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ArticleNature communications2022

Decoupled temperature and pressure hydrothermal synthesis of carbon sub-micron spheres from cellulose.

Shijie Yu, Xinyue Dong, Peng Zhao, Zhicheng Luo, Zhuohua Sun, Xiaoxiao Yang, Qinghai Li, Lei Wang, Yanguo Zhang, Hui Zhou

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 182 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Shijie YuKey Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-5485-586X
Xinyue DongKey Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
Peng ZhaoKey Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People's Republic of China.
Zhicheng LuoDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, Het Kranenveld 14, Helix, STW 3.48, 5612 AZ, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Zhuohua SunBeijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, No.35 Tsinghua East Road, Beijing, 100083, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-5876-8918
Xiaoxiao YangKey Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People's Republic of China.
Qinghai LiKey Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People's Republic of China.
Lei WangKey Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China. wang_lei@westlake.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-4128-687X
Yanguo ZhangKey Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People's Republic of China. zhangyg@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-2343-6427
Hui ZhouKey Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People's Republic of China. huizhou@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-1410-4794
Tsinghua University · CNWestlake University · CNBeijing Forestry University · CNEindhoven University of Technology · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The temperature and pressure of the hydrothermal process occurring in a batch reactor are typically coupled. Herein, we develop a decoupled temperature and pressure hydrothermal system that can heat the cellulose at a constant pressure, thus lowering the degradation temperature of cellulose significantly and enabling the fast production of carbon sub-micron spheres. Carbon sub-micron spheres can be produced without any isothermal time, much faster compared to the conventional hydrothermal process. High-pressure water can help to cleave the hydrogen bonds in cellulose and facilitate dehydration reactions, thus promoting cellulose carbonization at low temperatures. A life cycle assessment based on a conceptual biorefinery design reveals that this technology leads to a substantial reduction in carbon emissions when hydrochar replacing fuel or used for soil amendment. Overall, the decoupled temperature and pressure hydrothermal treatment in this study provides a promising method to produce sustainable carbon materials from cellulose with a carbon-negative effect.

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CarbonCelluloseHot TemperatureSoilTemperatureCarbonCelluloseSoil

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PMID35750677
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