Ultrahigh Surface Area Three-Dimensional Porous Graphitic Carbon from Conjugated Polymeric Molecular Framework

To, John W. F.; Chen, Zheng; Yao, Hongbin; He, Jiajun; Kim, Kwanpyo; Chou, Ho-Hsiu; Pan, Lijia; Wilcox, Jennifer; Cui, Yi; Bao, Zhenan

doi:10.1021/acscentsci.5b00149

Title: Ultrahigh Surface Area Three-Dimensional Porous Graphitic Carbon from Conjugated Polymeric Molecular Framework

Journal Article · Mon May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · ACS Central Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.5b00149· OSTI ID:1182211

To, John W. F.; Chen, Zheng; Yao, Hongbin; He, Jiajun; Kim, Kwanpyo ^[1]; Chou, Ho-Hsiu; Pan, Lijia ^[2]; Wilcox, Jennifer; Cui, Yi ^[3]; Bao, Zhenan

Department of Physics, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 689-798, Korea
National Laboratory of Microstructures (Nanjing), School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94205, United States

Porous graphitic carbon is essential for many applications such as energy storage devices, catalysts, and sorbents. However, current graphitic carbons are limited by low conductivity, low surface area, and ineffective pore structure. Here we report a scalable synthesis of porous graphitic carbons using a conjugated polymeric molecular framework as precursor. The multivalent cross-linker and rigid conjugated framework help to maintain micro- and mesoporous structures, while promoting graphitization during carbonization and chemical activation. The above unique design results in a class of highly graphitic carbons at temperature as low as 800 °C with record-high surface area (4073 m² g^–1), large pore volume (2.26 cm^–3), and hierarchical pore architecture. Such carbons simultaneously exhibit electrical conductivity >3 times more than activated carbons, very high electrochemical activity at high mass loading, and high stability, as demonstrated by supercapacitors and lithium–sulfur batteries with excellent performance. Moreover, the synthesis can be readily tuned to make a broad range of graphitic carbons with desired structures and compositions for many applications.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1182211

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1214386

Journal Information:: ACS Central Science, Journal Name: ACS Central Science Vol. 1 Journal Issue: 2; ISSN 2374-7943

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