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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2006
Mietek Jaroniec, Stow, OH (US);
Zuojiang LI, Kent, OH (US);
Mietek Jaroniec, Stow, OH (US);
Zuojiang Li, Kent, OH (US);
Kent State University, Kent, OH (US);
Abstract
A porous carbon composition comprises carbon particles having substantially uniform mesopores, wherein the mesopores have a diameter greater than 5 nanometers. A carbon composition may also comprise carbon particles having a predetermined surface configuration, wherein the surface configuration inversely corresponds to the configuration of at least a portion of an imprinting material. A method of synthesizing mesoporous carbon particles comprises the steps of providing particles of at least one carbon precursor, mixing the particles of at least one carbon precursor with a medium containing an imprinting material to form pretreated solid carbon precursor particles, heating the pretreated solid carbon precursor particles to a temperature at least as high as 20° C. below the softening point of the solid carbon precursor, optionally, stabilizing the solid carbon precursor in air, carbonizing the carbon precursor to form carbon hybrid particles, and removing the imprinting material from the carbon hybrid particles.