5. Outlook and developments

The future development of high value-added materials derived from black liquor is quite vast, and studies are only just beginning. First of all, its remarkable properties as an electrode material for supercapacitors, without any further prior optimization, already make it particularly interesting in this field. If its performance can match or even exceed that of Kuraray YP-80F, then we'll have access to a competitive, efficient, low-cost carbon that holds great promise in the field of electrochemical energy storage. It should be noted that, following modifications to the process for generating these carbons, a new LCA would be required, especially following updates to the heat treatment.

What's more, the field of use could be extended to new applications requiring, in general, the efficient transport and collection of electrons. Indeed, carbons are used in the development...