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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2012
Kazuhisa Yano, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Matthew Dave Goodman, Urbana, IL (US);
Paul Vannest Braun, Savoy, IL (US);
Kazuhisa Yano, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Matthew Dave Goodman, Urbana, IL (US);
Paul Vannest Braun, Savoy, IL (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
The Board of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Abstract
A self-assembled carbon structure such as a carbon opal is disclosed herein. The structure is composed of hydrophilic carbon spheres oriented in a periodic colloidal crystal structure, wherein the carbon spheres have a porous surface, wherein the carbons spheres have an average particle diameter less than 3000 nm. Also disclosed is an inverse opal structure that includes a plurality of voids in the structural material. The voids are regularly arranged in an ordered periodic structure, the voids having a spherical shape. The inverse opal structure has a specific surface area greater than 100 m/g and method for making the same together with materials that employ the same.