Graphitic carbon nitride catalyst

Nitrogen-doped carbon materials shows good catalysts support in terms of catalytic activity and stability [18,19]. A graphitic carbon nitride with three-dimensionally extended highly ordered pore arrays has been reported as a support for a Pt-Ru alloy catalyst of a DMFC anode. The nanostructured C3N4 has 73-83% higher power density than Vulcan XC-72, a commercial carbon black. 

Cubic BN is usually manufactured at about 5 GPa and 1500°C from a mixture of graphitic hexagonal BN and a catalyst solvent such as lithium or magnesium nitride. Many other catalyst solvent systems have been found and most of them involve a nitride-forming element. As pressure and temperature increase, the catalyst requirements relax as with carbon. 

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