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Bottom-up synthesis of nitrogen-doped nanocarbons by a combination of metal catalysis and a solution plasma process.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to develop the bottom-up synthesis of nanocarbons with specific functions from molecules without any leaving group, halogen atom and boronic acid, by employing a metal catalyst under solution plasma irradiation. Pyridine was used as a source of carbon. In the presence of a Pd catalyst, the plasma treatment enabled the synthesis of N-doped carbons with a pyridinic configuration, which worked as an active catalytic site for the oxygen reduction reaction.

SUBMITTER: Zhou Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9417750 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Bottom-up synthesis of nitrogen-doped nanocarbons by a combination of metal catalysis and a solution plasma process.

Zhou Yang Y Nishina Yuta Y

Nanoscale advances 20200824 10

We aimed to develop the bottom-up synthesis of nanocarbons with specific functions from molecules without any leaving group, halogen atom and boronic acid, by employing a metal catalyst under solution plasma irradiation. Pyridine was used as a source of carbon. In the presence of a Pd catalyst, the plasma treatment enabled the synthesis of N-doped carbons with a pyridinic configuration, which worked as an active catalytic site for the oxygen reduction reaction. ...[more]

PMID: 36132902

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