Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Carbonaceous Nanotubes Array via a Annealing Process and its use for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Title:Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Carbonaceous Nanotubes Array via a Annealing Process and its use for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Volume: 3 Issue: 1

Author(s): Juan Sun, Cuihua Sun, Zhuo Zhao, Qianqian Li, Fang Yuan and Xilin She

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Keywords: AAO, carbonaceous nanotubes array, nitrogen-doping, orr, polymer nanotube.

Abstract: Polyethylene glycol (PEG) nanotubes with an array structure were prepared by penetrating a PEG solution into anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates with a pore diameter of 200 nm. Nitrogen-doped carbonaceous nanotubes array were also successfully fabricated by annealing the polymer nanotube arrays in NH₃ atmosphere. Their morphology and structure were charactarized by XRD, SEM, TEM, and XPS respectively. The results show that the structure of carbonaceous nanotubes array is uniformly sustained. Their electrocatalytic performance was tested by using rotating disk electrode (RDE) technique. The results indicate the new carbon-based metal-free catalyst shows a high catalytic activity and an excellent methanol tolerance for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR).

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Sun Juan, Sun Cuihua, Zhao Zhuo, Li Qianqian, Yuan Fang and She Xilin, Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Carbonaceous Nanotubes Array via a Annealing Process and its use for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Current Catalysis 2014; 3 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2211544702666131121233128

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2211544702666131121233128	Print ISSN 2211-5447
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher	Online ISSN 2211-5455