Preparation of Porous Carbon by Polymer Blending of Phenolic Resin and Adipic Diacid

Porous carbons used for electric double layer capacitors (EDLCs) were prepared by chemical blending of phenolic resin (PF) and adipic diacid (DA). Chemical reaction of PF with diacid is manifested by a shift of carbonyl stretching peak of diacid to a higher frequency in FT-IR spectra and a higher decomposition temperature of diacid in TG curves. The influences of the ratio of w(DA) to w(PF) on pore structure, adsorption behavior and capacity per- formance were investigated. The specific surface area and total pore volume increase with the ratio of w(DA) to w(PF) at first and then decrease, reach the maximum at the value of w(PF)/w(DA), which are 550 cm 2 /g and 0.27 cm