Abstract: Porous carbons were prepared by using the sol-gel method with cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) stabilized commercial silica sol as the silica template and sucrose as carbon precursor. N2 adsorption isotherms and XRD were used to characterize the pore structure of the as-prepared porous carbon. The resulting carbon materials revealed a more narrow pore size distribution than carbon materials produced through commercial silica sol without surfactant stabilization，but due to low temperature carbonization，the resulting carbon material retained amorphous carbon structure.