Moderating black powder chemistry for the synthesis of doped and highly porous graphene nanoplatelets and their use in electrocatalysis.

Liu, Xiaofeng; Antonietti, Markus · Adv Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Inspired by black powder explosion, a mixture of sugar and nitrate is diluted with inert molten salt, such that their rapid reaction is moderated, allowing capturing of the intermediacy product: highly porous N-doped graphene nanoplates. The methodology is extended to S-doped porous carbon sheets by replacing the nitrate with sulfate. These MS-derived carbons show promising performances towards electrocatalysis and capacitive energy storage.

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