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We synthesized a variety of Co-entrapped, N-doped porous carbon materials via a molten salt process. Dicyandiamide, urea, guanidine hydrochloride, and histidine were used as the nitrogen precursors. Glucose and ZnCl2 were used as carbon precursor and template, respectively. The nitrogen precursors greatly affect the porous structures of the final samples and thus the electrocatalytic activities toward hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). All the samples possess porous structures with high surface area and large pore volume. Electrocatalytic tests for hydrogen evolution reaction show that CoNDC-G is highly active for HER in alkaline media and is stable in the reaction without appreciated loss of activity after 10 h.
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This work is supported by the National Science Foundation of China (No. 21601128), the Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology (Northeast Forestry University) Ministry of Education (No. SWZCL2016-15), the State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry (No. 2017-14), the Key Point Research and Invention Program of the Science and Technology Department of Liaoning Province (2017308006), the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province of China (201602681), the Shenyang Municipal Science and Technology Planning projects (17-76-1-00), the Program for Excellent Talents in Shenyang Normal University (Nos. 054-51600210, BS201621, 41500108002), Engineering Technology Research Center of Catalysis for Energy and Environment, Major Platform for Science and Technology of the Universities in Liaoning Province, Liaoning Province Key Laboratory for Highly Efficient Conversion and Clean Utilization of Oil and Gas Resources, and the Engineering Research Center for Highly Efficient Conversion and Clean Use of Oil and Gas Resources of Liaoning Province.
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Sun, X., Tang, D., Zhang, W. et al. Molten salt synthesis of Co-entrapped, N-doped porous carbon from various nitrogen precursors as efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution. J Mater Sci 54, 638–647 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-2852-9
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