Hollow micro‐/nanostructures: synthesis and applications

XW Lou, LA Archer, Z Yang - Advanced Materials, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Hollow micro‐/nanostructures are of great interest in many current and emerging areas of
technology. Perhaps the best‐known example of the former is the use of fly‐ash hollow …

Fabrication and application of inorganic hollow spheres

J Hu, M Chen, X Fang, L Wu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Inorganic hollow spheres have attracted considerable interest due to their singular
properties and wide range of potential applications. In this critical review, we provide a …

Self-template construction of hollow Co 3 O 4 microspheres from porous ultrathin nanosheets and efficient noble metal-free water oxidation catalysts

J Zhao, Y Zou, X Zou, T Bai, Y Liu, R Gao, D Wang… - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Developing noble metal-free water oxidation catalysts is essential for many energy
conversion/storage processes (eg, water splitting). Herein, we report the facile synthesis of …

Morphology control of cobalt oxide nanocrystals for promoting their catalytic performance

X Xie, W Shen - Nanoscale, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
The design and fabrication of nanomaterials is a crucial issue in heterogeneous catalysis to
achieve excellent performance. Traditionally, the main theme is to reduce the size of …

Preparation, Photocatalytic Activities, and Dye-Sensitized Solar-Cell Performance of Submicron-Scale TiO2 Hollow Spheres

Y Kondo, H Yoshikawa, K Awaga, M Murayama… - Langmuir, 2008 - ACS Publications
We prepared submicron-scale spherical hollow particles of anatase TiO2 by using a
polystyrene-bead template. The obtained particles were very uniform in size, with a diameter …

Cobalt (II, III) oxide hollow structures: fabrication, properties and applications

X Wang, W Tian, T Zhai, C Zhi, Y Bando… - Journal of Materials …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Hollow structured semiconductor oxide materials have been paid more and more attention
due to their potential applications in many areas. Cobalt (II, III) oxide (Co3O4) is an important …

Co3O4 ethylene glycol-based nanofluids: thermal conductivity, viscosity and high pressure density

A Mariano, MJ Pastoriza-Gallego, L Lugo… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
This work contributes with experimental information of the properties of ethylene glycol-
based Co 3 O 4 nanofluids. Thermal conductivity, high-pressure density and rheological …

Preparation and microwave absorption properties of loose nanoscale Fe3O4 spheres

K Jia, R Zhao, J Zhong, X Liu - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic …, 2010 - Elsevier
Magnetite nanoparticles are found to assemble into randomly dispersed loose nanoscale
spheres with diameters∼ 300nm in ethylene glycol in the presence of polyethylene and a …

Uniform magnetic chains of hollow cobalt mesospheres from one‐pot synthesis and their assembly in solution

L Guo, F Liang, X Wen, S Yang, L He… - Advanced Functional …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic chains up to 10 μm in length formed of hollow cobalt mesospheres (480–850 nm)
with a 60 nm thick shell are synthesized by a new soft‐assembly protocol. The obtained …

Magnetic domains and surface effects in hollow maghemite nanoparticles

A Cabot, AP Alivisatos, VF Puntes, L Balcells… - Physical Review B …, 2009 - APS
In the present work, we investigate the magnetic properties of ferrimagnetic and
noninteracting maghemite (γ-Fe 2 O 3) hollow nanoparticles obtained by the Kirkendall …