The carbonization of aromatic molecules with three-dimensional structures affords carbon materials with controlled pore sizes at the Ångstrom-level

Abstract

Porous carbon materials are used widely in catalysis, electrochemistry, or as sorbents, but pore size control continues to be a challenge in their syntheses. Here the authors show that the 3D molecular structure of the carbon sources allows to control the pore size of the resulting carbon materials at the Ångstrom-level.