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Katla Sai Krishna1, Sisir Malty, K K R Datta
1Nanomaterials and Catalysis Laboratory, Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, PO., Bangalore 560064, India.
Abstract:
Herein, we report a facile route for the synthesis of foam-like porous oxides using carbon spheres and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as sacrificial templates. The as-prepared porous structures were characterized by XRD, FESEM, TEM and BET methods. These foam-like macroporous oxides are formed through the fusion of oxide nanoparticles around the gas bubbles liberated during the combustion of composites and show good BET surface areas.
