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Composites of metal-organic framework and carbonaceous materials are characterized by high porosity, highspecific surface area, high catalytic efficiency (attributed to metal-organic framework) and good conductivity(attributed to carbonaceous materials). Metal-organic framework (MOF) is a crystalline coordination polymerthat is composed of an inorganic structure (cation or metal cluster) and a linker (organic ligand), which arejoined by a covalent bond. HPCM can be synthesized by combining sol-gel and soft-templating methods, whichallow the formation of a hierarchical porous structure. Soft templating is a process in which mesopores aregenerated within the porous carbon material. This method involves the use of organic compounds, such asPluronic F127 (a surfactant), that form micelles in the polycondensation mixture. After pyrolysis, these micellesensure the creation of mesopores. The resulting HPCM possesses a hierarchical pore structure that can beclassified into different levels, such as micro-mesoporous, meso-macroporous, micro-macroporous, or evenmicro-meso-macroporous, depending on the pore distribution[1, 2].

Composites of metal-organic framework and carbonaceous materials are characterized by high porosity, highspecific surface area, high catalytic efficiency (attributed to metal-organic framework) and good conductivity(attributed to carbonaceous materials). Metal-organic framework (MOF) is a crystalline coordination polymerthat is composed of an inorganic structure (cation or metal cluster) and a linker (organic ligand), which arejoined by a covalent bond. HPCM can be synthesized by combining sol-gel and soft-templating methods, whichallow the formation of a hierarchical porous structure. Soft templating is a process in which mesopores aregenerated within the porous carbon material. This method involves the use of organic compounds, such asPluronic F127 (a surfactant), that form micelles in the polycondensation mixture. After pyrolysis, these micellesensure the creation of mesopores. The resulting HPCM possesses a hierarchical pore structure that can beclassified into different levels, such as micro-mesoporous, meso-macroporous, micro-macroporous, or evenmicro-meso-macroporous, depending on the pore distribution[1, 2].