Journal
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 224-229Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/b807213m
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Funding
- NSFC [20833002, 20525312]
- Scientific Research Foundation of Graduate School of Nanjing University [2007CB936300]
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A new kind of carbon nitride (CNx) nanofiber has been prepared by the calcination of polypyrrole nanowires at 800 degrees C. The product maintained a wire-like morphology during calcination, and the pyrrolic nitrogen in the polypyrrole nanowires gradually changed to pyridinic and graphitic nitrogen as annealing temperature increased. These CNx nanofibers, prepared at 800 degrees C, have a nitrogen concentration of about 10%. Pt nanoparticles with average size of similar to 3 nm could therefore be easily immobilized onto the CNx nanofibers because of the inherent chemical activity arising from the nitrogen incorporation. The Pt/CNx composite catalyst thus obtained has a large electrochemically active area and gives good electrocatalytic performance for methanol oxidation, both in activity and stability, suggesting it has potential application in fuel cells.
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