Direct synthesis of uniform hollow carbon spheres by a self-assembly template approach

Gang Hu; Ding Ma; Mojie Cheng; Lin Liu; Xinhe Bao

doi:10.1039/b205723a

Direct synthesis of uniform hollow carbon spheres by a self-assembly template approach

Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Sep 7:(17):1948-9. doi: 10.1039/b205723a.

Authors

Gang Hu¹, Ding Ma, Mojie Cheng, Lin Liu, Xinhe Bao

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China.

PMID: 12271688
DOI: 10.1039/b205723a

Abstract

Hollow carbon spheres (50-100 nm) have been synthesized by a self-assembly approach using hexachlorobenzene and Na. NaCl which generated during the reaction has been successfully exploited as a template for the direct synthesis of porous carbon materials, which can be subsequently removed from carbon product by annealing above 1400 degrees C.