Formation of SnO2 hollow nanospheres inside mesoporous silica nanoreactors

• Main Authors: Ding, Shujiang, Chen, Jun Song, Qi, Genggeng, Duan, Xiaonan, Wang, Zhiyu, Giannelis, Emmanuel P., Archer, Lynden A., Lou, David Xiong Wen
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Biomedical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79986; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7618
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We report an interesting approach for efficient synthesis of SnO2 hollow spheres inside mesoporous silica “nanoreactors”. The as-prepared products are shown to have a uniform size distribution and good structural stability. When evaluated for their lithium storage properties, these SnO2 hollow spher...