METHOD FOR PRODUCING POROUS CARBON

A method of producing a porous carbon for use as a catalyst support having a specific surface area of 500 m2/g or greater is provided, comprising: a first step of carbonizing a material containing a carbon source and a template source, to prepare a carbonized product; a second step of immersing the carbonized product into a template removing solution, to remove a template from the carbonized product; and a third step of heat treating the carbonized product from which the template has been removed, the method characterized by: controlling amount of functional groups that are present in the porous carbon, comprising changing type of the template removing solution or temperature of the heat treatment, wherein the template size is 3 nm to 30 nm.