Patent ID: 9714172
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B01J,C01B,C01P,H01G,H01M,Y02E

Claim:
1. A method for making a carbon material, comprising: combining one or more polymer precursors with one or more liquids to produce a mixture, wherein the mixture is an emulsion, a dispersion, or a suspension, and wherein the liquid comprises hexane, pentane, cyclopentane, benzene, toluene, o-xylene, m-xylene, p-xylene, diethyl ether, ethylmethylketone, dichloromethane, tetrahydrofuran, a mineral oil, a paraffin oil, a vegetable derived oil, or any mixture thereof; aging the mixture at a temperature and time sufficient for the polymer precursor to react and form polymer gel particles having a volume average particle size (Dv,50) of greater than or equal to 1 mm; and heating the polymer gel particles to produce a carbon material.