Title |
Synthesis of single-crystal-like nanoporous carbon membranes and their application in overall water splitting
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Published in |
Nature Communications, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1038/ncomms13592 |
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Authors |
Hong Wang, Shixiong Min, Chun Ma, Zhixiong Liu, Weiyi Zhang, Qiang Wang, Debao Li, Yangyang Li, Stuart Turner, Yu Han, Haibo Zhu, Edy Abou-hamad, Mohamed Nejib Hedhili, Jun Pan, Weili Yu, Kuo-Wei Huang, Lain-Jong Li, Jiayin Yuan, Markus Antonietti, Tom Wu |
Abstract |
Nanoporous graphitic carbon membranes with defined chemical composition and pore architecture are novel nanomaterials that are actively pursued. Compared with easy-to-make porous carbon powders that dominate the porous carbon research and applications in energy generation/conversion and environmental remediation, porous carbon membranes are synthetically more challenging though rather appealing from an application perspective due to their structural integrity, interconnectivity and purity. Here we report a simple bottom-up approach to fabricate large-size, freestanding and porous carbon membranes that feature an unusual single-crystal-like graphitic order and hierarchical pore architecture plus favourable nitrogen doping. When loaded with cobalt nanoparticles, such carbon membranes serve as high-performance carbon-based non-noble metal electrocatalyst for overall water splitting. |
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