Biomass-Derived Carbons

Michio Inagaki is Professor Emeritus at Hokkaido University, Japan. He has been worked on carbon materials for more than 50 years. In 2005, he won the SGL Carbon Award for contribution to the carbon science and technology and in 2011, the Peter A Thrower Award for the exceptional contribution to the international carbon community Yukie Saito is Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan. In 2008, Professor Saito won an Award from the Foundation for the Promotion of Forest Science and Technology, Japan. Her research focuses on the influence of wood microstructure on its physical properties Ming-Ming Chen is Professor, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, China. She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed original research papers and two books. She has been granted 6 Chinese patents Feiyu Kang is Professor, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China. He is leading the New Carbon Materials Laboratory both in Shenzhen and main campus (Beijing). His research interest is focused on carbon materials and their applications for energy storage and environment protection

• 1. Introduction2. Carbons derived from lignocellulosic biomasses3. Carbons derived from parts of lignocellulosic biomasses4. Carbons derived from creature-related biomasses5. Conclusions