Fabrication of Hierarchically Porous Inorganic Nanofibers by a General Microemulsion Electrospinning Approach

Abstract

Ultraporous inorganic oxide nanofibers are fabricated by a general microemulsion electrospinning approach. The stable microemulsion spinning solution comprises metal alkoxide as the consecutive phase and paraffin oil as the dispersion phase as well as pore-forming template. After calcination, inorganic nanofibers with well-controllable high porosity are obtained with a typical composite structure of mesopores and macropores. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.