The microwave adsorption behavior and microwave-assisted heteroatoms doping of graphene-based nano-carbon materials

Pei Tang; Gang Hu; Yongjun Gao; Wenjing Li; Siyu Yao; Zongyuan Liu; Ding Ma

doi:10.1038/srep05901

The microwave adsorption behavior and microwave-assisted heteroatoms doping of graphene-based nano-carbon materials

Sci Rep. 2014 Aug 11:4:5901. doi: 10.1038/srep05901.

Authors

Pei Tang¹, Gang Hu², Yongjun Gao¹, Wenjing Li¹, Siyu Yao¹, Zongyuan Liu³, Ding Ma¹

Affiliations

¹ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China.
² Israel Chemicals Limited, Shanghai 200021, P.R.China.
³ 1] Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States [2] Chemistry Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States.

Abstract

Microwave-assisted heating method is used to treat graphite oxide (GO), pyrolytic graphene oxide (PGO) and hydrogen-reduced pyrolytic graphene oxide (HPGO). Pure or doped graphene are prepared in the time of minutes and a thermal deoxygenization reduction mechanism is proposed to understand their microwave adsorption behaviors. These carbon materials are excellent catalysts in the reduction of nitrobenzene. The defects are believed to play an important role in the catalytic performance.

Publication types

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