A nitrogen-doped graphene/carbon nanotube nanocomposite with synergistically enhanced electrochemical activity

Ping Chen; Tian-Yuan Xiao; Yu-Hong Qian; Shan-Shan Li; Shu-Hong Yu

doi:10.1002/adma.201300515

A nitrogen-doped graphene/carbon nanotube nanocomposite with synergistically enhanced electrochemical activity

Adv Mater. 2013 Jun 18;25(23):3192-6. doi: 10.1002/adma.201300515. Epub 2013 May 8.

Authors

Ping Chen¹, Tian-Yuan Xiao, Yu-Hong Qian, Shan-Shan Li, Shu-Hong Yu

Affiliation

¹ Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry, CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.

PMID: 23657839
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201300515

Abstract

A new kind of nitrogen-doped graphene/carbon nanotube nanocomposite can be synthesized by a facile hydrothermal process under mild conditions, which exhibits synergistically enhanced electrochemical activity for the oxygen reduction reaction. This research provides a new route to access a metal-free electrocatalyst with high activity under mild conditions.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Catalysis
Electrochemical Techniques
Graphite / chemistry*
Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
Nitrogen / chemistry*
Oxidation-Reduction
Oxygen / chemistry

Substances

Nanotubes, Carbon
Graphite
Nitrogen
Oxygen