Journal
MATERIALS LETTERS
Volume 64, Issue 14, Pages 1587-1590Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2010.04.052
Keywords
Silica; Carbon; Nanocomposite; Nanorattle; Porosity; Nanoparticle
Funding
- MEC [MAT2008-00407]
- Spanish MCyT
- JAE-Predoc
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A facile route for the fabrication of nanorattles composed of tunable silica spherical nanoparticles confined inside mesoporous carbon shells is presented. The synthetic strategy involves several steps: i) the synthesis of solid core/mesoporous shell silica microspheres, ii) the infiltration of the mesoporous shell with a carbon precursor and its conversion to carbon through a carbonization process and iii) the controlled dissolution of the silica by means of a soft etching agent (NaOH 1.5 M). Following this procedure, a variety of Silica@Carbon nanorattles of diameter similar to 430 nm is produced. The diameter of the silica core can be uniformly tuned between 330 nm and 160 nm by varying the etching time in a range of 2 h-44 h. The rate constant for the dissolution process of the silica core was estimated to be k approximate to 1.2 x 10(-10) g cm(-2) s(-1). These nanorattles have a high BET surface area and a large pore volume, depending on the amount of silica in the composite. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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