1 PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Marine Resources and Environment Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa 761-0395, Japan. zm-wang@aist.go.jp
A novel nanoporous composite containing micrographitic carbon layers is synthesized by preliminarily expanding the interlayer of an oxidized product of graphite using surfactant, followed by Si bridging/pillaring, and carbonization.