@article{scholars4167,
           title = {Catalyst free silica templated porous carbon nanoparticles from bio-waste materials},
            note = {cited By 74},
          volume = {50},
          number = {84},
             doi = {10.1039/c4cc04378b},
         journal = {Chemical Communications},
           pages = {12702--12705},
            year = {2014},
          author = {Kumar, A. and Hegde, G. and Manaf, S. A. B. A. and Ngaini, Z. and Sharma, K. V.},
            issn = {13597345},
             url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84911943303&doi=10.1039\%2fc4cc04378b&partnerID=40&md5=4172fbfb6fb825846ea2bc38c31ae835},
        keywords = {carbon nanoparticle; cellulose; nitrogen; silicon dioxide; carbon; nanoparticle; silicon dioxide, Article; atmosphere; carbon source; catalyst; Elaeis; electron microscopy; hydrogen bond; particle size; polymerization; pyrolysis; Raman spectrometry; synthesis; transmission electron microscopy; waste; X ray diffraction; chemistry; heat; metabolism; Phoenix (plant); plant leaf; porosity, Carbon; Hot Temperature; Nanoparticles; Nitrogen; Particle Size; Phoeniceae; Plant Leaves; Porosity; Silicon Dioxide},
        abstract = {Porous Carbon Nanoparticles (PCNs) with well-developed microporosity were obtained from bio-waste oil palm leaves (OPL) using single step pyrolysis in nitrogen atmosphere at 500{\^a}??600 {\^A}oC in tube-furnace without any catalysis support. The key approach was using silica (SiO2) bodies of OPL as a template in the synthesis of microporous carbon nanoparticles with very small particle sizes of 35{\^a}??85 nm and pore sizes between 1.9{\^a}??2 nm. {\^A}{\copyright} 2014 Royal Society of Chemistry.}
}