X-ray diffraction analysis of C60 fullerene powder and fullerene soot

Highly Crystalline Mesoporous C60 with Ordered Pores: A Class of Nanomaterials for Energy Applications

“…It is an interesting result as the mesoporous carbons prepared by nanohard templating techniques reported so far show only ab road (002) reflection, which is linked to the amorphous nature of the sample.H owever,t he wide-angle XRD patterns of the MFC 60 -T clearly display three high intensity peaks centred at d = 0.829, 0.504, and 0.430 nm, which correspond to the characteristic (111), (220), and (002) reflections of polymerized and highly crystalline C 60 molecules. [28] Thep olymerization of the fullerene molecules is promoted by the chlorinated aromatic solvent, which not only enhances the solubility of the C 60 but also supports the fusion of pentagon-pentagon rings of the C 60 molecules.T his is confirmed by the fact that only partially crystalline or amorphous mesoporous C 60 was obtained when other solvents such as trimethyl benzene are used (Supporting Information, Figure S2A,B). When the templates with large-pore diameters (Supporting Information, Figure S1C,D) are used, only disordered mesoporous C 60 with crystalline walls is obtained.…”

Fulleropyrrolidine-functionalized ceria nanoparticles as a tethered dual nanosystem with improved antioxidant properties

“…The Si-Fulp XRD pattern corresponds to a crystallized face-centred cubic lattice of C 60 with the diffraction planes (111), (220), (311), (222), (331), (420), (442) and (333) at 10.6, 12.3, 17.5, 20.6, 24.5, 27.2, 27.9, 30.7, and 32.5 2q angles. 38 Finally, the pattern of Si-Fulp/ceria only shows the diffraction peaks attributed to cerium oxide, proving that no residual Si-Fulp crystals remained aer functionalization and purication.…”

Highly Crystalline Mesoporous C60 with Ordered Pores: A Class of Nanomaterials for Energy Applications

“…It is an interesting result as the mesoporous carbons prepared by nanohard templating techniques reported so far show only a broad (002) reflection, which is linked to the amorphous nature of the sample. However, the wide‐angle XRD patterns of the MFC 60 ‐T clearly display three high intensity peaks centred at d =0.829, 0.504, and 0.430 nm, which correspond to the characteristic (111), (220), and (002) reflections of polymerized and highly crystalline C 60 molecules . The polymerization of the fullerene molecules is promoted by the chlorinated aromatic solvent, which not only enhances the solubility of the C 60 but also supports the fusion of pentagon–pentagon rings of the C 60 molecules.…”