Hollow spheres of nanocarbon and their manganese dioxide hybrids derived from…

Abstract. A facile soft templating strategy has been developed for synthesizing hollow spheres of nanocarbon by hydrothermal process. In this soft templating strategy, poly (ethylene oxide)epoly (propylene oxide) epoly (ethylene oxide) block co-polymers are used as the template while α-cyclodextrin are employed as the carbon precursor. After hydrothermal treatment, the soft templates can b…