Hierarchical ordered porous carbon (HOPC) which include macro-mesopore, micro-mesopore, meso-mesopore and macro-meso-micropore carbons, exhibited great potential in the fields of catalysis, adsorption, energy storage and electrochemistry due to the advantages of combined multiple porous structure. By now, various preparation methods for hierarchical ordered porous carbon have been reported. Among them, templating method which could control pore structure and adjust pore dimension is the most effective. For templating method, soft-templating method was simple, timesaving, low cost and less pollution and has been widely employed in recent years. Soft-templating preparation method for hierarchical ordered porous carbon, especially evaporation induced self-assembly (EISA) method and structure control strategy are reviewed. Block copolymer is a kind of soft-template which plays a role as pore-forming. In this paper, interaction of block copolymers with carbon precursors for the production of hierarchical porous structure is especially reviewed. Factors influencing the pore structure which include dual template, post activation, carbon source and molecular structure of soft template are summarized. Strategy for the control preparation of hierarchical ordered porous carbon via soft templates is proposed. Contents
1 Introduction
2 Type of hierarchical ordered porous carbons
2.1 Macro-mesoporous carbon
2.2 Micro-mesoporous carbon
2.3 Meso-mesoporous carbon
2.4 Others
3 Structure control of hierarchical ordered porous carbons
3.1 Influence of soft-templating agents
3.2 Influence of carbon sources
3.3 Influence of temperature
4 Outlook