title: Micelle-template synthesis of nitrogen-doped mesoporous graphene as an efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for hydrogen production.
abstract: Synthesis of mesoporous graphene materials by soft-template methods remains a great challenge, owing to the poor self-assembly capability of precursors and the severe agglomeration of graphene nanosheets. Herein, a micelle-template strategy to prepare porous graphene materials with controllable mesopores, high specific surface areas and large pore volumes is reported. By fine-tuning the synthesis parameters, the pore sizes of mesoporous graphene can be rationally controlled. Nitrogen heteroatom doping is found to remarkably render electrocatalytic properties towards hydrogen evolution reactions as a highly efficient metal-free catalyst. The synthesis strategy and the demonstration of highly efficient catalytic effect provide benchmarks for preparing well-defined mesoporous graphene materials for energy production applications.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Clean Energy Technology, School of Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Technology Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
authors.forename: Xiaodan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Centre for Clean Energy Technology, School of Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Technology Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
authors.forename: Yufei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Centre for Clean Energy Technology, School of Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Technology Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
authors.forename: Zhimin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ao
authors.affiliation: Centre for Clean Energy Technology, School of Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Technology Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
authors.forename: Guoxiu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang