Application of coal as raw materials in preparing new advanced carbon materials

Coal is a kind of cheap industrial materials with abundant reserves in nature. With big organic molecules and rich carbon materials, it can be used as raw materials to produce new advanced carbon materials due to its chemical compounds and microstructure. With porous structure and main carbon compound, coal can be crashed into small particles used as filter. As carbon resource, coal can be carbonized at high temperature to become active carbon materials. With metallic catalysts, coal can be used to produce fullerenes with arc-discharge method, nanotube and other nanostructured carbon materials. Also, rich carbon coal can be used to produce electrode, and also synthesize graphene with chemical decomposition. With bubbling and heat treatment, carbon foam can be made from coal. As carbon precursor, coal can be used to produce carbon composites. Coal can not only be used as fuel, but also as raw materials in advanced carbon materials production.EI0SUPPL.1187-1943