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ABSTRACT
Mesoporous carbon (MC-S) has been synthesized via a facile hydrothermal method by using cheap and nontoxic soluble starch as carbon precursor, Pluronic copolymer as soft templates. In the process of hydrothermal synthesis, the soluble starch can hydrolyze to give glucose, which can assemble with Pluronic copolymer through hydrogen bond interactions. Glucose further dehydrates and cross-links to form polymer networks. After carbonization of the polymer networks, MC-S can finally be obtained. The obtained MC-S has a specific surface area of 439 m2 g−1, uniform pore size of 4.5 nm as well as high oxygen content of 23.32%. The MC-S exhibits a good adsorption for heavy metal ions superior to FDU-15 due to the oxygen functional groups.
Acknowledgments
This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21676070), Hebei Natural Science Foundation (B2015208109), Hebei Training Program for Talent Project (A201500117), Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (20140120), Science and Technology Research Projects in Hebei Universities (QN20131069, ZD20131032), and Five Platform Open Fund Projects of Hebei University of Science and Technology (2015PT37), Special Project for Synthesis and Application of Graphene in Hebei University of Science and Technology (2015PT65).