Highly stable carbon-protected cobalt nanoparticles and graphite shells

An‐Hui Lu, Wen‐Cui Li, Nina Matoussevitch, Bernd Spliethoff, Helmut Bönnemann, Ferdi Schüth

Chemical Communications · 2004 · 193 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

The fabrication of carbon-shell protected cobalt nanoparticles and hollow graphitic shells has been achieved via a pyrolysis process by using monodispersed cobalt nanoparticles as a template. These materials are mesoporous and highly stable under strong acidic and basic conditions.

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