Abstract
We report on the use of a chemical vapor deposition to nanocast ordered mesoporous carbon monoliths using mesoporous silica monoliths as template. The size and shape of the silica monolith template are well retained in the carbon resulting in a mechanically robust mesoporous carbon monolith. A relatively high level of mesostructural ordering is observed in the carbon monolith, which has surface area and pore volume of 1090 m2/g and 0.75 cm3/g, respectively. The carbon monolith exhibits limited microporosity (micropore surface area of 156 m2/g). The surface area and pore volume of the carbon monolith was higher than that of the silica template (553 m2/g and 0.5 cm3/g). The carbon in the monolith is mainly amorphous with a small proportion of graphitic carbon. As far as we are aware, this is the first successful attempt to generate ordered mesoporous carbon monoliths via chemical vapor nanocasting. The chemical vapor nanocasting route offers the advantage of improved mesostructural ordering in the carbon mo...
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