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Universal and facile sol-gel approach for fabrication of multitudinous yolk-shell architectures

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The nanoreactors with yolk-shell configuration have been one of the most attractive objects because of their unique performance in specific reactions. However, complicated synthesis procedures have restricted the truth understanding and wide application of the yolk-shell architectures. This article presents a universal and facile sol-gel process for fabrication of mesoporous silica hollow structure and derived yolk-shell composites with extended Stöber resorcinol-formaldehyde resin as sacrificed template. The crucial influence factors for the morphology of products are investigated. A series of yolk-shell composites with multitudinous components have been successfully designed and are further catalytic tested by different reactions. This work has provided a universal avenue for the fabrication of yolk-shell nanoreactors to suit specific reaction needs.

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  • The resorcinol-formaldehyde resin is an effective template to construct hollow mesoporous silica.

  • Suitable surfactant ligand and solvent composition are crucial.

  • Universal yolk-shell architecture can be fabricated by this facile approach.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial supports from the Talent Scientific Research Fund of LNPU (2020XJJL-016), the Liaoning Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (2019-MS-323).

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This manuscript was written through contributions from all authors. HL and CJ wrote the main manuscript text. HL and WX finished the preparation experiment. MZ and JX finished characterization and catalytic tests. RW and HJ paticipated in the discussion and analysis of experiment results. All authors reviewed the manuscript and approved the final version.

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Li, H., Xu, W., Xu, J. et al. Universal and facile sol-gel approach for fabrication of multitudinous yolk-shell architectures. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 109, 421–432 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-023-06289-2

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