Synthesis and electrochemical applications of nitrogen-doped carbon nanomaterials

Abstract

Abstract:Nitrogen doping is an effective way to tailor the properties of the shaped carbon materials, including the nanotubes, nanocups, nanofibers, as well as the nanorods, and render their potential use for various applications. The common bonding configurations obtained on the N insertion is the pyridinic N and pyrrolic N, which impart the characteristic properties to these carbon materials. This review will focus on the nitrogen-doped carbon materials, the doping effect on the electrochemistry of the doped nanomaterials, and the various synthetic methods to introduce N into the carbon network. The potential applications of the N-doped materials are also reviewed on the basis of the experimental and theoretical studies in electrochemistry.

Recent Progress on Electrochemical Capacitors Based on Carbon Nanotubes

“…The type of defect created by the heteroatom influences the kind of conduction generated ranging from n-type transport (N substitution doping) to p-type conduction (B substitution of boron in lattice) [92]. The existence of heteroatoms significantly enhances the specific capacitance values of carbon materials by the pseudocapacitance effect [83,88].…”

Co NP/NC hollow nanoparticles derived from yolk-shell structured ZIFs@polydopamine as bifunctional electrocatalysts for water oxidation and oxygen reduction reactions

“…The doping of heteroatoms such as nitrogen, sulfur, phosphor could greatly enhance the catalytic activity of carbon materials because the heteroatoms with different electron configurations would attract or repel electrons in neighbor carbon atoms, which can act as ac-tive sites for several kinds of reactions [7][8][9] . Among them, nitrogen doping has been proved to be powerful to improve the performance of oxygen reduction reactions and lithium ion anchoring ability [10] , and the rational design and construction of nitrogendoped carbon nanomaterials-based electrocatalysts have attracted extensive research interest and aroused favorable results [11][12][13][14] .…”

Structure and Electroanalytical Application of Nitrogen-doped Carbon Thin Film Electrode with Lower Nitrogen Concentration

“…[1][2][3][4] It is well known that the carbon-nitrogen bond changes the mechanical and electrocatalytic properties of the carbon film because the carbon-nitrogen bond plays an important role as an active site for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). In particular, carbon alloy which is also a nitrogen-doped carbon containing a nanoshell structure, has been studied to develop low-cost non-platinum catalysts for fuel cell cathodes.…”