Hybrid carbon spherogels: carbon encapsulation of nano-titania

Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Apr 25;57(32):3905-3908. doi: 10.1039/d1cc00697e. Epub 2021 Mar 23.

Abstract

Extraordinarily homogeneous, freestanding titania-loaded carbon spherogels can be obtained using Ti(acac)2(OiPr)2 in the polystyrene sphere templated resorcinol-formaldehyde gelation. Thereby, a distinct, crystalline titania layer is achieved inside every hollow sphere building unit. These hybrid carbon spherogels allow capitalizing on carbon's electrical conductivity and the lithium-ion intercalation capacity of titania.