title: Can boron and nitrogen co-doping improve oxygen reduction reaction activity of carbon nanotubes?
abstract: Two kinds of boron and nitrogen co-doped carbon nanotubes (CNTs) dominated by bonded or separated B and N are intentionally prepared, which present distinct oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performances. The experimental and theoretical results indicate that the bonded case cannot, while the separated one can, turn the inert CNTs into ORR electrocatalysts. This progress demonstrates the crucial role of the doping microstructure on ORR performance, which is of significance in exploring the advanced C-based metal-free electrocatalysts.
authors: Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE and Jiangsu Provincial Lab for Nanotechnology, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, PR China.
authors: Yu
authors: Y
authors: Zhao
authors: Lijun
authors: L
authors: Yang
authors: Sheng
authors: S
authors: Chen
authors: Xizhang
authors: X
authors: Wang
authors: Yanwen
authors: Y
authors: Ma
authors: Qiang
authors: Q
authors: Wu
authors: Yufei
authors: Y
authors: Jiang
authors: Weijin
authors: W
authors: Qian
authors: Zheng
authors: Z
authors: Hu
mesh_terms: D001895:Boron / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D009584:Nitrogen; D001895:Boron; D010100:Oxygen