Porous structures are ubiquitous in nature, found in bones, wood, and biological tissues, where pores at different scales are synergistically constructed to achieve a unified combination of lightweight, high strength, and multifunctionality. This unique structural design concept has inspired the development of artificial nanoporous materials and propelled their advancement in fields such as energy storage, catalysis, adsorption, and sensing. Among these, nanoporous carbon materials have become important candidates for constructing next-generation lightweight, high-performance materials due to their advantages of low density, high stability, and excellent electrical conductivity. However, achieving the synergistic integration of pore structure regulation, complex morphology construction, and performance optimization in nanoporous carbon materials while maintaining design freedom remains a critical challenge.

To address this, the research team proposed a novel nanoporous carbon fabrication method based on Mix-ice lithography (Mix-IL), simultaneously achieving complex structure fabrication, precise pore tuning, and excellent mechanical properties in nanoporous carbon. Ph.D. student Zuxi Ouyang is the first author of the paper, which has been published in the journal *Science Bulletin* under the title "Patternable, pore-tunable and pyrolysis-free nanofabrication of nanoporous carbon."

Paper Link：https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095927326008558?via%3Dihub