摘要
Hierarchically porous carbons(HPCs)with multimodal pores have attracted considerable attention due to their unique physical and chemical properties and various application potentials in heterogeneous catalysis,environmental treatment,and energy storage and conversion.Herein,we report a general and simple zinc salts-assisted method for the synthesis of HPCs with varied porosity and chemical func-tionalities by the direct carbonization of diverse biomass and wastes.During the carbonization,zinc salts are thermally decomposed into nanoparticles that serve as in-situ templates to introduce nanopores in carbons.The prepared HPCs exhibit high specific surface areas(up to 2432 m2 g-1),large pore volumes(up to 4.30 cm^(3)g^(-1)),and broad pore size distributions.Moreover,the zinc salts can be recovered and recycled,supporting the sustainable production of HPCs on large scale.The prepared HPCs-supported catalysts with atomically dispersed metal sites exhibit promising electrocatalytic performance for the oxygen reduction reaction.
基金
the funding support from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(grant No.2018YFA0702001)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant Nos.22071225 and 22221003)
the Plan for Anhui Major Provincial Science&Technology Project(grant Nos.202203a0520013 and 202103a05020015)
the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(grant No WK2060190103)
the Joint Funds from Hefei National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory(grant No.KY2060000175)
Collaborative Innovation Program of Hefei Science Center of CAS(grant No.2021HSC-CIP015)
USTC Research Funds of the Double First-Class Initiative.
