Abstract
Owing to several disadvantages of traditional hard template based synthesis, soft-template or self-assembly was adopted to synthesize mesoporous carbon. In this work, we have introduced hexaphenol as a new and large organic precursor for the synthesis of mesoporous carbon by self-assembly with Pluronic P123 as structure dictating agent. The resultant mesoporous carbon is bimodal in nature with median pore widths of 29 and 45 and BET surface area of 312 m 2 /g. Unlike previously synthesized mesoporous carbon, this carbon possesses negligible micropore volume. This mesoporous carbon is very suitable candidate for several applications including membrane separation, chemical sensor or selective sorption of larger molecules.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 71-74 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Microporous and Mesoporous Materials |
Volume | 155 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1 2012 |
Funding
Research sponsored by the US Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Science and Engineering Division. The authors appreciate the assistance in SAXS characterization from Prof. J. Spruiell, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Keywords
- Hexaphenol
- Mesoporous carbon
- Pore texture
- Self-assembly
- Tri-block copolymer