Mesoporous carbon (MC) market space continues to expand, and ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) is its mainstream product

There are many types of carbon materials, which can be divided into microporous carbon, mesoporous carbon, macroporous carbon, etc. according to different pore sizes. Mesoporous carbon (MC) is a new type of non-silicon-based mesoporous material with a pore size ranging from 2nm to 50nm. Compared with pure mesoporous silicon materials, mesoporous carbon has the advantages of good chemical stability, good thermal conductivity, high porosity, high specific surface area, and good electrical conductivity. It is widely used in medical, energy storage, environmental protection, gas separation, chemical industry, and electronics. It is widely used in electrical and other fields. According to different pore arrangements, mesoporous carbon can be divided into two categories: ordered mesoporous carbon and disordered mesoporous carbon.

Mesoporous carbon preparation methods include five methods: vapor deposition, sol-gel method, hydrothermal method, single micelle assembly method and template method. The vapor deposition method has a simple operation process, but its deposition rate is low; the template method is the mainstream preparation method of mesoporous carbon, which can be subdivided into soft template method and hard template method; the single micelle assembly method is highly versatile and controllable It has advantages such as good stability and can be used to produce high-performance mesoporous carbon, and is expected to achieve large-scale production in the future.

Ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) is the mainstream product of mesoporous carbon, which refers to mesoporous carbon with an ordered structure in the pore arrangement. In recent years, with the improvement of industry prosperity and the increasing research investment of local enterprises, the application scope of ordered mesoporous carbon in my country has been further expanded, and it has gradually been widely used in the fields of catalysts and materials science.

Mesoporous carbon is widely used in medical, energy storage, environmental protection, gas separation, chemical industry, electronic and electrical fields. In the medical field, mesoporous carbon can be used as a drug carrier, and chemotherapy drugs, insulin, blood purification drugs, etc. are its end products; in the energy storage field, mesoporous carbon can be used to prepare lithium-sulfur batteries, sodium-ion batteries, and proton exchange membrane fuels. Batteries, etc.; in the field of electronics and electrical appliances, mesoporous carbon can be used to produce supercapacitors.

According to the “2023-2028 China Mesoporous Carbon (MC) Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center 》 shows that in recent years, benefiting from the accelerated development of downstream industries, the mesoporous carbon market space has continued to expand. The global mesoporous carbon market will reach US$1.28 billion in 2022, a year-on-year growth of 3.1%. Mesoporous carbon is the mainstream product of porous carbon. With increasingly strong market demand, it is expected that the global mesoporous carbon market will have an average annual compound growth rate of more than 3% from 2023 to 2028, and its market size will exceed US$1.5 billion by 2028.

There are many mesoporous carbon production companies in my country, and the market competition is becoming increasingly fierce. The main manufacturers of mesoporous carbon in my country include Shanghai Xiba, Shanghai Composite Mesoporous Materials, Alkene New Materials, Tianjin Kemeister, etc. Industry analysts said that mesoporous carbon, as a subdivided product of porous carbon, has excellent performance and is widely used in many fields. The industry development prospects are better. In recent years, Chinese enterprises and scientific research institutions have continued to increase research on the preparation methods and properties of mesoporous carbon. It is expected that the market share of high-performance mesoporous carbon in my country will further increase in the future.