*Phytomass-Derived Multifunctional Activated Carbon as a "Wonder-Material"… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.99448*

It is hoped that at least some of these research activities will be initiated in the near future with unconditional research collaboration. But with a certain amount of commercial success that has already been achieved and the multitude of R & D efforts that are presently going on worldwide regarding the elimination of safety problems, improvement in performance and reduction of cost etc. phytomass carbon in the above-said fields will see a tremendous leap in the commercial market and will definitely open up new avenues in academic, research and industrial sectors. Advantageously, utilization of phytomass-derived multifunctional AC strengthens the circular-bioeconomic status of a Nation too. Interestingly, the authors of the present chapter has already committed similar type of studies with AC derived from a few other phytomass such as calotropis stem, palm leaves, coconut leaves etc. for the six classes of applications seen in the foregoing sections. Since the physical features and chemical constituents influence the performance tunable for multifarious applications, we have diversified choice of sources of phytomass carbon. Thus the consolidation of research work presented in this chapter opens up avenues for the utilization of various zero-cost phytomass for producing new carbon materials for various novel applications, which obviously proves that the phytomass-derived multifunctional AC is a "wonder-material" and the concept is unquestionably a paradigm shift of filth-to-wealth.
