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Carbon Materials and
Their Energy Conversion
and Storage Applications
Ji Liang, Ruifeng Zhou, Denisa Hulicova-Jurcakova,
and Shi Zhang Qiao
Carbon, one of the oldest elements recognized and utilized by human civilizations, is
also one of the most abundant and versatile materials. It has been used since the pre-
historic era as a charcoal for writing and has been intensively studied for hundreds
of years. Nevertheless, carbon is still under intensive study because of its unique
properties and extensive applications.
Most sources of carbon are abundant, therefore cheap. It is relatively easy to
obtain activated carbon or carbon black from natu ...