title: 25th anniversary article: "Cooking carbon with salt": carbon materials and carbonaceous frameworks from ionic liquids and poly(ionic liquid)s.
abstract: This review surveys recent work on the use of ionic liquids (ILs) and polymerized ionic liquids (PILs) as precursors to synthesize functional carbon materials. As solvents or educts with negligible vapour pressure, these systems enable simple processing, composition, and structural control of the resulting carbons under rather simple and green synthesis conditions. Recent applications of the resulting nanocarbons across a multitude of fields, such as fuel cells, energy storage in batteries and supercapacitors, catalysis, separation, and sorption materials are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Research Campus Golm, D-14424, Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: Tim-Patrick
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Fellinger
authors.forename: Arne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Jiayin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Antonietti
keywords: carbon synthesis; electrocatalysis; ionic liquids; poly(ionic liquid)s; porous materials