioxidants including vanillic acid, catechol, gallic acid, L-ascorbic acid and L-glutathione have been analyzed and compared. It has been demonstrated that the elect...

Recent Development of Carbonaceous Materials for Lithium–Sulphur Batteries

The effects of climate change are just beginning to be felt, and as such, society must work towards strategies of reducing humanity’s impact on the environment. Due to the fact that energy production is one of the primary contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, it is obvious that more environmentally friendly sources of power are required. Technologies such as solar and wind power are constan...

Cytotoxicity and reactive oxygen species generation from aggregated carbon and carbonaceous nanoparticulate materials

We have investigated the cytotoxicity and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation for indoor and outdoor soots: candle, wood, diesel, tire, and natural gas burner soots--along with surrogate black carbon, various multiwall carbon nanotube aggregate materials, TiO2 (anatase) and chrysotile asbestos as reference materials. All soots were observed utilizing TEM and FESEM to be composed of aggrega...

Storage and Timed Release of Acetaminophen from Porous Carbonaceous Materials

Six carbon powders with varied surface areas and porosities were used to store and release acetaminophen (ACT). A 10 mg/mL solution of acetaminophen in phosphate buffer solution (pH = 7.0) at 25 ̊C with exposure to carbon powder for 72 hours was used to drive the maximum loading of acetaminophen into the powders. Carboxen 1012 (BET surface area of 1500 m/g) powder exhibited the greatest maximum ...

Study on Pore and Surface Development of Activated Carbon Produced from Iranian Coal in a Rotary Kiln Reactor