Lignin-Derived Activated Carbon as Electrode Material for High-Performance Supercapacitor by Chenghao Pan, Yongfeng Ji, Suxia Ren, Tingzhou Lei, Lili Dong

“…The optimized sample LAC_800-4 showed an interconnected porous structure with a high surface area of 2285 m²/g, abundant micropores, and a small number of mesopores, which makes it a suitable electrode material for supercapacitors. …”
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Study on the Effect of Soft and Hard Coal Pore Structure on Gas Adsorption Characteristics by Xun Zhao, Tao Feng, Ping Wang, Ze Liao

“…In particular, the superposition of the adsorption force field in the micropores and the diffusion in the mesopores enhance the adsorption potential of soft coal. …”
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Methane Adsorption in Anthracite Coal under Different Pressures and Temperatures—A Study Combining Isothermal Adsorption and Molecular Simulation by Tieya Jing, Jian Zhang, Mingyu Zhu, Wentao Zhao, Juan Zhou, Yulong Yin

“…Comparably, at 100°C and 7 MPa, the methane adsorption amount is only 15.9 cm3/g, decreasing by 44%. In mesopores, temperature has stronger influence on methane adsorption under higher pressure than that of lower pressure. …”
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Bio-carbon composite for supercapacitor electrodes: Harnessing hydrochar frameworks and bio-tar polymerization by Jixiu Jia, Yuxuan Sun, Lili Huo, Lixin Zhao, Ziyun Liu, Zhidan Liu, Kang Kang, Shuaishuai Zhang, Teng Xie, Yanan Zhao, Zonglu Yao

“…And it also showed a maximum specific surface area of 2714.27 m2/g, with a mesopore ratio of 68.79 % at an activation temperature of 800 °C. …”
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Research on the Pore Evolution of Sandstone in Cold Regions under Freeze-Thaw Weathering Cycles Based on NMR by Zheng Pan, Keping Zhou, Rugao Gao, Zhen Jiang, Chun Yang, Feng Gao

“…Analysis of the experimental data reveals that the decrease in the porosity of the red sandstone is mainly governed by mesopores, which is related to the water swelling phenomenon of montmorillonite. …”
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Pyrolysis and Morphology Behavior of EDTA-Na2Mg•4H2O and Coal Tar Pitch and Its Application for Porous Carbon by Wen-Juan Zhang, Shi-Hua Song, Wen-Hong Tian

“…After acid washing of the product of EDTA-Na2Mg•4H2O@CTP heat-treated at 700°C, the obtained porous carbon material consists of micropores and mesopores. Its specific surface area is 574.18 m2 g−1 and the average pore width is 4.53 nm.…”
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Performance of U(Ⅵ) enrichment by tannic acid sodium and alginate composite microspheres by LIU Qing, HUANG Jianbin, LI Weifan, ZHAO Guodong, YANG Jingjing

“…The adsorption of U(Ⅵ) by TA/SA microspheres was a spontaneous endothermic process, and the reaction could be divided into three stages, including surface adsorption, mesopore diffusion, and micropore diffusion. TA/SA microspheres had an irregular grooved surface and a three-dimensional network structure with numerous openings inside. …”
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Factors Influencing the Pore Structure and Gas-Bearing Characteristics of Shales: Insights from the Longmaxi Formation, Southern Sichuan Basin and Northern Yunnan-Guizhou Depressio... by Li Dong, Changcheng Han, M. Santosh, Yongkai Qiu, Geng Liu, Jinghui Ma, Hao He, Chenlin Hu

“…The pores in the LF mainly include organic matter-hosted pores, intergranular pores, intragranular pores, and microfissures, with mesopores dominating. Meanwhile, the gas content also increases with an increase in depth. …”
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Synthesis and Characterisation of a Monolithic Imprinted Column Using a Methacrylic Acid Monomer with Porogen Propanol for Atenolol Analysis by Aliya Nur Hasanah, Firdha Senja Maelaningsih, Fadli Apriliandi, Akhmad Sabarudin

“…Based on SAA testing, the pores of the four polymers were classified as mesopores. The best monolithic column was MIP 1, as seen from the intercolumn and intracolumn reproducibility values and a % RSD <2.0%. …”
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Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Land Use on Soil Infiltration Rate in a Tropical West African Watershed (Ouriyori, Benin) by Quentin Fiacre Togbévi, Martine van der Ploeg, Kéhounbiova Audrey Tohoun, Sampson K. Agodzo, Kwasi Preko

“…Moreover, fallow lands tend to provide water storage capacity through the improvement of mesopores, while soil compaction through agricultural activities reduces soil porosity and therefore soil infiltration. …”
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Characterization and Properties of Activated Carbon Prepared from Tamarind Seeds by KOH Activation for Fe(III) Adsorption from Aqueous Solution by Sumrit Mopoung, Phansiri Moonsri, Wanwimon Palas, Sataporn Khumpai

“…The results of iodine and methylene blue adsorption indicate that the pore size of the activated carbon is mostly in the range of mesopore and macropore. The average BET pore size and BET surface area of activated carbon are 67.9764 Å and 2.7167 m2/g, respectively. …”
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Pore Structure and Fractal Characteristics of Shale under the Control of Bedding and Size: A Case Study of Shale from the Longmaxi Formation in China by Yao Cheng, Yifeng Xie, Yulin Ma, Yanlin Zhao

“…The pores were mainly open pores and mesopores, which contributed the most to the specific surface area of the pores. …”
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Investigation into the Pore Structure and Multifractal Characteristics of Shale Reservoirs through N2 Adsorption: An Application in the Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, Ch... by Zhikai Liang, Zhenxue Jiang, Zhuo Li, Fenglin Gao, Xiaoqing Liu

“…According to the investigative results, the Chang 7 lacustrine shale features a complex pore system with the pores ranging from 1.5 to 10 nm in diameter. Besides, mesopores contribute significantly to the total pore volume (TPV) and total surface area (TSA). …”
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Study on the Spontaneous Imbibition Characteristics of the Deep Longmaxi Formation Shales of the Southern Sichuan Basin, China by Chao Qian, Xizhe Li, Weijun Shen, Wei Guo, Yong Hu, Zhongcheng Li

“…The results show that mainly micropores and mesopores are growing in the deep organic-rich shale of the Longmaxi Formation. …”
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Mechanism of Damage and Deterioration of Red Sandstone in South China under Different pH Treatments by Shuguang Zhang, Shutian Zhao, Jiaqi Liu, Zhifeng Liu, Dipeng Zhu, Yingbo Li

“…With increasing acidity or alkalinity of the chemical solution, the internal pores of the rock transition from micropores to mesopores and macropores. Compared to pH = 7 neutral solution, the porosity of rock samples increases by 59.13% and 24.17% after corrosion by pH = 2 and pH = 12 solutions, respectively. …”
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Integration of NMR and NMRC in the Investigation of the Pore Size Distribution of Tight Sandstone Reservoirs: A Case Study in the Upper Paleozoic of Dongpu Depression by Ning Zhu, Suping Yao, Xuejun Wang, Binfeng Xia, Yunxian Zhang

“…Specifically, the overall PSD of type I reservoirs showed a broad unimodal distribution pattern with the peaks in the range 0.1–2 μm, indicating an association with dissolution intergranular pores, and for type II reservoirs, the overall PSD showed a bimodal distribution pattern, with their left and right peaks, in the ranges 0.004–0.01 μm and 0.15–0.4 μm, respectively, showing similar amplitudes, implying the predominance of both intergranular (mesopores) and intergranular (macropores) pores. The full PSDs of type III and IV reservoirs showed much lower amplitudes than type I and II reservoirs, indicating a lower pore number and a complex pore structure. …”
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Fast Rate Production of Biodiesel from Neem Seed Oil Using a Catalyst Made from Banana Peel Ash Loaded with Metal Oxide (Li-CaO/Fe2 (SO4)3) by Ismail J. Madai, Yusufu Abeid Chande Jande, Thomas Kivevele

“…Additionally, the nitrogen adsorption/desorption studies revealed that CBA interestingly exhibits a high BET surface area of 411.2 m2/g and promising mesopores (3.014 nm). The catalyst also displayed better recyclability evidenced by the fact that it was able to be reused after five successive runs with better recyclability of 75%. …”
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Pore Structure, Fractal Features, and Oil Content Evaluation of Lacustrine Shale: A Case Study of First Member of Paleogene Shahejie Formation, NE China by Enze Wang, Gang Chen, Hanqi Li, Yanchen Song, Jianwei Wang, Zhuoya Wu, Yue Feng

“…Based on the SEM and NA analyses, the intercrystalline pores dominate the pore system. Moreover, the mesopores contribute the most specific surface area (SA) and pore volume (PV) to the samples (average contribution rates of 74.7 and 75.0%, respectively). …”
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Shale Heterogeneity in Western Hunan and Hubei: A Case Study from the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in Well Laidi 1 in the Laifeng-Xianfeng Block, Hubei Province by Peng Zhang, Junwei Yang, Yuqi Huang, Jinchuan Zhang, Xuan Tang, Chengwei Liu

“…The results of the low-temperature N2 adsorption-desorption experiment show that the shale pores are mainly composed of micropores and mesopores with narrow throats and complex structures, and their main morphology is of a thin-necked and wide-body ink-bottle pore. …”
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Pore Structure and Fractal Characteristics of Inter-Layer Sandstone in Marine–Continental Transitional Shale: A Case Study of the Upper Permian Longtan Formation in Southern Sichua... by Jianguo Wang, Jizhen Zhang, Xiao Xiao, Ya’na Chen, Denglin Han

“…The pore volume and specific surface area are largely attributed to the micropores and mesopores of clay minerals. The pore morphology is complex, exhibiting strong heterogeneity, predominantly characterized by slit-like and ink bottle-like features. …”
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