Highly structured, biomorphous β-SiC with high specific surface area from Equisetaceae
Abstract
Mesoporous, highly structured silicon carbide (β-SiC) was synthesised from renewable plant materials (two Equisetaceae species) in a one-step carbothermal process at remarkably low temperatures down to 1200 °C. The SiC precursor is a silicon–carbon mixture with finely dispersed carbon prepared by