The preparation and application of phenolic resin-based porous carbon

As a common precursor of activated carbon,phenolic resin has attracted much attention of researchers due to its unique properties.The pore structure plays an important role in the performance of activated carbon.Therefore,pore size tailoring was crucial in the preparation process.There were lots of pore size tailoring methods of activated carbon,such as metal catalytic method,adding pore-forming agents and template technique.The obtained phenolic resin-based porous carbon with different pore size distribution has extensive applications in fields of environmental protection,electrochemistry,medicine and catalysis.This paper reviews the preparation of phenolic resin-based porous carbon and different pore size tailoring methods as well as its main applications in recent years.The future research and application of phenolic resin-based porous carbon are also highlighted in this review.