Detection of Buckminsterfullerene in Usual Soots and Commercial Charcoals

High-resolution electron microscopy of a microporous carbon

“…There appears to be growing support for the idea that microporous carbons may contain fullerene-like elements. A recent neutron di raction study by Petkov et al (1999) has shown that non-hexagonal rings may be present in carbons produced by pyrolysis of poly(furfuryl alcohol), while a Japanese group has demonstrated that C 60 can be extracted from commercial wood charcoals (Shibuya et al 1999). It also seems likely that anthracitic coal, which has properties rather similar to those of a char, may have a fullerene-related microstructure, although there is at present no direct evidence to support this idea.…”

Evidence for wildfire in the Meishan section and implications for Permian–Triassic events

“…Source data of bituminous coal and lignite coal, oil and diesel, gymnosperms, and K/Pg samples are from Li et al (1999), Simoneit (2000, 2001), and Belcher et al (2009), respectively. concentration of fullerenes in the remaining soot will be very small (Kratschmer, 2006). Fullerenes have been extracted from wood charcoal and served as evidence for wildfires (Heymann et al, 1994;Shibuya et al, 1999;Chijiwa et al, 1999;Heymann et al, 2003;Li et al, 2005). There are several reports associated with the detection of fullerenes in the Meishan P/Tr sediments Li et al, 2005;Shen et al, 2006).…”

Microstructure of carbon derived from mangrove charcoal and its application in Li-ion batteries

“…Moreover, it has been proposed that non-graphitizing carbon has a structure made up of fragments of randomly curved carbon sheets, containing pentagonal and heptagonal rings dispersed throughout a hexagonal network. Shibuya et al [16] and Hata et al [17] have also demonstrated that the fullerene C 60 can be observed in wood charcoal; however, this idea has not been universally accepted.…”