Preparation Of Hollow Carbon Nanospheres Via Explosive Detonation

摘要

Hollow carbon nanospheres were prepared via a rapid detonation technique, by using negative-oxygen balance explosive trinitrotoluene and nickel powder as starting materials and inorganic acid as solvent. The carbon/metal nanocomposite particles precursor with core-shell structure was engendered firstly during detonation, and then the metal nickel core was dissolved through inorganic acid to attain the hollow carbon nanospheres. High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope, X-ray diffraction and Raman spectrum were used to characterize the precursor and the as-synthesized samples respectively. The results show that the external diameter of the hollow carbon nanospheres is 25-150 nm and the thickness of the wall is about 2-10 nm. The surface of hollow carbon nanosphere displays multilayer wall in structure with 0.35 nm space between the layers. Based on the experimental results, possible formation mechanism was also proposed.