title: Applications of hierarchically structured porous materials from energy storage and conversion, catalysis, photocatalysis, adsorption, separation, and sensing to biomedicine.
abstract: Over the last decade, significant effort has been devoted to the applications of hierarchically structured porous materials owing to their outstanding properties such as high surface area, excellent accessibility to active sites, and enhanced mass transport and diffusion. The hierarchy of porosity, structural, morphological and component levels in these materials is key for their high performance in all kinds of applications. The introduction of hierarchical porosity into materials has led to a significant improvement in the performance of materials. Herein, recent progress in the applications of hierarchically structured porous materials from energy conversion and storage, catalysis, photocatalysis, adsorption, separation, and sensing to biomedicine is reviewed. Their potential future applications are also highlighted. We particularly dwell on the relationship between hierarchically porous structures and properties, with examples of each type of hierarchically structured porous material according to its chemical composition and physical characteristics. The present review aims to open up a new avenue to guide the readers to quickly obtain in-depth knowledge of applications of hierarchically porous materials and to have a good idea about selecting and designing suitable hierarchically porous materials for a specific application. In addition to focusing on the applications of hierarchically porous materials, this comprehensive review could stimulate researchers to synthesize new advanced hierarchically porous solids.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Material Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Luoshi Road 122, Wuhan 430070, China. chenlihua@whut.edu.cn baoliansu@whut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ming-Hui
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Material Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Luoshi Road 122, Wuhan 430070, China. chenlihua@whut.edu.cn baoliansu@whut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Shao-Zhuan
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Material Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Luoshi Road 122, Wuhan 430070, China. chenlihua@whut.edu.cn baoliansu@whut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Li-Hua
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Material Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Luoshi Road 122, Wuhan 430070, China. chenlihua@whut.edu.cn baoliansu@whut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Material Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Luoshi Road 122, Wuhan 430070, China. chenlihua@whut.edu.cn baoliansu@whut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiao-Yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Collaborat Innovat. Ctr. Chem. Sci. & Engn. Tianjin, Key Lab. Adv. Energy Mat. Chem., Minist. Educ., Coll. Chem., Nankai Univ., Tianjin 300071, China.
authors.forename: Zhong-Yong
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Material Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Luoshi Road 122, Wuhan 430070, China. chenlihua@whut.edu.cn baoliansu@whut.edu.cn and Laboratory of Inorganic Materials Chemistry (CMI), University of Namur, 61, rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium. bao-lian.su@unamur.be and Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK. bls26@cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Bao-Lian
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Su
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D004736:Energy-Generating Resources; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D016062:Porosity
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials