Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotube Arrays for High-Efficiency Electrochemical Reduction of CO2: On the Understanding of Defects, Defect Density, and Selectivity

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 54; no. 46; pp. 13701 - 13705
• Main Authors: Sharma, Pranav P., Wu, Jingjie, Yadav, Ram Manohar, Liu, Mingjie, Wright, Christopher J., Tiwary, Chandra Sekhar, Yakobson, Boris I., Lou, Jun, Ajayan, Pulickel M., Zhou, Xiao-Dong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 09.11.2015; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Carbon; Carbon dioxide; carbon dioxide fixation; carbon monoxide selectivity; carbon nanotubes; Chemical reduction; Defects; Efficiency; Electrochemistry; Nanotechnology; Nitrogen; nitrogen defects; carbon monoxide selectivity; carbon nanotubes; electrochemistry; nitrogen defects; carbon dioxide fixation

Nitrogen‐doped carbon nanotubes (NCNTs) have been considered as a promising electrocatalyst for carbon‐dioxide‐reduction reactions, but two fundamental chemistry questions remain obscure: 1) What are the active centers with respect to various defect species and 2) what is the role of defect density...