Abstract
We report a template-free and easy solvent evaporation method during carbonizing a metal-organic framework (MOF) for the construction of large-scale meso- and macropore. While the direct thermal evaporation method of non-volatile solvent captured in micropore of a MOF is believed to reduce overall porosity of the resultant MOF, this method unprecedentedly directs the reorganization of MOFs toward the production of ultrahigh porous carbon materials. The obtained porous carbon materials possess a unique interconnected three-dimensional wormhole-like structure, high specific surface area (3000 m2 g -1), and exceptionally high pore volume (5.45 cm3 g -1). The micropores, along with accessible meso- and macropores, provide ion storage site and ion transport channel, respectively, that contributes to a rapid elimination of large amounts of salt within a very short period of time.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 294-302 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Carbon |
Volume | 71 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Grant funded by the Korea government (MEST) [Nos. 2010-0029244 and 2012-0000580 ]. This subject was also supported by Korea Ministry of Environment as "Converging technology project (223-111-003)". Seung Jae Yang and Taeyoung Kim contributed equally to this work.