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  General Method for the Synthesis of Hollow Mesoporous Carbon Spheres with Tunable Textural Properties

Mezzavilla, S., Baldizzone, C., Mayrhofer, K. J. J., & Schüth, F. (2015). General Method for the Synthesis of Hollow Mesoporous Carbon Spheres with Tunable Textural Properties. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7(13), 12914-12922. doi:10.1021/acsami.5b02580.

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Mezzavilla, Stefano1, Author           
Baldizzone, Claudio2, Author           
Mayrhofer, Karl Johann Jakob2, Author           
Schüth, Ferdi1, Author           
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1Research Department Schüth, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Max Planck Society, ou_1445589              
2Electrocatalysis, Interface Chemistry and Surface Engineering, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max Planck Society, ou_1863354              

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Free keywords: mesoporous materials; hollow mesoporous carbon spheres; pore size; tunable textural properties; oxygen reduction reaction
 Abstract: A versatile synthetic procedure to prepare hollow mesoporous carbon spheres (HMCS) is presented here. This approach is based on the deposition of a homogeneous hybrid polymer/silica composite shell on the outer surface of silica spheres through the surfactant-assisted simultaneous polycondensation of silica and polymer precursors in a colloidal suspension. Such composite materials can be further processed to give hollow mesoporous carbon spheres. The flexibility of this method allows for independent control of the morphological (i.e., core diameter and shell thickness) and textural features of the carbon spheres. In particular, it is demonstrated that the size of the pores within the mesoporous shell can be precisely tailored over an extended range (2–20 nm) by simply adjusting the reaction conditions. In a similar fashion, also the specific carbon surface area as well as the total shell porosity can be tuned. Most importantly, the textural features can be adjusted without affecting the dimension or the morphology of the spheres. The possibility to directly modify the shell textural properties by varying the synthetic parameters in a scalable process represents a distinct asset over the multistep hard-templating (nanocasting) routes. As an exemplary application, Pt nanoparticles were encapsulated in the mesoporous shell of HMCS. The resulting Pt@HMCS catalyst showed an enhanced stability during the oxygen reduction reaction, one of the most important reactions in electrocatalysis. This new synthetic procedure could allow the expansion, perhaps even beyond the lab-scale, of advanced carbon nanostructured supports for applications in catalysis.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2015-05-192015-06-01
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02580
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Title: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
  Abbreviation : ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces
Source Genre: Journal
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Publ. Info: Washington, DC : American Chemical Society
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 7 (13) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 12914 - 12922 Identifier: ISSN: 1944-8244
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/1944-8244