Issue 23, 2016

Effects of tailoring and dehydrated cross-linking on morphology evolution of ordered mesoporous carbons

Abstract

In this study, using a template (Pluronic P123) as an in situ carbon source, ordered mesoporous carbons (OMC) were successfully synthesized through directing carbonization of templates. Two key factors in the morphology evolution of mesoporous carbon materials were introduced, one is the tailoring role of micelles by ethanediol, and the other is the dehydrated cross-linking effect by sulfuric acid. Through the two factors, the morphology of as-synthesized ordered mesoporous carbons can be altered from bulks to rods and even to sheets. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed ordered mesoporous carbon rods (OMCR) and ordered mesoporous carbons sheets (OMCS) possessed regular morphology and good mesopore structure. Nitrogen adsorption–desorption analysis confirmed that both OMCR and OMCS had high surface area and uniform mesopore distribution, OMCR had the highest surface area (919 m2 g−1) and OMCS had the biggest pore size (9.11 nm). This study also showed that OMCR and OMCS were good carbon carriers; the size of Pt loading nanoparticles can be decreased to 3 nm and Pt/OMCS especially presents very high Pt dispersion and uniformly smallest Pt nanoparticles (2.49 nm).

Graphical abstract: Effects of tailoring and dehydrated cross-linking on morphology evolution of ordered mesoporous carbons

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Dec 2015
Accepted
04 Feb 2016
First published
04 Feb 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 19515-19521

Effects of tailoring and dehydrated cross-linking on morphology evolution of ordered mesoporous carbons

J. Zhang, D. Liu, H. Song, Z. Liang, X. Guo, L. Du and S. Liao, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 19515 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA26639D

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