The present invention discloses an
emulsion gel based polyacrylonitrile / carbon porous material and a preparation method thereof. The method comprises the following steps: with
emulsion gel as a template, dissolving
polyacrylonitrile in a
salt solution of
zinc chloride or
sodium thiocyanate, then adding a water-soluble
monomer, an initiator, a crosslinking agent and an emulsifier into the obtained solution, carrying out uniform dispersing, then adding an
oil phase, and carrying out emulsification so as to prepare an
emulsion; and placing the emulsion at a certain temperature, allowing the water-soluble
monomer in a continuous phase to polymerize so as to prepare the emulsion gel, then placing the emulsion gel into deionized water, carrying out soaking, removing salt in the continuous phase, carrying out
freeze drying so as to prepare a
polyacrylonitrile porous material, and carrying out cyclization and
carbonization so as to prepare a porous material. The preparation method provided by the invention has the advantages of simple preparation process, cheap raw materials and mild preparation conditions; meanwhile, the prepared polyacrylonitrile / carbon porous material has the advantages of
low density, high
porosity, large specific surface area, good
connectivity of internal pores, etc., and has potential application prospects in the fields of catalyst carriers, oil-water separation, etc.