Nanoporous carbons and their potential energy storage applications

In this chapter, the synthesis and applications of nanoporous carbon materials for supercapacitors and lithium-ion batteries are summarized. Mesoporous carbons have been synthesized using hard templating and soft templating methods. Carbons with various pore structures have been synthesized using metal–organic frameworks such as MOF-5, IRMOF-1, and ZIFs as soft carbon sources. Some of these nanoporous carbons and N-doped nanoporous carbons have successfully used as electrodes materials for supercapacitors and as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries.