title: Template synthesis of three-dimensional cubic ordered mesoporous carbon with tunable pore sizes.
abstract: Three-dimensional cubic ordered mesoporous carbons with tunable pore sizes have been synthesized by using cubic Ia3d mesoporous KIT-6 silica as the hard template and boric acid as the pore expanding agent. The prepared ordered mesoporous carbons were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and nitrogen adsorption-desorption analysis. The results show that the pore sizes of the prepared ordered mesoporous carbons with three-dimensional cubic structure can be regulated in the range of 3.9-9.4 nm. A simplified model was proposed to analyze the tailored pore sizes of the prepared ordered mesoporous carbons on the basis of the structural parameters of the silica template.
authors.affiliation: Nanomaterials Research Institute, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 210016, Nanjing, People's Republic of China. jmcao@nuaa.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Weijie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Mingbo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Shutian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Guangbin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Jieming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cao