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Sonochemical Fabrication of 3D Chromium(III) Oxide Hollow Spheres Using Fructose as a Sacrificial Template

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As a special class of modern technological materials inorganic materials with hollow interiors have unique features, e.g. low density, large specific surface area, a well-developed porous structure and a high confinement effect. 3D hollow spheres of the ceramic Cr2O3were produced by a sonochemical fabrication path. The Cr2O3precursor was templated on fructose-derived carbonaceous spheres (FDCSs) (with a diameter of 900 nm) through a sonochemical reaction leading to the formation of the Cr@carbonaceous material composite. The findings convincingly demonstrate that utilizing FDCSs as the sacrificial template after the application of a sonochemical synthesis route, is favorable to produce well-defined 3D Cr2O3hollow spheres.

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  1. Ceramics Department, National Research Centre, P.O. 12622, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

    Haitham Mohammad Abdelaal (received his Ph.D. degree in February 2013 from Marburg University (Germany). Currently, he is Research Scientist in the Ceramics Laboratory at The (NRC) National Research Centre in Cairo (Egypt). His main research interests are the fabrication of hybrid materials, e.g. hollow micro/nanoceramic oxides and composites that are environmentally sustainable and provide practical applications.)

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Abdelaal, H.M. Sonochemical Fabrication of 3D Chromium(III) Oxide Hollow Spheres Using Fructose as a Sacrificial Template. Interceram. - Int. Ceram. Rev. 67, 20–25 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42411-018-0002-7

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