石墨烯
拉曼光谱
兴奋剂
碳纤维
材料科学
价(化学)
光电发射光谱学
电子结构
氢
费米能级
无机化学
化学
纳米技术
X射线光电子能谱
化学工程
光电子学
有机化学
计算化学
复合数
光学
物理
工程类
量子力学
电子
复合材料
作者
Zhiqiang Luo,Su Hui Lim,Zhongxian Tian,Jingzhi Shang,Linfei Lai,B. F. Macdonald,Chao Fu,Zexiang Shen,Ting Yu,Jianyi Lin
摘要
Different C–N bonding configurations in nitrogen (N) doped carbon materials have different electronic structures. Carbon materials doped with only one kind of C–N bonding configuration are an excellent platform for studying doping effects on the electronic structure and physical/chemical properties. Here we report synthesis of single layer graphene doped with pure pyridinic N by thermal chemical vapour deposition of hydrogen and ethylene on Cu foils in the presence of ammonia. By adjusting the flow rate of ammonia, the atomic ratio of N and C can be modulated from 0 to 16%. The domain like distribution of N incorporated in graphene was revealed by the imaging of Raman spectroscopy and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry. The ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy investigation demonstrated that the pyridinic N efficiently changed the valence band structure of graphene, including the raising of density of π states near the Fermi level and the reduction of work function. Such pyridinic N doping in carbon materials was generally considered to be responsible for their oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity. The 2e reduction mechanism of ORR on our CNxgraphene revealed by rotating disk electrode voltammetry indicated that the pyridinic N may not be an effective promoter for ORR activity of carbon materials as previously expected.
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