Structural and Textural Study of Highly Porous Carbon Nanospheres

Abstract

Highly porous carbon nanospheres, external diameter ranging from 40 to 240 nm, have been produced from the chlorination reaction of metallocenes and derivatives at 900 °C. Their nanostructure, studied by Raman spectroscopy, consists of highly disordered graphene-like layers with size below to 6 nm. Their textural parameters showed surface area as high as 1320 m2/g and average pore width of 1.1 nm.