title: Self-Templated Synthesis of Co- and N-Doped Carbon Microtubes Composed of Hollow Nanospheres and Nanotubes for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction.
abstract: A facile, self-templated strategy for the synthesis of Co- and N-doped carbon microtubular structures composed of nanoscale hollow spheres and nanotubes is proposed. Cobalt oxalate microtubes serve simultaneously as the solid cobalt precursor for the in situ conversion reaction to metal-organic framework and self-templates for the 1D tubular structure.
authors.affiliation: Materials Science and Engineering Program and Texas, Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
authors.forename: Sung Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.affiliation: Materials Science and Engineering Program and Texas, Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
authors.forename: Arumugam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manthiram
keywords: carbon nanotubes; hollow subunits; metal-organic framework; oxygen reduction reaction; self-template