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Fabrication of Hollow Microporous Carbon Spheres from Hyper‐Crosslinked Microporous Polymers
Author(s) -
Wang Kewei,
Huang Liang,
Razzaque Shumaila,
Jin Shangbin,
Tan Bien
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201600256
Subject(s) - microporous material , materials science , pyrolysis , porosity , polymer , carbon fibers , fabrication , chemical engineering , divinylbenzene , nanotechnology , composite material , copolymer , composite number , medicine , styrene , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering
Porous carbon materials prepared from the porous organic polymers are currently the subject of extensive investigation. On the basis of their interesting applications, it is highly desirable to develop new synthetic methodologies to obtain carbon materials with controllable pore size and morphology. Herein, a facile synthesis of hollow microporous carbon spheres (HCSs) from hollow microporous organic capsules (HMOCs) with a good control over the pore morphology, hollow cavity, and the shell thickness is reported. The highly porous hollow carbon spheres are prepared by the pyrolysis of HMOCs‐based microporous polymers. The synthetic parameters, such as hypercrosslinking and pyrolysis conditions, are optimized to modify the porous structures and the properties. The morphology and porosity as well as energy storage applications of the microporous structures HCSs, derived through a combination of divinylbenzene‐crosslinking and micropore‐generating hypercrosslinking, are discussed. These findings provide a new benchmark for fabricating well‐defined HCSs with great promise for various applications.