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  • Materials Science
  • Electrochemistry
  • Nanotechnology

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  • Ordered mesoporous carbon materials are crucial for advanced energy storage devices.
  • Controlling pore structure and orientation is key to optimizing electrochemical performance.
  • Existing synthesis methods often lack control over mesopore alignment within carbon nanostructures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel synthesis route for free-standing ordered mesoporous carbon sheets (OMCSs).
  • To investigate the influence of template interactions on mesopore array orientation (vertical vs. horizontal).
  • To correlate the mesopore orientation with electrochemical energy storage performance in different supercapacitor architectures.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a soft-hard template strategy employing MgAl-layered double hydroxide (MgAl-LDH) as the hard template and triblock copolymer F127 as the soft template.
  • Employed phenolic resols as carbon precursors for the synthesis of OMCSs.
  • Fabricated and tested supercapacitors in both all-solid-state and micro-supercapacitor configurations to evaluate OMCS performance.

Main Results:

  • Successfully synthesized free-standing OMCSs with uniform hexagonal morphology and controllable mesopore alignment.
  • Demonstrated that MgAl-LDH surface chemistry directs the morphology of carbon precursor micelles, leading to vertical or horizontal mesopore arrays.
  • OMCSs with vertical mesopores exhibited superior performance in all-solid-state supercapacitors, while those with horizontal mesopores excelled in micro-supercapacitors.

Conclusions:

  • The developed soft-hard template method enables the creation of OMCSs with orientation-tunable mesopore arrays.
  • Mesopore orientation is a critical factor determining electrochemical energy storage behavior, dependent on the supercapacitor configuration.
  • This work provides a pathway for designing advanced carbon materials for tailored energy storage applications.