The high-N-content, the cup-stacking and the macroscopic nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes（NCNT）were synthesized via an easily manufactured catalytic chemical vapor deposition（CCVD） method. Nitrogen physisorption, t...The high-N-content, the cup-stacking and the macroscopic nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes（NCNT）were synthesized via an easily manufactured catalytic chemical vapor deposition（CCVD） method. Nitrogen physisorption, transmission electron microscopy（TEM）, thermogravimetric analysis（TGA）, X-ray diffraction（XRD） and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy（XPS） were used to characterize the as-obtained NCNTs. High reaction temperatures were found to be the key point to the formation of inner-cup-stacking NCNTs. However, the synthesis of the outer-cup-stacking NCNT needs special demands not only to the reaction temperature but also to the catalyst and the carrier gas. The possibility of CO oxidation by NCNT was proved to be very small, and the outer-cup-stacking NCNT showed obvious advantage in the oxidative dehydrogenation（ODH） of butene to butadiene compared to a bamboo-like NCNT with an even higher N content.展开更多
基金financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21133010,21473223,51221264,21261160487,21411130120,21503241,91545119 and 91545110)the“Strategic Priority Research Program”of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA09030103)the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams
文摘The high-N-content, the cup-stacking and the macroscopic nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes（NCNT）were synthesized via an easily manufactured catalytic chemical vapor deposition（CCVD） method. Nitrogen physisorption, transmission electron microscopy（TEM）, thermogravimetric analysis（TGA）, X-ray diffraction（XRD） and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy（XPS） were used to characterize the as-obtained NCNTs. High reaction temperatures were found to be the key point to the formation of inner-cup-stacking NCNTs. However, the synthesis of the outer-cup-stacking NCNT needs special demands not only to the reaction temperature but also to the catalyst and the carrier gas. The possibility of CO oxidation by NCNT was proved to be very small, and the outer-cup-stacking NCNT showed obvious advantage in the oxidative dehydrogenation（ODH） of butene to butadiene compared to a bamboo-like NCNT with an even higher N content.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(51264007)National Science Fund for Young Scholars(51201043)+2 种基金The Guangxi Natural Science Fund Key Project of China(2010GXNSFD013008)Guangxi Science and Technology Development Scientific Research Projects(12118020-2-2-1)Guangxi Information Materials Key Laboratory Project(1210908-10-Z)
