Coal from carbohydrates: The “chimie douce” of carbon

Abstract: The production of porous materials together with their associated applications using cheap precursors demonstrates the potential of a “chimie douce” based on carbohydrates and their hydrothermal decomposition products to replace same of the standard organic monomers, fulfilling the today''s requirements towards greener chemistry processes and the sustainability of the starting products. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]