Synthesis of carbon nanorods with SH in concentrated NaCl

•Sodium hyaluronate @ sodium chloride as carbon source.•Sodium chloride as a separator.•Synthesis of carbon nanostructures with different morphologies of macromolecules. Carbon nanorods exhibit excellent properties in mechanics, electricity, thermology and optics, and have broad application prospects in the frontier of the major areas. In this study, a self-assembly method was employed to synthesize carbon nanorods using sodium hyaluronate (SH) as the carbon source. Using the crystal structure of sodium chloride as a partitioning agent for carbon nanorods micelles. As prepared Samples were characterised and tested using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and Raman spectroscopy. The results demonstrated the successful preparation of SH @ NaCl carbon nanorods, with an average diameter and length of approximately 50 nm and 800 nm, respectively, and L/D ratio of 16. The present research strategy emphasises the significance of macromolecule @ salt self-assembly in the synthesis of carbon nanostructures of varying morphologies in different systems.