Abstract
A series of mesoporous carbons with high loading of silica has been synthesized by acid-catalyzed polymerization of resorcinol and formaldehyde in the presence of tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), colloidal silica (silica source) and poly(ethylene oxide)–poly(propylene oxide)–poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer (soft template) followed by carbonization. This synthesis route can be considered as a combination of soft-templating and hard templating strategies. The resulting mesoporous silica–carbon composites contained spherical silica colloids in addition to uniformly distributed silica originated from TEOS. Dissolution of silica led to high surface area carbons, which in addition to the primary mesopores formed by thermal degradation of block copolymer template possessed spherical mesopores after dissolution of silica colloids and fine pores after removal of TEOS-generated silica species. This approach can be used to incorporate other inorganic nanoparticles into mesoporous carbons with extra microporosity created after dissolving TEOS-generated silica species.
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