01702nas a2200253   4500008004100000022001400041245015800055210006900213260007700282300001200359490000700371520072600378653001501104653002101119653001501140653003001155653003001185100002101215700002401236700002401260700002401284700002001308856012001328       2013                        eng d  a0947-653900aPorous-organic-framework-templated nitrogen-rich porous carbon as a more proficient electrocatalyst than Pt/C for the electrochemical reduction of oxygen0 aPorousorganicframeworktemplated nitrogenrich porous carbon as a   aBOSCHSTRASSE 12, D-69469 WEINHEIM, GERMANYbWILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBHcJAN  a974-9800 v193 a<p>Porous nitrogen-rich carbon (POF-C-1000) that was synthesized by using a porous organic framework (POF) as a self-sacrificing host template in a nanocasting process possessed a high degree of graphitization in an ordered structural arrangement with large domains and well-ordered arrays of carbon sheets. POF-C-1000 exhibits favorable electrocatalytic activity for the oxygen-reduction reaction (ORR) with a clear positive shift of about 40 mV in the onset potential compared to that of a traditional, commercially available Pt/C catalyst. In addition, irrespective of its moderate surface area (785 m2?g-1), POF-C-1000 showed a reasonable H2 adsorption of 1.6 wt?% (77 K) and a CO2 uptake of 3.5 mmol?g-1 (273 K).</p>10aAdsorption10aElectrochemistry10afuel cells10aoxygen-reduction reaction10aporous organic frameworks1 aPachfule, Pradip1 aDhavale, Vishal, M.1 aKandambeth, Sharath1 aKurungot, Sreekumar1 aBanerjee, Rahul  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/porous-organic-framework-templated-nitrogen-rich-porous-carbon-more-proficient-002323nas a2200241   4500008004100000022001400041245014400055210006900199260010200268300001200370490000700382520137800389653001501767653001101782653001101793653003001804653001401834100002401848700002401872700002401896700003001920856013101950       2015                        eng d  a0250-470700aElectrochemical preparation of nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots and their size-dependent electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction0 aElectrochemical preparation of nitrogendoped graphene quantum do  aC V RAMAN AVENUE, SADASHIVANAGAR, P B \#8005, BANGALORE 560 080, INDIAbINDIAN ACAD SCIENCEScAPR  a435-4420 v383 a<p>Here we report a remarkable transformation of nitrogen-doped multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) to size selective nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) by a two-step electrochemical method. The sizes of the N-GQDs strongly depend on the applied anodic potential, moreover increasing potential resulted in a smaller size of N-GQDs. These N-GQDs display many unusual size-dependant optoelectronic (blue emission) and electrocatalytic (oxygen reduction) properties. The presence of N dopants in the carbon framework not only causes faster unzipping of MWCNTs but also provides more low activation energy site for enhancing the electrocatalytic activity for technologically daunting reactions like oxygen reduction. The smaller size of N-GQDs has shown better performance as compared to the large N-GQDs. Interestingly, N-GQDs-3 (size = 2.5 +/- 0.3 nm, onset potential = 0.75 V) show a 30-mV higher positive onset potential shift compared to that of N-GQDs-2 (size = 4.7 +/- 0.3 nm, onset potential = 0.72 V) and 70 mV than that of N-GQDs-1 (size = 7.2 +/- 0.3, onset potential = 0.68 V) for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in a liquid phase. These result in the size-dependent electrocatalytic activity of N-GQDs for ORR as illustrated by the smaller sized N-GQDs (2.5 +/- 0.3 nm) undoubtedly promising metal-free electrocatalysts for fuel cell applications.</p>10afuel cells10aMWCNTs10aN-GQDs10aoxygen reduction reaction10aunzipping1 aShinde, Dhanraj, B.1 aDhavale, Vishal, M.1 aKurungot, Sreekumar1 aPillai, Vijayamohanan, K.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/electrochemical-preparation-nitrogen-doped-graphene-quantum-dots-and-their-size-dependent-0