Formation of nitrogen-doped mesoporous graphitic carbon with the help of melamine

Ruimin Li; Anmin Cao; Yanjun Zhang; Gen Li; Feng Jiang; Shumu Li; Daiqin Chen; Chunru Wang; Jiechao Ge; Chunying Shu

doi:10.1021/am5061323

Formation of nitrogen-doped mesoporous graphitic carbon with the help of melamine

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2014 Dec 10;6(23):20574-8. doi: 10.1021/am5061323. Epub 2014 Nov 4.

Authors

Ruimin Li¹, Anmin Cao, Yanjun Zhang, Gen Li, Feng Jiang, Shumu Li, Daiqin Chen, Chunru Wang, Jiechao Ge, Chunying Shu

Affiliation

¹ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructures and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, P. R. China.

PMID: 25361052
DOI: 10.1021/am5061323

Abstract

An efficient and facile synthesis method of nitrogen-doped mesoporous graphitic carbon (NMGC) was reported with melamine as a nitrogen source and citric acid as a carbon source. By taking advantage of the functional groups on melamine and citric acid, a uniform mixture of these two components was obtained via a self-assembly process. Accordingly, the nitrogen-doped mesoporous graphitic carbon (NMGC) can be obtained by means of the high temperature treatment. This as-prepared NMGC showed a promising potential as an anode material in lithium-ion batteries.

Keywords: graphitic carbon; melamine; mesoporous; self-assembly.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't