Abstract
Porous carbon spheres derived from polymer colloids with regular geometry, monodispersed morphology, well-controlled contents and structures play important roles in many areas of application, such as energy storage/conversion, gas adsorption/separation, catalysis, and chemo-photothermal therapy. Suitable polymerization reaction and synthetic strategy are both critical for the obtainment of stable polymer colloids as carbon precursors. Basic polymerization reactions are the cornerstones of synthetic strategies, which directly provides the direct molecular-based design of functionalized polymer/carbon spheres. Thus, this progress report mainly focuses on the summary of suitable polymerization reactions for colloidal polymer derived porous carbon spheres. Recent advances in the synthetic strategies and applications are also discussed, including their corresponding polymerization reactions. Finally, the perspectives for the development of polymer derived porous carbon spheres are provided based on the controlled synthesis of polymer colloids and optimization over the carbonization process to achieve highly functionalized carbon spheres for practical applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 2002475 |
| Journal | Advanced Materials |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 44 |
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| State | Published - Nov 1 2020 |
Funding
This work was supported by the Young Thousand Talented Program and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21671073 and 21621001), the “111” Project of the Ministry of Education of China (B17020), Program for JLU Science and Technology Innovative Research Team. T.W. and S.D. were supported by the Fluid Interface Reactions, Structures, and Transport (FIRST) Center, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
Keywords
- carbon spheres
- colloidal spheres
- porous materials
- self-assembly
- synthetic methodology