We reported a new technology for transforming N-containing organic wastes (such as aniline, adiponitrile, and tar from preoxidized PAN fibers) into N-doped carbon nanotubes (N-CNTs) with nanosized iron or nickel catalysts in two consecutive reactors at 650-800 °C. Most of the reactants were converted, and N-CNTs in large amounts were produced in the first stage of the reactor, while the reactants could be completely removed in the second stage of the reactor. The doping content of N-species on CNTs easily approached 10-22 wt %, much higher than most of the earlier reported methods.
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