Synthetic control of ordered and disordered arrays of carbon nanofibers from SBA-15 silica templatesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Fig. S1: synthetic scheme for carbonization; Fig. S2: N2 isotherms; Fig. S3: experimental section and TGA data. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b3/b304227h/

Abstract

A novel synthetic control method for the generation of carbon replicas successfully produces either highly ordered networks of carbon nanofibers with uniform mesopores or disordered carbon nanofibers.