Wormhole-Like Mesoporous Carbons from Gelatine as Multistep Infiltration Effect

Maria Ulfa (Chemical Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Sebelas Maret University, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A, Surakarta 57126, Central Java Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Se)
Wega Trisunaryanti (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sekip Utara PO BOX BLS 21, Yogyakarta 55281)
Iip Izul Falah (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sekip Utara PO BOX BLS 21, Yogyakarta 55281)
Indriana Kartini (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sekip Utara PO BOX BLS 21, Yogyakarta 55281)

Indonesian Journal of Chemistry
Vol 16, No 3 (2016)

Wormhole-like mesoporous carbon from gelatine (WMCG) with two different pore diameters have been synthesized by adopting a modified infiltration treatment. The infiltration effect on the morphology was investigated. The results show that the WMCG sample was obtained after dehydration, pyrolysis and silica removal process. The pore diameters WMCG are 15.2 and 4.8 nm with specific surface areas of 280 m2/g, total pore volumes of 0.5 cm3/g and the thermal stability up to 1400 °C. The bimodal pore of WMCG obtained as the high step of infiltration level effect.