title: Fabrication of beta-Ni(OH)2 and NiO hollow spheres by a facile template-free process.
abstract: Ni(OH)2 hollow microspheres with beta-Ni(OH)2 nanosheets as the in situ formed building units were fabricated via a novel template-free approach in a strong alkaline solution of glycine, and can be converted into NiO hollow microspheres by a thermal decomposition process.
authors.affiliation: Multiphase Reaction Laboratory, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, PR China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qingshan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Huigang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D006878:Hydroxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008863:Microspheres; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D016062:Porosity; D013696:Temperature; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D006878:Hydroxides; C037473:nickel hydroxide; D009532:Nickel; C028007:nickel monoxide