Nitrogen-doped one-dimensional (1D) macroporous carbonaceous nanotube arrays and their application in electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reactions

Xilin She; Dongjiang Yang; Dengwei Jing; Fang Yuan; Weiyou Yang; Liejin Guo; Yanke Che

doi:10.1039/c4nr03340j

Nitrogen-doped one-dimensional (1D) macroporous carbonaceous nanotube arrays and their application in electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reactions

Nanoscale. 2014 Oct 7;6(19):11057-61. doi: 10.1039/c4nr03340j.

Authors

Xilin She¹, Dongjiang Yang, Dengwei Jing, Fang Yuan, Weiyou Yang, Liejin Guo, Yanke Che

Affiliation

¹ Collaborative Innovation Centre for Marine Biomass Fibers, Materials and Textiles of Shandong Province, College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, PR China. [email protected].

PMID: 25145653
DOI: 10.1039/c4nr03340j

Abstract

A nitrogen(N)-doped one-dimensional (1D) macroporous carbonaceous nanotube array was fabricated by using an anodic alumina oxide (AAO) template. The large diameter of the nanotubes (∼200 nm) could overcome the sluggish mass transfer phenomena in the common micro/mesoporous carbon-based electrodes. Combining the activation of the π electrons of the sp(2) carbon array by N-doping, the novel 1D macroporous carbonaceous nanotube array exhibited high performance for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't