A simple self-assembly strategy for ultrahigh surface area nitrogen-doped porous carbon nanospheres with enhanced adsorption and energy storage performances.

A class of novel N-doped porous carbon nanospheres (PCNSs) with ultrahigh surface areas (e.g., Langmuir surface area = 3219 m2 g-1) and large templated mesopore diameters (up to 18.6 nm) was synthesized based upon a simple yet efficient copolymerization-induced self-assembly process of aniline/pyrrole co-monomers and block copolymer templates. The PCNSs exhibited enhanced adsorption properties towards creatinine and superior lithium-sulfur battery performances.