title: Explosive decomposition of a melamine-cyanuric acid supramolecular assembly for fabricating defect-rich nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes with significantly promoted catalysis.
abstract: A facile and scalable approach for fabricating structural defect-rich nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (MCSA-CNTs) through explosive decomposition of melamine-cyanuric acid supramolecular assembly is presented. In comparison to pristine carbon nanotubes, MCSA-CNT exhibits significantly enhanced catalytic performance in oxidant- and steam-free direct dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene, demonstrating the potential for metal-free clean and energy-saving styrene production. This finding also opens a new horizon for preparing highly-efficient carbocatalysts rich in structural defect sites for diverse transformations.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Catalysis Chemistry and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 411-84986354. zkzhao@dlut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zhongkui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Catalysis Chemistry and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 411-84986354.
authors.forename: Yitao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Catalysis Chemistry and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 411-84986354.
authors.forename: Guifang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Catalysis Chemistry and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 411-84986354.
authors.forename: Guiru
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: carbon nanotubes; defects; dehydrogenation; heterogeneous catalysis; supramolecular assemblies