Issue 15, 2018

1D N-doped hierarchically porous hollow carbon tubes derived from a supramolecular template as metal-free electrocatalysts for a highly efficient oxygen reduction reaction

Abstract

For the first time, a supramolecular template-derived synthesis approach is reported to fabricate 1D nitrogen-doped hollow carbon tubes (h-NCTs) with a hierarchical micro/mesoporous structure. A melamine cyanurate supramolecular assembly is used as the tubular-structure guiding template and nitrogen source, endowing the obtained h-NCTs catalyst with proliferative catalytic active sites, a high surface area as well as a well-defined multiscale pore system. The sample prepared at 900 °C (h-NCT-900) displays an exceptional half-wave potential of 0.86 V versus RHE, which is one of the best values recorded in the literature for a metal-free electrocatalyst.

Graphical abstract: 1D N-doped hierarchically porous hollow carbon tubes derived from a supramolecular template as metal-free electrocatalysts for a highly efficient oxygen reduction reaction

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 2 2018
Accepted
12 3 2018
First published
14 3 2018

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018,6, 6212-6219

1D N-doped hierarchically porous hollow carbon tubes derived from a supramolecular template as metal-free electrocatalysts for a highly efficient oxygen reduction reaction

L. Zhao, X. Sui, Q. Zhou, J. Li, J. Zhang, G. Huang and Z. Wang, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 6212 DOI: 10.1039/C8TA01296B

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