Facile synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene via low-temperature pyrolysis: The effects of precursors and annealing ambience on metal-free catalytic oxidation

Carbon

Volumn 115, Issue , 2017, Pages 649-658

  Li, Degang ^a   Duan, Xiaoguang ^b   Sun, Hongqi ^c   Kang, Jian ^b   Zhang, Huayang ^b   Tade, Moses O ^b   Wang, Shaobin ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catalytic oxidation; Nitrogen doped graphene; Peroxymonosulfate; Precursors; Singlet oxygen

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HEAT TREATMENT; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHENOLS; TEMPERATURE; UREA;

ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCES (EPR); ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; LOW-TEMPERATURE PYROLYSIS; NITROGEN DOPED GRAPHENE; PEROXYMONOSULFATE; PRECURSORS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SINGLET OXYGEN;

CATALYTIC OXIDATION;

EID: 85010716523     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.01.058     Document Type: Article

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