Abstract
A highly porous carbon was synthesised using a coordination complex as an unusual precursor. During controlled pyrolysis a trinuclear copper complex, [CuII
3Cl4(H2L)2]•CH3OH, undergoes phase changes with melt and expulsion of different gases to produce a unique morphology of copper-doped carbon which, upon acid treatment, produces highly porous graphitic carbon with a surface area of 857 m2g-1 and a gravimetric hydrogen uptake of 1.1 wt% at 0.5 bar pressure at 77 K.
3Cl4(H2L)2]•CH3OH, undergoes phase changes with melt and expulsion of different gases to produce a unique morphology of copper-doped carbon which, upon acid treatment, produces highly porous graphitic carbon with a surface area of 857 m2g-1 and a gravimetric hydrogen uptake of 1.1 wt% at 0.5 bar pressure at 77 K.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 25967-25971 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 31 |
Early online date | 17 Jul 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 8 Aug 2018 |
Keywords
- complex-derived carbon
- coordination complex
- graphitic carbon
- hydrogen storage
- polynuclear complex
- porous carbon
- template precursor