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Cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) particles have been widely used as template for porous materials synthesis. The pore size of porous materials is closely related to the dimension of CNC templates. In the present study, the initial crystal size of raw cellulose material was changed by a simple mercerization treatment, and elliptical- or granule-like CNC with allomorph of cellulose II (CNC-II) was obtained by following sulfuric acid hydrolysis. Then CNC\SiO2 core–shell particles and porous SiO2 were successfully fabricated based on the templates of CNC-II and conventional CNC, respectively. The results showed that the morphology of CNC\SiO2 core–shell particles were well copied by corresponding templates. After the template is removed by calcination, the obtained porous SiO2 particles synthesized by CNC-II exhibited a smaller and narrower pore width distribution.
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This study was supported by Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Projects (201707020011), Guangdong Province Science Foundation for Cultivating National Engineering Research Center for Efficient Utilization of Plant Fibers (2017B090903003), State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering (201831), and Guangdong Provincial Special Support Plan for High-Level Talent Cultivation (2014TQ01N603).
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Kuang, Y., Li, X., Luan, P. et al. Cellulose II nanocrystal: a promising bio-template for porous or hollow nano SiO2 fabrication. Cellulose 27, 3167–3179 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-020-02973-6
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