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Competing hydrogen bonding produces mesoporous/macroporous carbons templated by a high-molecular-weight poly(caprolactone–b–ethylene oxide–b–caprolactone) triblock copolymer

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In this study we developed a simple strategy to synthesize macro- and mesoporous carbons by using a high-molecular-weight triblock copolymer, PCL440-b-PEO454-b-PCL440 (CEC), as a single template, itself prepared through simple ring-opening polymerization from a commercial homopolymer (HO-PEO454-OH) as the bifunctional macroinitiator and a resol-type phenolic resin as the carbon source. We employed differential scanning calorimetry, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and small-angle X-ray scattering to investigate the thermal behavior, hydrogen bonding, and self-assembled nanostructures of the phenolic/CEC blends. We obtained macro- and mesoporous carbons possessing cylinder or spherical micelle structures with large pores (> 50 nm) and high surface areas (>400 m2 g−1), the result of most of the phenolic OH units preferring to interact (based on FTIR spectral analyses) with the PEO segment rather than the PCL segment. These macro/mesoporous carbons displayed reasonable CO2 uptake and energy storage behavior.

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This study was supported financially by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, under contracts MOST 106-2221-E-110- 067-MY3, 108-2638-E-002-003-MY2, and 108-2221-E-110 -014-MY3.

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    Wei-Shih Hung, Mahmoud MM Ahmed, Mohamed Gamal Mohamed & Shiao-Wei Kuo

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    Shiao-Wei Kuo

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Hung, WS., Ahmed, M.M., Mohamed, M.G. et al. Competing hydrogen bonding produces mesoporous/macroporous carbons templated by a high-molecular-weight poly(caprolactone–b–ethylene oxide–b–caprolactone) triblock copolymer. J Polym Res 27, 173 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-020-02154-w

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