Carbon materials are key for the development of new more sustainable technologies.

Carbon materials are a variety of materials mainly made of carbon atoms. The carbon atom is special because of the different ways it can bond with other atoms. A phenomenon called hybridization makes it possible, by allowing each carbon atom to adopt a variety of geometrical configurations when it bonds. Because of this, you can find pure carbon in several diverse forms, called allotropes. The four main classes are graphite, diamond, nanotubes, and fullerenes. There are also many disordered forms such as carbon fibers, coals, among others. These can also contain some impurities.

Carbon materials are very different one from another, meaning they can be used for many applications, like energy production, cars and aerospace parts, medical prothesis, coatings, chemical reactions, filtering, and many others, including materials for tanks and gas storage support for more sustainable energy solutions such as green hydrogen.

The interactions of carbon materials with gases are important for technological and environmental reasons.

Among the multiple applications, we can mention:

Fabrication of carbon materials

Soot abatement techniques

Materials for gas storage (hydrogen or methane)

Catalysis

Gasification processes (and the production of fuels)