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Published on: June 20, 2019
Fullerene crystals with bimodal pore architectures consisting of macropores and mesopores
Lok Kumar Shrestha1, Yusuke Yamauchi, Jonathan P Hill
1World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan. shrestha.lokkumar@nims.go.jp
Abstract:
A new class of fullerene (C(60)) crystals with bimodal pore architectures consisting of macropores and mesopores was synthesized by using a liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation (LLIP) method involving an interface between isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and a saturated solution of C(60) in a mixture of benzene and carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)). By varying the mixing fraction of CCl(4) in benzene, the porosity and electrochemically active surface area can be flexibly controlled.
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