Industrial production of mesoporous carbon using a template method

Abstract

There are various kinds of porous materials as industrial products, which are widely used in consumer and industrial applications. However, the range of applications of porous carbon is limited, because many products have small pore sizes. If there were carbon products with mesopores, the range of applications that make use of the properties of carbon would be greatly increased. In this review, the author describes an industrial process for the manufacture of mesoporous carbon using the template method and the characteristics of the product obtained. Mesoporous carbon using magnesium oxide as a template has excellent pore size controllability and interconnected pores. The material enables the adsorption separation of macromolecules that are difficult to separate using conventional activated carbon. The method of manufacturing porous carbon using templates has been found to be effective for the development of new carbon applications.