title: Facile synthesis and application of a carbon foam with large mesopores.
abstract: By combining elements of hard- and soft-templating, a facile synthesis method for carbon foams with large mesopores has been demonstrated. A commercial Pluronic surfactant was used as the structure-directing agent as well as the carbon precursor. No micelle swelling agent or post treatment is necessary to enlarge mesopores. As such this method requires fewer synthesis steps and is highly scalable. The as-synthesized meso-carbons showed potential applications in the fields of carbon oxide capture and lithium-sulfur batteries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. epg2@cornell.edu.
authors.forename: Liling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Genggeng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Ritu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sahore
authors.forename: Rachid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sougrat
authors.forename: Francis J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: DiSalvo
authors.forename: Emmanuel P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Giannelis