Derivation of hierarchical mesoporous carbon particles from starch

Hierarchical mesoporous carbon particles with bimodal (3.5 - 4.2 nm and 5 - 12 nm) could be obtained by starch carbonization and trimodal (3.5 - 4.2 nm, 6 - 13 nm and 13 - 22 nm) mesopores were derived from starch by using colloidal silica particles as template via one-step approach. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.