Ordered mesoporous carbons and method for manufacturing same
OwnerWilliam P. Addiego, Adra S. Baca +2inventors
InventorsWilliam P. Addiego, Adra S. Baca, Steven B. Dawes, Wageesha Senaratne
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an ordered mesoporous carbon and method for manufacturing the ordered mesoporous carbon which is made from a surfactant, a carbon precursor, water (possibly mixed with an acid) and a water immiscible oil. In addition, the present invention relates to a method of formulating a composition which is used to manufacture the ordered mesoporous carbon. Moreover, the present invention relates to an activated carbon which is made by partially oxidizing an ordered mesoporous carbon.
Claims15
A method for manufacturing an ordered mesoporous carbon, said method comprising the following steps:
- mixing a solution which contains a solvent and a predetermined amount of a surfactant, a carbon precursor/water solution, and an oil;
- drying the solution;
- cross-linking the solution to immobilize the water and form a pre-carbonized mesostructure phase;
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- carbonizing the pre-carbonized mesostructure phase to remove a self-assembled surfactant template from therein so as to form the ordered mesoporous carbon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.