Carbon composition with hierarchical porosity, and methods of preparation
A method for fabricating a porous carbon material possessing a hierarchical porosity, the method comprising subjecting a precursor composition to a curing step followed by a carbonization step, the precursor composition comprising: (i) a templating component comprised of a block copolymer, (ii) a phenolic component, (iii) a dione component in which carbonyl groups are adjacent, and (iv) an acidic component, wherein said carbonization step comprises heating the precursor composition at a carbonizing temperature for sufficient time to convert the precursor composition to a carbon material possessing a hierarchical porosity comprised of mesopores and macropores. Also described are the resulting hierarchical porous carbon material, a capacitive deionization device in which the porous carbon material is incorporated, as well as methods for desalinating water by use of said capacitive deionization device.
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1467382
- Assignee:
- UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN) ORNL
- Patent Number(s):
- 10,023,480
- Application Number:
- 14/496,227
- Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2014 Sep 25
- Research Org:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org:
- USDOE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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