Understanding Carbon as a two-dimensional or three-dimensional polymer, polymerization and copolymerization of appropriate starting products allows to generate carbons with unusual electronic properties (such as high conductance or nobility), desired chemical functionality, and three-dimensional (porous) architecture. Such carbons can break 'expectations', i.e. they can be inert against pure oxygen at 500 �C or resistant against boiling sulfuric acid in an oxidative catalytic reaction.This presentation reports on our recent approaches of using designer monomers in combination with �salt templating�, in which ordinary salt as CsAc or KCl are used a porogenes to make super-high surface area carbons with up to 4000 m2/g without any activation steps. I will also report on first applications where such polymer scaffolds are used as catalysts, catalyst supports, as electrocatalysts, and for energy storage. In the latter case, simple supercapacitor systems  are able to compete with classical lithium ion battery technology, pointing the way to store energy more effectively in sustainable carbons. If time allows, I will also report on some unexpected performance features in the field of metal-air batteries.

Black magic: Porous "designer" carbons for electrochemical energy converison and next generation supercapacitors

248th National Meeting (2014)

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