Copper-succinate-layered hydroxide (CSLH), a new nanohybrid material, was synthesized as an
inorganic–organic nanohybrid, in which organic moiety was intercalated between the layers of a single
cation layered material, copper hydroxide nitrate. Microporous scaffold carbon material was obtained
by thermal decomposition of the nanohybrid at 500C under argon atmosphere followed by acid washing
process. Furthermore, the heat-treated product of the nanohybrid at 600C was ultrafine mesoporous
metallic copper particles. The results of this study confirmed the great potential of CSLH to produce
the carbon material with large surface area (580 m2/g) and high pore volume copper powder
(2.04 cm3/g).