Zeolite-templated carbons (ZTCs) are a distinct class of porous framework materials in which a three-dimensional network of pores is contained between atomically thin, polycyclic hydrocarbon walls, synthesized by carbonization within a zeolite template. This class of materials arose from the goal to develop carbon-based frameworks with ordered, homogeneous microporosity (as opposed to activated carbons where the pore network is random). It has more recently been suggested that zeolite-templating may be a viable synthetic route to carbon schwarzites, an elusive class of theoretical materials with a triply periodic minimal surface and many fundamentally interesting properties. In this review, we survey the currently proposed atomistic models of ZTCs, compare them to experimental properties of ZTCs, and emphasize the significant differences that remain between actual ZTCs prepared in the laboratory and the still elusive schwarzites.

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沸石模板碳的原子结构

沸石模板碳（ZTC）是一类独特的多孔骨架材料，其中三维原子网络包含在原子薄的多环烃壁之间，这些分子通过沸石模板中的碳化作用合成。这类材料源于开发具有规则，均质微孔性（与孔网络随机的活性炭相反）的碳基骨架的目标。最近，有人提出，沸石模板法可能是合成碳纤锌矿的可行途径，碳纤锌矿是一类难以捉摸的理论材料，具有周期性的最小三倍表面和许多基本有趣的特性。在这篇评论中，我们调查了目前提出的ZTC原子模型，并将其与ZTC的实验性质进行比较，