N-doped mesoporous carbon spheres as the oxygen reduction reaction catalysts

The interest in the design and controlled fabrication of mesoporous carbon nanospheres emanates from their tremendous potential applications in adsorption, energy conversion and storage, gene therapy, and catalysis. Here, we report the synthesis of uniform N-doped mesoporous carbon spheres with tuna...

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Main Authors: Yang, T., Liu, Jian, Zhou, R., Chen, Z., Xu, H., Qiao, S., Monteiro, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: R S C Publications 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6379
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author Yang, T.
Liu, Jian
Zhou, R.
Chen, Z.
Xu, H.
Qiao, S.
Monteiro, M.
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Liu, Jian
Zhou, R.
Chen, Z.
Xu, H.
Qiao, S.
Monteiro, M.
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description The interest in the design and controlled fabrication of mesoporous carbon nanospheres emanates from their tremendous potential applications in adsorption, energy conversion and storage, gene therapy, and catalysis. Here, we report the synthesis of uniform N-doped mesoporous carbon spheres with tunable particle size from 40 to 750 nm by a one-pot soft template method. The synthetic method also allowed the preparation of N-doped microporous or mesoporous hollow carbon spheres. While all the resulting materials showed favourable electrocatalytic activity, the metal-free N-doped mesoporous hollow carbon spheres with particle size of 150 nm, in particular, exhibited the highest activity.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-63792017-09-13T14:41:02Z N-doped mesoporous carbon spheres as the oxygen reduction reaction catalysts Yang, T. Liu, Jian Zhou, R. Chen, Z. Xu, H. Qiao, S. Monteiro, M. The interest in the design and controlled fabrication of mesoporous carbon nanospheres emanates from their tremendous potential applications in adsorption, energy conversion and storage, gene therapy, and catalysis. Here, we report the synthesis of uniform N-doped mesoporous carbon spheres with tunable particle size from 40 to 750 nm by a one-pot soft template method. The synthetic method also allowed the preparation of N-doped microporous or mesoporous hollow carbon spheres. While all the resulting materials showed favourable electrocatalytic activity, the metal-free N-doped mesoporous hollow carbon spheres with particle size of 150 nm, in particular, exhibited the highest activity. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6379 10.1039/c4ta04301d R S C Publications restricted
spellingShingle Yang, T.
Liu, Jian
Zhou, R.
Chen, Z.
Xu, H.
Qiao, S.
Monteiro, M.
N-doped mesoporous carbon spheres as the oxygen reduction reaction catalysts
title N-doped mesoporous carbon spheres as the oxygen reduction reaction catalysts
title_full N-doped mesoporous carbon spheres as the oxygen reduction reaction catalysts
title_fullStr N-doped mesoporous carbon spheres as the oxygen reduction reaction catalysts
title_full_unstemmed N-doped mesoporous carbon spheres as the oxygen reduction reaction catalysts
title_short N-doped mesoporous carbon spheres as the oxygen reduction reaction catalysts
title_sort n-doped mesoporous carbon spheres as the oxygen reduction reaction catalysts
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6379