Journal
JOURNAL OF POROUS MATERIALS
Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 115-121Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10934-006-7006-9
Keywords
macroporous carbon; catalyst; sacrificial template method; colloidal crystal array; micromolding in capillary
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Three-dimensionally ordered long-range macroporous carbon structures were prepared using commercially available phenolic resin by utilizing sacrificial colloidal silica crystalline arrays as templates that were subsequently removed by HF etching after pyrolysis in an argon atmosphere. SEM, TEM, and BET were employed to characterize the morphology and the surface area of the porous carbon structures. The pore size (150-1000 nm) and BET surface area, which reflect pore volume (298.6 m(2)/g (1.32 cm(3)/g) similar to 93.7 m(2)/g (0.12 cm(3)/g)), of the macroporous carbon structures produced were approximately proportional to the size (150-1000 nm) of the sacrificial silica sphere templates used (annealing temp. 550 degrees C). The achieved 550 nm porous carbon structures were examined to function as potential catalyst carriers and were successfully impregnated with Ag or Pt-Ru on their inner walls after borohydride reduction at room temperature. In addition, porous carbon patterns were fabricated using the 'micromolding in capillary' technique, which has potential applications in the microreaction technology.
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