Samsung Sdi Co., Inc.

Jian Nong Wang

Chan-ho Pak

Hyuk Jae Chang

A carbon nanosphere has at least one opening. The carbon nanosphere is obtained by preparing a carbon nanosphere and treating it with an acid to form the opening. The carbon nanosphere with at least one opening has higher utilization of a surface area and electrical conductivity and lower mass transfer resistance than a conventional carbon nanotube, thus allowing for higher current density and cell voltage with a smaller amount of metal catalyst per unit area of a fuel cell electrode.

Carbon nanosphere with at least one opening, method for preparing the same, carbon nanosphere-impregnated catalyst using the carbon nanosphere, and fuel cell using the catalyst

The present invention provides a simple method of mass producing high purity carbon nanocages. The method of preparing carbon nanocages comprises introducing an inert gas into a reactor equipped with a spray nozzle and raising the temperature of the reactor to a pyrolysis temperature of a catalyst compound. The method further comprises spraying a reactant including the catalyst compound and a carbon-containing compound into the reactor through the spray nozzle, wherein the ratio of a space velocity of the inert gas to a space velocity of the reactant is 100 or more.

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Shanghai, China

Jian Nong Wang