Chemically converted graphene as substrate for immobilizing and enhancing the activity of a polymeric catalyst

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Jul 14;46(26):4740-2. doi: 10.1039/c001635g. Epub 2010 May 26.

Abstract

Graphitic carbon nitride, a polymeric catalyst, was immobilized on the surfaces of chemically converted graphene sheets to form a layered composite, which exhibited greatly improved conductivity and electrocatalytic performance on oxygen reduction reaction.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Electrodes
  • Nitriles / chemistry
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Oxygen / chemistry
  • Platinum / chemistry
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Nitriles
  • Polymers
  • Platinum
  • cyanogen
  • Carbon
  • Oxygen