Fractal nature of hard carbon prepared from C60 fullerene. (November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Starešinić, Damir; Dominko, Damir; Rakić, Iva Šrut; Milat, Ognjen; Ristić, Davor; Ivanda, Mile; Radić, Tea Mišić; Clément, André; Saint-Paul, Michel; Kozlov, Mikhail E.; Biljaković, Katica
• Is Part Of: Carbon. Volume 124(2017)
• Page Start: 708
• Page End: 721
• Publication Date: 2017-11
• Subjects: Carbon -- Periodicals; Carbone -- Périodiques; Koolstof; Toepassingen; Electronic journals; 546.681
• DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.07.022
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0008-6223

Abstract

Abstract: Hard form of carbon obtained by collapsing C60 fullerene molecules at moderate pressure and temperature was investigated using different imaging techniques at spatial resolutions ranging from angstrom to millimeter. Hierarchical granular morphology has been observed from the atomic up to the sample size length scale, revealing scale independent grain size distribution. The unusual fractal-like structure correlates with unique transport and calorimetric properties of this material. Hard carbon can be considered as a bridge between porous and dense amorphous materials. Graphical abstract: