Introduction Recently, nitrogen-containing carbon materials have attracted particular interest due to their remarkable performance in industrially and environmentally important applications, such as CO_2 sequestration[1], adsorption[2], purification[3], catalysts (or as catalysts supports)[4], or in electrochemistry (e.g. as supercapacitors, cells and batteries)[5]. The nitrogen dopant acts to improve both the structural and physicochemical properties of such materials for various desired end applications. However, the traditional methods for production of such materials rely on harsh and multistep processes, typically involving high temperature treatment and often leading to the generation of significant quantities of waste, whilst in some cases the overall carbon yield of the process is rather limited. Furthermore, conventional nitrogen-containing precursors (e.g. poly(aniline)) are not necessarily sustainable and relatively expensive as compared to, for example, abundant biomass-derived precursors.
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