The application of zinc citrate for the synthesis of carbon materials

Zinc citrate was prepared and its thermal decomposition investigated by methods of thermogravimetric analysis differential scanning calorimetry. Products the were X-ray diffraction analysis. The proceeds at temperatures 50 - 420 °C in three stages leads to formation nanocrystalline ZnO with average grain size 23 nm. Subsequently, zinc used as a precursor hard template for preparation carbon mesoporous materials solid method. obtained pyrolysis polymer matrix phenol-formaldehyde resin which added. It found that resulting material has specific surface area 1051 m 2 /g. According cyclic voltamperometry data, capacity 40 F/g.