N-Doped porous carbon nanotubes: synthesis and application in catalysis

• DOI: 10.1039/c6cc09374d
• Publication Date: 2016-12-12T14:25:56Z
• Authors: Zhenzhen Yang; Zhenghui Liu; Hongye Zhang; Bo Yu; Yanfei Zhao; Huan Wang; Guipeng Ji; Yu Chen; Xinwei Liu; Zhimin Liu
• Keywords: Carbon fibers

Uniform N-doped carbon nanotubes were obtained for the first time via a morphology-preserving thermal transformation of organic polymer without any additional templates. These acted as superior metal-free catalyst C-H arylation benzene, reductive hydrogen atom transfer and oxidation reactions.