Nature Communications (Apr 2017)

Solid-state synthesis of ordered mesoporous carbon catalysts via a mechanochemical assembly through coordination cross-linking

  • Pengfei Zhang,
  • Li Wang,
  • Shize Yang,
  • Jennifer A. Schott,
  • Xiaofei Liu,
  • Shannon M. Mahurin,
  • Caili Huang,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Pasquale F. Fulvio,
  • Matthew F. Chisholm,
  • Sheng Dai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15020
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Ordered mesoporous carbons have shown promise in a range of applications, but sustainable methods to achieve their large scale production are lacking. Here, Dai and coworkers produce OMCs via the mechanochemical assembly of non-toxic polyphenol-metal complexes and triblock copolymers, followed by pyrolysis.