The Favorite of Nobel Prize: Exploring the History of Carbon
HUANG Qian1, WU Xiao-Chun1*, WU Tun-Yan2
1. College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, China;
2. Jinjiang District Institute of Educational Science, Chengdu 610023, China
Abstract Carbon has a long history and is closely related to modern human society with long history, showing great significance to the future of human being. Therefore, research based on carbon has been favored by the Nobel Prize for many times. This paper aims to reveal the discovery of carbon and introduce the important roles of amorphous carbon such as activated carbon, carbon fiber, glass carbon and transition carbon such as pyrolytic carbon. In addition, crystalline carbon has many classical allotropes with unique structure, such as C60 fullerene, carbon nanotubes, and graphene, which have proved their extraordinary uses in the field of nanomaterials. So far, the synthesis, discovery and application of new allotropes are the focus of carbon research.
HUANG Qian, WU Xiao-Chun, WU Tun-Yan. The Favorite of Nobel Prize: Exploring the History of Carbon[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Education, 2020, 41(22): 1-7.
