A review on recent progress in nitrogen-doped graphene: synthesis, characterization and its potential applications (original) (raw)

Nitrogen doping has been an effective way to tailor the properties of graphene and render its potential use for various applications. Three common boding configurations are normally obtained when doing nitrogen into the graphene, i.e. pyridinic N, pyrrolic N and graphitic N. This paper reviews the nitrogen doped graphene, including various synthesis methods to introduce the N doping and various characterization techniques for the examination of various N bonding configuration. Potential applications of N-graphene are also reviewed based on the experimental and theoretical studies.