title: Self-Assembly of Metal Phenolic Mesocrystals and Morphosynthetic Transformation toward Hierarchically Porous Carbons.
abstract: A facile and sustainable synthetic strategy based on the coordination of natural polyphenols with metal ions is developed for the textural engineering of mesocrystals and hierarchical carbon nanomaterials. The desired control of coordination between ellagic acid and zinc ions enables the macroscopic self-assembly behavior of crystalline nanoplatelets to be tailored into round and elongated "peanut"-like micron-sized mesostructured particles. Direct carbonization of these mesocrystals generates hierarchically porous carbon particles in good yields, possessing bimodal micro- and mesoporous architecture along with a well-preserved macroscopic structure. The pore system provides both small storage sites, demonstrated by high CO2 uptake, and transport channels also accessible by larger molecules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Colloid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, MPI Campus Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: Seung Jae
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Colloid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, MPI Campus Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Antonietti
authors.affiliation: Department of Colloid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, MPI Campus Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fechler