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Microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of carbon monolith via a soft-template method using resorcinol and formaldehyde as carbon precursor and pluronic F127 as template

Elaigwu, Sunday E.; Kyriakou, Georgios; Prior, Timothy J.; Greenway, Gillian M.

Authors

Sunday E. Elaigwu

Georgios Kyriakou

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Dr Tim Prior T.Prior@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry

Gillian M. Greenway



Abstract

A new microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of carbon monolith is reported in this work. The process uses microwave heating at 100 °C under acidic condition by employing a triblock copolymer F127 as the template, and resorcinol–formaldehyde as the carbon precursor. Scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, nitrogen sorption measurements, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray studies and thermogravimetic analysis were used to characterize the synthesized material. The carbon monolith is crack-free, mesoporous and has a high surface area of 697 m²/g. The results demonstrate that the microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis is a fast and simple approach to obtain carbon monoliths, as it reduces effectively the synthesis time from hours to a few minutes which could be an advantage in the large scale production of the material.

Citation

Elaigwu, S. E., Kyriakou, G., Prior, T. J., & Greenway, G. M. (2014). Microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of carbon monolith via a soft-template method using resorcinol and formaldehyde as carbon precursor and pluronic F127 as template. Materials letters, 123, 198-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2014.03.003

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 2, 2014
Online Publication Date Mar 11, 2014
Publication Date May 15, 2014
Deposit Date Aug 4, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Materials letters
Print ISSN 0167-577X
Electronic ISSN 1873-4979
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 123
Pages 198-201
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2014.03.003
Keywords Mesoporous material; Microwave; Carbon monolith; Hydrothermal
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/377379
Publisher URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167577X14003413
Additional Information Author's accepted manuscript of article published in: Materials letters, 2014, v.123.

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