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Simple preparation of nanoporous few-layer nitrogen-doped graphene for use as an efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions

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In this paper, a simple pyrolysis of graphene oxide and polyaniline was performed to obtain nitrogen-doped graphene (NG), which has excellent catalytic activity toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in an alkaline electrolyte.
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This article is published in Carbon.The article was published on 2013-03-01. It has received 326 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Electrocatalyst & Oxygen evolution.

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Phenolic resin/chitosan composite derived nitrogen-doped carbon as highly durable and anti-poisoning electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel kind of nitrogen-doping carbon based material (PR-C) has been fabricated with phenolic resin and chitosan, in which the low-cost and renewable biomass material chitosa is used as the nitrogen source, and the resultant catalyst has longterm stability, superior tolerance to methanol poisoning, and favorable electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR).
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Preparation of nitrogen-doped carbon nanoblocks with high electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline solution

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe metal-free nitrogen-doped carbon nanoblocks (NCNBs) with high nitrogen contents (4.11%), which have good electrocatalytic properties for ORR.
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Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: Role of carbon nanotubes/graphene in cathode catalysis

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the PEM fuel cell cathode catalysis in terms of challenges and progress in the field with an emphasis on the application of carbon nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes and graphene.
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Polyoxometalates Assemblies and Their Electrochemical Applications

TL;DR: In this article, the synthetic strategies used to prepare polyoxometalates-assisted nanocomposites are discussed, which provide a chemist's way to prepare highly efficient and low-cost nonnoble metal electrocatalysts.
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Nitrogen-Doped Graphene as Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction in Fuel Cells

TL;DR: The resultant N-graphene was demonstrated to act as a metal-free electrode with a much better electrocatalytic activity, long-term operation stability, and tolerance to crossover effect than platinum for oxygen reduction via a four-electron pathway in alkaline fuel cells.
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Synthesis of N-Doped Graphene by Chemical Vapor Deposition and Its Electrical Properties

TL;DR: Electrical measurements show that the N-doped graphene exhibits an n-type behavior, indicating substitutional doping can effectively modulate the electrical properties of graphene.
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Catalyst-Free Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene via Thermal Annealing Graphite Oxide with Melamine and Its Excellent Electrocatalysis

TL;DR: A facile, catalyst-free thermal annealing approach for large-scale synthesis of NG using low-cost industrial material melamine as the nitrogen source is proposed, which can completely avoid the contamination of transition metal catalysts, and thus the intrinsic catalytic performance of pure NGs can be investigated.
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N-doping of graphene through electrothermal reactions with ammonia.

TL;DR: An n-type graphene field-effect transistor that operates at room temperature is fabricated and confirmed the carbon-nitrogen species in graphene thermally annealed in ammonia is covalently functionalized by nitrogen species.
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