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Electrochemical activation of pristine single walled carbon nanotubes : impact on oxygen reduction and other surface sensitive redox processes
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Miller, Thomas S., Macpherson, Julie V. and Unwin, Patrick R. (2014) Electrochemical activation of pristine single walled carbon nanotubes : impact on oxygen reduction and other surface sensitive redox processes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16 (21). pp. 9966-9973. doi:10.1039/c3cp53717j ISSN 1463-9076.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3cp53717j
Abstract
The effect of systematic anodic pre-treatments of pristine single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) forests on the electrochemical response towards a variety of redox processes is investigated. An experimental arrangement is adopted whereby a microcapillary containing the solution of interest and a quasi reference-counter electrode is brought into contact with a small portion of the forest to enable measurements on the surface before and after controlled anodic polarisation (AP). AP of the surface is found to both improve the voltammetric response (faster apparent heterogeneous electron transfer kinetics) of surface sensitive redox processes, such as Fe2+/3+, and enhance the electrocatalytic response of the SWNTs towards oxygen reduction; the extent of which can be carefully controlled via the applied anodic potential. AP is expected to remove any trace organic (atmospheric) contaminants that may accumulate on the forest over extended periods as well as allowing the controlled introduction of defects, as confirmed by micro-Raman spectroscopy.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Chemistry | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics | ||||||||
Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1463-9076 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 7 June 2014 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 16 | ||||||||
Number: | 21 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 9966-9973 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1039/c3cp53717j | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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