Nitrogen Enriched Nanocarbons As a Metal-Free Water Reducing Catalysts

Gottlieb, Eric

Friday, June 19, 2015: 9:00 AM

407 (Lawrence Convention Center)

Eric Gottlieb¹, Husain Kagalwala¹, John Keith², David Yaron¹, Stefan Bernhard¹ and Tomek Kowalewski¹, (1)Carnegie Mellon University, USA, (2)University of Pittsburgh, USA.

We show that copolymer templated nitrogen enriched nanocarbons (CTNCs) make for effective water reducing catalysts in photocatalytic water reduction. Catalytic activity is found to be optimal at 900°C, balancing nitrogen content and conductivity. Using DFT, we explore thermodynamics of simplified CTNC systems to explain and further optimize catalytic activity.

Extended Abstracts:

abstract_june_2015.pdf (148.2KB) - Extended Abstract

O-F-407-4 Nitrogen Enriched Nanocarbons As a Metal-Free Water Reducing Catalysts