Graphical A tubular core-shell catalyst of Fe/Fe 3 C-900 has been designed and synthesized which shows an excellent activity, chemo-selectivity and stability for the hydrogenation of nitroarenes under mild conditions. Recent years, tubular structure as the carrier loading nanoparticles has been reported more and more frequently which is synthesized by pyrolysis polyhedral MOFs. However, the construct mechanism has not been referred. Herein, a tubular structure has been designed by calcining modified ZIF-8 under different temperature to reveal the formation process of tubular carbon from the polyhedron. As a result, a pod-like core-shell catalyst of Fe/Fe 3 C-900 has been obtained and exhibits a high activity and excellent substituent tolerance for the reduction of nitro groups under mild conditions.
Owing to superior comprehensive performance, polyimide film (PI) has been extensively used as flexible substrate to support and fix electronic components. However, the current PI film has inferior thermal conductivity, especially in the vertical direction, causing failure of electronic devices in overheating conditions. Herein, an electrically insulating pea-pod-like filler with high thermal conductivity in both horizontal and vertical directions was prepared by encapsulating interconnected carbon microsphere (CM) with graphene-like carbon nitride (g-C3N4). The resultant thermal conductivity of PI film in horizontal and vertical directions has been improved by 11 (1.98 W m–1 K–1) and 2.4 (0.43 W m–1 K–1) times at 30 wt % CM@g-C3N4 loading, respectively. Furthermore, benefiting from satisfactory light absorption of CM@g-C3N4, the PI/CM@g-C3N4 film displays rapid heating capability under illumination. Meanwhile, the PI/CM@g-C3N4 film keeps intrinsic electrical insulation, thermal and dimensional stabilities. This work provides an effective method to solve the bottleneck of the current PI film in inadequate thermal conductivity.