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Synthesis and characterization of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes by pyrolysis of melamine

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The typical bamboo-like nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes (N-CNTs) have been successfully synthesized via pyrolysis of melamine (C3N6H6). The morphology of the samples is characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The synthesized nanotubes are structurally uniform. The nitrogen to carbon atomic ratio of N-CNTs determined by chemical element analysis is found to be 0.23. The corresponding binding energy of the samples is obtained through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and the characteristic infrared peaks are recorded by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The characterization of thermal stability is obtained by thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) under flowing argon. The photoluminescence (PL) spectrum of the product shows that all the emission peaks are located in the blue–violet wavelength region, which indicates that N-CNTs may have potential applications in nano-optical device fields. Moreover, the growth mechanism of N-CNTs is carefully discussed.

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Acknowledgements

This work is supported by Program for the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61178074), the development of Science and Technology of Jilin province (Nos. 201105084, 201215222), Program for the master students’ scientific and innovative research of Jilin Normal University (No. 201141).

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    Xuefei Li, Lingnan Kong, Jinghai Yang, Ming Gao, Tingjing Hu, Xingtong Wu & Ming Li

  2. Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Physics and Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Normal University, Siping, 136000, Jilin, China

    Xuefei Li, Lingnan Kong, Jinghai Yang, Ming Gao, Tingjing Hu, Xingtong Wu & Ming Li

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Li, X., Kong, L., Yang, J. et al. Synthesis and characterization of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes by pyrolysis of melamine. Appl. Phys. A 113, 735–739 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-013-7574-x

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