From ‘Green’ Aerogels to Porous Graphite by Emulsion Gelation of Acrylonitrile

Porous carbons, including carbon (C-) aerogels, are technologically important materials, while polyacrylonitrile (PAN) is the main industrial source of graphite fiber. Graphite aerogels are synthesized herewith pyrolytically from PAN aerogels, which in turn are prepared first by solution copolymerization in toluene of acrylonitrile (AN) with ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) or 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate (HDDA). Gelation is induced photochemically and involves phase-separation of “live” nanoparticles that get linked covalently into a robust 3D network. The goal of this work was to transfer that process into aqueous systems and obtain similar nanostructures in terms of particle sizes, porosity, and surface areas. That was accomplished by forcing the monomers into (micro)emulsions, in essence inducing phase-separation of virtual primary particles before polymerization. Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) in combination with location-of-initiator control experiments support that monomer reservoir dropl...

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