A new family of fluidic precursors for the self-templated synthesis of hierarchical nanoporous carbons†
Abstract
Hierarchical nanoporous nitrogen-doped carbons were prepared from task specific ionic liquids having a bis-imidazolium motif linked with various organic groups. While ethyl chains linking the imidazolium ions afforded microporous–mesoporous carbons, long or aromatic groups resulted in microporous samples.