Co-reporter:Zijie Xu, Binzhong Xia, Weiyan Wang, Tao Ji, Chao Ma, Lihua Gan
Carbon 2011 Volume 49(Issue 10) pp:3385-3387
Publication Date(Web):August 2011
DOI:10.1016/j.carbon.2011.04.004
Aerogel-like carbons were fabricated and were then graphitized in sodium metal at 800 °C and ambient pressure. The resultant graphitized aerogel-like carbons have a crystalline carbonous structure with three-dimensional stacked graphite ribbons about 10 nm in width and are highly porous solids with pore size distributions around 4 nm and 15 nm. The infiltration of sodium metal into the carbonous matrix causes a rearrangement of carbon particles, resulting in the formation of graphite structure, a transformation from micropores to mesopores and an increase of nitrogen surface area.