Figure 1. Fabrication of porous carbon materials from Al-based metal-organic gels.

(a) Schematic illustration of the gel structure, (b) typical synthesis procedure of the porous carbon products, (c, d) photographs of as-made xerogels (bulk density: 0.5612 g cm⁻³) and their derived carbon products MOX-C (0.1185 g cm⁻³), and (e) photograph of an integrate aerogel monolith (0.1189 g cm⁻³) and its derived carbon product MOA-C (0.0952 g cm⁻³).