Issue 1, 2017

Hollow carbon nanospheres using an asymmetric triblock copolymer structure directing agent

Abstract

We introduce a simple method to prepare hollow carbon nanospheres (HCNs) by using triblock copolymer poly(styrene-b-2-vinylpyridine-b-ethylene oxide) (PS-b-P2VP-b-PEO) micelles as a new class of soft-templates. Simply by changing the solvent we can prepare ultra-small sized micelles of the triblock copolymer PS-b-P2VP-b-PEO soft template to obtain HCNs with ultra-small diameters (43 nm) and hollow cores (19 nm). Furthermore, we use these HCNs to make electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) that exhibit superior performance.

Graphical abstract: Hollow carbon nanospheres using an asymmetric triblock copolymer structure directing agent

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Sep 2016
Accepted
21 Nov 2016
First published
06 Dec 2016

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 236-239

Hollow carbon nanospheres using an asymmetric triblock copolymer structure directing agent

Y. Li, H. Tan, R. R. Salunkhe, J. Tang, L. K. Shrestha, B. P. Bastakoti, H. Rong, T. Takei, J. Henzie, Y. Yamauchi and K. Ariga, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 236 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC07360C

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