Influence of the textural parameters of resorcinol-formaldehyde dry polymers and carbon xerogels on particle sizes upon mechanical milling

- Porous carbons were ground into powders with retention of mesoporosity.
- Ball-milling before pyrolysis could avoid surface chemistry issues.
- Laser granulometry and SEM were used to evaluate particle sizes.
- Mercury porosimtery was used to evaluate both pore diameters and particle sizes.
- Particles around 10 μm were obtained for a wide range of carbon xerogels pore sizes.