Carbon-basedcatalysts：Openingnewscenariotodevelopnext-generationnano-engineeredcatalyticmaterials.pdfVIP

Chinese Journal of Catalysis 35 (2014) 783–791 催化学报 2014年 第35卷 第6期 |   a v a i l a b l e  a t  w w w . s c i e n c e d i r e c t . c o m   j o u r n a l  h o m e p a g e :  w w w . e l s e v i e r . c o m / l o c a t e / c h n j c   Perspective (Special Issue on Carbon in Catalysis)  Carbon‐based catalysts: Opening new scenario to develop next‐generation nano‐engineered catalytic materials Claudio Ampelli, Siglinda Perathoner*, Gabriele Centi University of Messina, INSTM/CASPE and ERIC aisbl, Italy - The high surface area, together with the possibility of tun‐ This essay analyses some of the recent development in ing the porosity; nanocarbons (carbon materials having a defined and controlled - The robustness and chemical inertness, apart in nano‐scale dimension and functional properties which strongly high‐temperature reactions in the presence of oxygen; depend on their nano‐scale features and architecture), with reference to their use as advanced catalytic materials. It is - The flexible tuning of the surface properties, by changing remarked how their features open new possibilities for catalysis