From Hollow to Solid Carbon Spheres: Time-Dependent Facile Synthesis
Here, we report a facile route for obtaining carbon spheres with fully tunable shell thickness. Using a hard template in chemical vapor deposition (CVD), hollow carbon spheres, solid carbon spheres, and intermediate structures can be obtained with optimized process time. The resulting carbon spheres...
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| author | Wojciech Kukułka Karolina Wenelska Martyna Baca Xuecheng Chen Ewa Mijowska |
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| description | Here, we report a facile route for obtaining carbon spheres with fully tunable shell thickness. Using a hard template in chemical vapor deposition (CVD), hollow carbon spheres, solid carbon spheres, and intermediate structures can be obtained with optimized process time. The resulting carbon spheres with particle diameters of ~400 nm, as well as a controllable shell thickness from 0 to 70 nm, had high Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) specific surface area (up to 344.8 m2·g−1) and pore volume (up to 0.248 cm3·g−1). The sphere formation mechanism is also proposed. This simple and reproducible technique can deliver carbon materials for various applications, e.g., energy storage and conversion, adsorption, catalytic, biomedical, and environmental applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d3befb0ef549440fbb724c6432c780382022-12-21T19:26:58ZengMDPI AGNanomaterials2079-49912018-10-0181086110.3390/nano8100861nano8100861From Hollow to Solid Carbon Spheres: Time-Dependent Facile SynthesisWojciech Kukułka0Karolina Wenelska1Martyna Baca2Xuecheng Chen3Ewa Mijowska4Nanomaterials Physicochemistry Department, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Piastow Av. 45, 70311 Szczecin, PolandNanomaterials Physicochemistry Department, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Piastow Av. 45, 70311 Szczecin, PolandNanomaterials Physicochemistry Department, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Piastow Av. 45, 70311 Szczecin, PolandNanomaterials Physicochemistry Department, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Piastow Av. 45, 70311 Szczecin, PolandNanomaterials Physicochemistry Department, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Piastow Av. 45, 70311 Szczecin, PolandHere, we report a facile route for obtaining carbon spheres with fully tunable shell thickness. Using a hard template in chemical vapor deposition (CVD), hollow carbon spheres, solid carbon spheres, and intermediate structures can be obtained with optimized process time. The resulting carbon spheres with particle diameters of ~400 nm, as well as a controllable shell thickness from 0 to 70 nm, had high Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) specific surface area (up to 344.8 m2·g−1) and pore volume (up to 0.248 cm3·g−1). The sphere formation mechanism is also proposed. This simple and reproducible technique can deliver carbon materials for various applications, e.g., energy storage and conversion, adsorption, catalytic, biomedical, and environmental applications.http://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/8/10/861mesoporous materialscarbon sphereshollow carbon spheressolid carbon spheresCVD processtime dependence |
| spellingShingle | Wojciech Kukułka Karolina Wenelska Martyna Baca Xuecheng Chen Ewa Mijowska From Hollow to Solid Carbon Spheres: Time-Dependent Facile Synthesis Nanomaterials mesoporous materials carbon spheres hollow carbon spheres solid carbon spheres CVD process time dependence |
| title | From Hollow to Solid Carbon Spheres: Time-Dependent Facile Synthesis |
| title_full | From Hollow to Solid Carbon Spheres: Time-Dependent Facile Synthesis |
| title_fullStr | From Hollow to Solid Carbon Spheres: Time-Dependent Facile Synthesis |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Hollow to Solid Carbon Spheres: Time-Dependent Facile Synthesis |
| title_short | From Hollow to Solid Carbon Spheres: Time-Dependent Facile Synthesis |
| title_sort | from hollow to solid carbon spheres time dependent facile synthesis |
| topic | mesoporous materials carbon spheres hollow carbon spheres solid carbon spheres CVD process time dependence |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/8/10/861 |
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