Porous carbons from carbohydrates
First Claim
1. A method of making a porous carbon comprising (a) curing a mixture under conditions effective so as to produce a cured carbon, said mixture comprising:
- (i) at least one carbohydrate, (ii) at least one dehydrating component, and (iii) at least one pore-forming agent comprising a nonmetallic cationic component; and
(b) carbonizing the cured carbon under conditions effective to provide a porous carbon having a surface area between about 100 m2/g and about 3000 m2/g.
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Abstract
A porous carbon characterized by a volumetric pore size distribution having two peaks, a first of said peaks being between 0.5 and 1.0 nm and a second of said peaks being between 1.0 and 5.0 nm. The porous carbon may have a volumetric capacitance in an organic electrolyte of at least 40 F/cm3, an average pore diameter between about 2 nm and about 30 nm, a surface area of at least 900 m2/g, and/or a density of at least 0.4 g/cm3. A method for making such a carbon includes a) curing a mixture comprising a carbohydrate, a dehydrating component, and a nonmetallic cationic pore-forming agent and b) carbonizing the cured carbon under conditions effective to provide a porous carbon having a surface area between about 100 m2/g and about 3000 m2/g. The the dehydrating component and nonmetallic cationic component may comprise two moieties of one compound.
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51 Claims
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1. A method of making a porous carbon comprising
(a) curing a mixture under conditions effective so as to produce a cured carbon, said mixture comprising: -
(i) at least one carbohydrate, (ii) at least one dehydrating component, and (iii) at least one pore-forming agent comprising a nonmetallic cationic component; and
(b) carbonizing the cured carbon under conditions effective to provide a porous carbon having a surface area between about 100 m2/g and about 3000 m2/g. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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- 10. The method according to claim 10 wherein said first heating stage is executed before said second heating stage.
- 12. The method according to claim 12 wherein first heating stage further includes forming the material from the first heating stage into pellets.
- 47. A porous carbon characterized by a volumetric pore size distribution having two peaks, wherein a first one of said peaks is between 0.5 and 1.0 nm and a second of said peaks is between 1.0 and 5.0 nm.
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