Abstract
In this report, fructose-derived carbonaceous spheres were utilized as sacrificial templates for the fabrication of metal oxide hollow spheres (MOHSs) by a facile hydrothermal approach. Hollow spheres of a series of crystalline metal oxides ( α -Fe 2 O 3 , Cr 2 O 3 , Co 3 O 4 , NiO, and ZnO) have been fabricated, utilizing the metal chloride as the oxide precursors. Heating of an aqueous solution of the metal chloride and fructose to moderate temperature in an autoclave affords a spherical composite consisting of a metal precursor shell sheathing a carbonaceous core. Subsequent removal of the interior carbonaceous cores by thermal treatment through oxidation in air produces free-standing crystalline oxides hollow spheres. The MOHSs were characterized by means of SEM, TEM, XRD, IR spectroscopy, energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) and sorption measurements. The results show convincingly that using fructose as a sacrificial template after application of a hydrothermal synthesis route could be a favourable sacrificial template for the fabrication of various MOHSs.
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