A novel vesicular carbon synthesized using amphiphilic carbonaceous material and micelle templating approach

Abstract A novel carbon with vesicular, hierarchical structure was synthesized via a direct, micelle templating strategy. This vesicular carbon exhibits a wormlike morphology, very thin shells (5–30 nm) and mesopores of 2–4 nm within the shell that are perpendicular to the walls of the carbon vesicles. The structure of this novel vesicular carbon was verified by X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy.