@article{e1517c2e108f40e4b268146bce89851a,
title = "Controlled synthesis of N-doped carbon microspheres from melamine-based carbon by chemical vapor deposition",
abstract = "N-doped carbon hollow microspheres (NCMs) have been prepared by a facile water-assisted chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process using melamine as both the carbon precursor and N-dopant and ferrocene as both the catalyst and carbon precursor. It is shown that the size of the NCMs can be tuned just by changing the annealing temperature of the CVD furnace. The atomic percentage of nitrogen doping in NCMs could be achieved to 7.85% without sacrificing the hollow spherical structure. Probable growth mechanism of NCMs was proposed in this paper. The work reported here may pave a way for designing novel various atom-doped carbon microspheres.",
keywords = "CVD, Growth mechanism, Hollow microshperes, Melamine, N-doped carbon",
author = "Fan Wu and Chen Wang and Hu, {Hai Yan} and Ming Pan and Li, {Hua Fei} and Ning Xie and Zheling Zeng and Shuguang Deng and Wu, {Marvin H.} and K. Vinodgopal and Dai, {Gui Ping}",
note = "Funding Information: G.-P.D acknowledges the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 51762032 and 51462022) and the Natural Science Foundation Major Project of Jiangxi Province of China (Grant 20152ACB20012) for financial support of this research. K.V and M.H.W acknowledge the support of NSF PREM Award DMR 1523617. The assistance of Dr. Zhi-Qun Tian (HRTEM measurements) at Guangxi University and Dr. A. S. Kumbhar (SEM and HRTEM measurements), CHANL at UNC Chapel Hill, is also greatly appreciated. Funding Information: G.-P.D acknowledges the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 51762032 and 51462022 ) and the Natural Science Foundation Major Project of Jiangxi Province of China (Grant 20152ACB20012 ) for financial support of this research. K.V and M.H.W acknowledge the support of NSF PREM Award DMR 1523617 . The assistance of Dr. Zhi-Qun Tian (HRTEM measurements) at Guangxi University and Dr. A. S. Kumbhar (SEM and HRTEM measurements), CHANL at UNC Chapel Hill, is also greatly appreciated. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier B.V.",
year = "2019",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1016/j.cplett.2019.05.041",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "730",
pages = "124--129",
journal = "Chemical Physics Letters",
issn = "0009-2614",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}