Issue 18, 2014

A green one-arrow-two-hawks strategy for nitrogen-doped carbon dots as fluorescent ink and oxygen reduction electrocatalysts

Abstract

A green strategy has been developed for synthesizing nitrogen-doped carbon dots (N-CDs) via hydrothermal treatment of willow leaves. The supernatant exhibits strong blue fluorescence under UV radiation and can be directly used as a fluorescent ink, while the solid product with pyrolysis possesses excellent electrocatalytic activity for a highly efficient oxygen reduction reaction with great stability and methanol/CO tolerance superior to a commercial Pt/C catalyst.

Graphical abstract: A green one-arrow-two-hawks strategy for nitrogen-doped carbon dots as fluorescent ink and oxygen reduction electrocatalysts

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
31 Dec 2013
Accepted
17 Feb 2014
First published
17 Feb 2014

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014,2, 6320-6325

A green one-arrow-two-hawks strategy for nitrogen-doped carbon dots as fluorescent ink and oxygen reduction electrocatalysts

S. Gao, Y. Chen, H. Fan, X. Wei, C. Hu, L. Wang and L. Qu, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 6320 DOI: 10.1039/C3TA15443B

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