Syntheses and properties of fluorinated carbon materials

In this review, the more recent topics in the field of fluorinated carbon materials are given with the emphasis on the research work presented by our group. The direct fluorination and/or oxyfluorination of various carbon materials, especially of new carbon materials, i.e. nanotubes, carbon fibers, and activated carbon fibers have been described. It has been shown that fluorination can be one of the most effective methods to modify and control physico-chemical properties of carbon materials.

Graphical abstractThis figure shows the pore size distributions for the fluorinated and the unreacted ACFs. It is found that the total micropore volume of the surface modified ACFs decreased. However, average pore width (WAVP) is not significantly changed by surface modification, although micropore volume is decreased. Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide