Issue 16, 2004

Investigation of modified basal plane pyrolytic graphite electrodes: definitive evidence for the electrocatalytic properties of the ends of carbon nanotubes

Abstract

The basis of the electrocatalytic nature of multi-wall carbon nanotubes is suggested to reside in electron transfer from the ends of nanotubes, which structurally resemble the behaviour of edge plane (as opposed to basal plane) graphite, and is demonstrated via the comparison of the electrochemical oxidation of epinephrine and the electrochemical reduction of ferricyanide at nanotube-modified electrodes using different types of graphite electrodes and with C60-modified electrodes.

Graphical abstract: Investigation of modified basal plane pyrolytic graphite electrodes: definitive evidence for the electrocatalytic properties of the ends of carbon nanotubes

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Mai 2004
Accepted
07 Jun 2004
First published
15 Jul 2004

Chem. Commun., 2004, 1804-1805

Investigation of modified basal plane pyrolytic graphite electrodes: definitive evidence for the electrocatalytic properties of the ends of carbon nanotubes

C. E. Banks, R. R. Moore, T. J. Davies and R. G. Compton, Chem. Commun., 2004, 1804 DOI: 10.1039/B406174H

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