Facile synthesis of carbon nanospheres from saccharides for photocatalytic applications

Carbon nanospheres (CNSs) couple large surface area, high electrical conductivity, thermal stability and variable surface functionalities with controllable size, band gap and chemical properties. In the present study, mono-dispersed CNSs were synthesized by hydrothermal process from three saccharides—glucose, xylose (monosaccharides) and sucrose (disaccharide). The synthesized CNSs were characterized using XRD, FTIR, SEM, TEM and UV–visible...