“Green”, innovative, versatile and efficient carbon materials from polyphenolic plant extracts

Tannins are polyphenolic molecules of great industrial interest, not only for themselves but also as bio-based precursors for multiple carbonaceous materials with extremely diverse structures, textures and potential applications. In recent years, extensive work has been devoted to these new, predominantly porous carbons, and to their properties. It was therefore time to collect the main results in this invited review, whose objective is to show...