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Title: Graphitized hollow carbon spheres and yolk-structured carbon spheres fabricated by metal-catalyst-free chemical vapor deposition

Abstract

Hard-sphere-templating method has been widely used to synthesize hollow carbon spheres (HCSs), in which the spheres were firstly coated with a carbon precursor, followed by carbonization and core removal. The obtained HCSs are generally amorphous or weakly graphitized (with the help of graphitization catalysts). In this work, we report on the fabrication of graphitized HCSs and yolk–shell Au@HCS nanostructures using a modified templating method, in which smooth, uniform graphene layers were grown on SiO2 spheres or Au@SiO2 nanoparticles via metal-catalyst-free chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of methane. Furthermore, our work not only provides a new method to fabricate high-quality, graphitized HCSs but also demonstrates a reliable approach to grow quality graphene on oxide surfaces using CVD without the presence of metal catalysts.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1266018
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1334838
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Carbon
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 101; Journal ID: ISSN 0008-6223
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Li, Xufan, Chi, Miaofang, Mahurin, Shannon Mark, Liu, Rui, Chuang, Yen -Jun, Dai, Sheng, and Pan, Zhengwei. Graphitized hollow carbon spheres and yolk-structured carbon spheres fabricated by metal-catalyst-free chemical vapor deposition. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2016.01.043.
Li, Xufan, Chi, Miaofang, Mahurin, Shannon Mark, Liu, Rui, Chuang, Yen -Jun, Dai, Sheng, & Pan, Zhengwei. Graphitized hollow carbon spheres and yolk-structured carbon spheres fabricated by metal-catalyst-free chemical vapor deposition. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2016.01.043
Li, Xufan, Chi, Miaofang, Mahurin, Shannon Mark, Liu, Rui, Chuang, Yen -Jun, Dai, Sheng, and Pan, Zhengwei. Mon . "Graphitized hollow carbon spheres and yolk-structured carbon spheres fabricated by metal-catalyst-free chemical vapor deposition". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2016.01.043. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1266018.
@article{osti_1266018,
title = {Graphitized hollow carbon spheres and yolk-structured carbon spheres fabricated by metal-catalyst-free chemical vapor deposition},
author = {Li, Xufan and Chi, Miaofang and Mahurin, Shannon Mark and Liu, Rui and Chuang, Yen -Jun and Dai, Sheng and Pan, Zhengwei},
abstractNote = {Hard-sphere-templating method has been widely used to synthesize hollow carbon spheres (HCSs), in which the spheres were firstly coated with a carbon precursor, followed by carbonization and core removal. The obtained HCSs are generally amorphous or weakly graphitized (with the help of graphitization catalysts). In this work, we report on the fabrication of graphitized HCSs and yolk–shell Au@HCS nanostructures using a modified templating method, in which smooth, uniform graphene layers were grown on SiO2 spheres or Au@SiO2 nanoparticles via metal-catalyst-free chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of methane. Furthermore, our work not only provides a new method to fabricate high-quality, graphitized HCSs but also demonstrates a reliable approach to grow quality graphene on oxide surfaces using CVD without the presence of metal catalysts.},
doi = {10.1016/j.carbon.2016.01.043},
journal = {Carbon},
number = ,
volume = 101,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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