Demonstration of the importance of oxygenated species at the ends of carbon nanotubes for their favourable electrochemical properties

Alison Chou; Till Bocking; Nagindar K Singh; J Justin Gooding

doi:10.1039/b415051a

Demonstration of the importance of oxygenated species at the ends of carbon nanotubes for their favourable electrochemical properties

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Feb 21:(7):842-4. doi: 10.1039/b415051a. Epub 2005 Jan 13.

Authors

Alison Chou¹, Till Bocking, Nagindar K Singh, J Justin Gooding

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 15700055
DOI: 10.1039/b415051a

Abstract

Definitive evidence is presented for the favourable electrochemical properties of carbon nanotube modified electrodes arising from the ends of SWNTs due to oxygenated carbon species in general, and carboxylic acid moieties in particular, produced during acid purification.