title: Microfluidic production of porous carbon spheres with tunable size and pores.
abstract: Porous carbon particles have been widely used in many areas including energy storage. Production of carbon microspheres in an efficient, controlled, and low-cost manner, however, is challenging. Here, we demonstrate a microfluidic approach to generate porous carbon particles using inexpensive precursors and show that the size of the particle and pores can be tuned by adjusting the deionized (DI) water content in droplets and preheating temperature. The developed strategy offers an effective approach to control the production of porous carbon spheres with a well-defined diameter, narrow size distribution and pore size.
authors.affiliation: Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Hongbao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Microsystems Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY 14623, USA.
authors.forename: Tianyi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Haosheng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Microsystems Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY 14623, USA. Electronic address: jdween@rit.edu.
authors.forename: Jiandi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wan
keywords: Microfluidic; Porous carbon particles