In the current work, heteroatom-doped graphene materials containing different atomic ratios of nitrogen and sulphur were employed as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in acidic and alkaline media. To this end, the hydrothermal route and different chemical reducing agents were employed to synthesize the catalytic materials. The physicochemical characterization of the catal...

Two heteroatom-containing open-framework aluminophosphates, (C(3)H(4)N(2))(2)FeAl(3)P(4)O(16) and (C(3)H(4)N(2))(2)CrAl(3)P(4)O(16) (denoted as MAPO-CJ50, M = Fe, Cr), have been synthesized by using imidazole as the template under solvothermal conditions. The structure of FeAPO-CJ50 is determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, and its analogous structure CrAPO-CJ50 is identified by powder...

To guide the choice of future synthetic targets for single-molecule electronics, qualitative design rules are needed, which describe the effect of modifying chemical structure. Here the effect of heteroatom substitution on destructive quantum interference (QI) in single-molecule junctions is, for the first time experimentally addressed by investigating the conductance change when a "parent" met...

Human urine, otherwise potentially polluting waste, is an universal unused resource in organic form disposed by the human body. We present for the first time "proof of concept" of a convenient, perhaps economically beneficial, and innovative template-free route to synthesize highly porous carbon containing heteroatoms such as N, S, Si, and P from human urine waste as a single precursor for carb...

Heteroatom substitution can favorably alter electronic transport in conductive polymers to improve their thermoelectric performance. This study reports the spectroscopic, structural, and properties of poly(3–(3?,7?-dimethyloctyl) chalcogenophenes) or P3RX doped with 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (F4TCNQ), where heteroatom [X = thiophene (T), selenophene (Se), tellurophene...

The study aims to analyze the effect of heteroatom replacement on benzimidazole derivative chemosensor compounds ability form hydrogen bonds with anions. In this case, N in sensor compound (S1) is replaced O become a benzoxazole (S3). Calculating energy molecules involved electron level gives following results: replacing heteroatoms more electronegative atoms increases HOMO molecules, making re...

A novel nitrogen-doped corannulene derivative, 8-tert-butyl-6b(2) -azapentabenzo[bc,ef,hi,kl,no]corannulene, was synthesized by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of a polycyclic aromatic azomethine ylide with a diarylethyne and subsequent palladium-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization. This molecule represents the first example of a corannulene derivative bearing an internal heteroatom, and exhibits un...