Abstract This paper addresses the challenges of explaining the behavior of porous carbons in cutting-edge applications related to energy storage, catalysis, photocatalysis, and advanced separation based on reactive adsorption. It is a summary of the outcomes of the extensive discussion which took place during the workshop “Beyond Adsorption-II: new perspectives and challenges for nanoporous carbons,” organized as a satellite event to the International Carbon Conference on July 20th , 2019 in New York. It is not our intention to provide a tutorial on the applications, characterization or performance testing of porous carbons; we would rather like to focus on the controversy of the results and phenomena, on the explanation of findings, and on raising concerns to the growing carbon-researching scientific community about the importance of understanding the features of nanoporous carbons by choosing an appropriate characterization technique that will bring meaningful information. We want to emphasize that nanoporous carbons have unique features ensuring them making a marked advance in science and technology. Even though recent studies have shown their potential in various emerging applications, the origin of such performance is not yet well understood. Thus, scientists are encouraged to focus on a precise characterization of porous carbons using a set of complementary techniques for triggering future technological developments.

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在“吸附之外”应用中使用纳米多孔碳：表征、挑战和性能

摘要 本文解决了解释多孔碳在与能量存储、催化、光催化和基于反应吸附的高级分离相关的前沿应用中的行为的挑战。它总结了研讨会“超越吸附-II：纳米多孔碳的新视角和挑战”期间广泛讨论的结果，该研讨会是 2019 年 7 月 20 日在纽约举行的国际碳会议的卫星活动. 我们无意提供有关多孔碳的应用、表征或性能测试的教程；我们更愿意关注结果和现象的争议，关注结果的解释，以及通过选择能够带来有意义信息的适当表征技术，向不断增长的碳研究科学界提出关于了解纳米多孔碳特征的重要性的担忧。我们想强调的是，纳米多孔碳具有独特的特性，可确保它们在科学和技术方面取得显着进步。尽管最近的研究显示了它们在各种新兴应用中的潜力，但这种性能的起源尚不清楚。因此，鼓励科学家使用一套互补技术来专注于多孔碳的精确表征，以触发未来的技术发展。我们想强调的是，纳米多孔碳具有独特的特性，可确保它们在科学和技术方面取得显着进步。尽管最近的研究显示了它们在各种新兴应用中的潜力，但这种性能的起源尚不清楚。因此，鼓励科学家使用一套互补技术来精确表征多孔碳，以触发未来的技术发展。我们想强调的是，纳米多孔碳具有独特的特性，可确保它们在科学和技术方面取得显着进步。尽管最近的研究显示了它们在各种新兴应用中的潜力，但这种性能的起源尚不清楚。因此，鼓励科学家使用一套互补技术来专注于多孔碳的精确表征，以触发未来的技术发展。