@article{GoebelXieNeumannetal.2012,
  author    = {Goebel, Ronald and Xie, Zai-Lai and Neumann, Mike and G{\"u}nter, Christina and Loebbicke, Ruben and Kubo, Shiori and Titirici, Maria-Magdalena and Giordano, Cristina and Taubert, Andreas},
  title     = {Synthesis of mesoporous carbon/iron carbide hybrids with unusually high surface areas from the ionic liquid precursor [Bmim][FeCl4]},
  series = {CrystEngComm},
  volume    = {14},
  journal   = {CrystEngComm},
  number    = {15},
  publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
  address   = {Cambridge},
  issn      = {1466-8033},
  doi       = {10.1039/c2ce25064k},
  pages     = {4946 -- 4951},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Mesoporous carbon/iron carbide hybrid materials with surface areas reaching 800 m(2) g(-1) were synthesized via an exotemplating route using monolithic mesoporous silica as template and the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrachloridoferrate(III) [Bmim][FeCl4] as carbon and iron source. After heat treatment (750 degrees C under argon) of the [Bmim][FeCl4] precursor confined within the silica matrix, the silica exotemplate was removed with HF leaving the mesoporous C/Fe3C hybrid behind. The surface areas and the pore sizes depend on the exotemplate and the surface areas a significantly larger than any other surface area reported for C/Fe3C hybrid materials so far. The approach is thus a prototype for the synthesis of high-surface area iron carbide-based hybrid materials with potential application in catalysis.},
  language  = {en}
}