Preparation of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube/Amino-Terminated Ionic Liquid Arrays and Their Electrocatalysis towards Oxygen Reduction

Arrays of aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube-ionic liquid (MIL) were assembled on silicon wafers (Si-MIL). Formation of Si-MIL was confirmed by ATR-FTIR, AFM and Raman techniques. The electrochemical measurements indicated that Si-MIL showed good electrocatalysis towards oxygen reduction compared...

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Main Authors: Li Niu, Ari Ivaska, Carita Kvarnström, Rose-Marie Latonen, Zhijuan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-01-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/3/1/672/
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spelling doaj-bac4aeb245f74262b4fc9bc7467995352020-11-25T01:06:45ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442010-01-013167268110.3390/ma3010672Preparation of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube/Amino-Terminated Ionic Liquid Arrays and Their Electrocatalysis towards Oxygen ReductionLi NiuAri IvaskaCarita KvarnströmRose-Marie LatonenZhijuan WangArrays of aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube-ionic liquid (MIL) were assembled on silicon wafers (Si-MIL). Formation of Si-MIL was confirmed by ATR-FTIR, AFM and Raman techniques. The electrochemical measurements indicated that Si-MIL showed good electrocatalysis towards oxygen reduction compared with MIL drop-cast on a glassy carbon electrode. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/3/1/672/multi-walled carbon nanotubearraysionic liquidelctrocatalysis
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author Li Niu
Ari Ivaska
Carita Kvarnström
Rose-Marie Latonen
Zhijuan Wang
spellingShingle Li Niu
Ari Ivaska
Carita Kvarnström
Rose-Marie Latonen
Zhijuan Wang
Preparation of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube/Amino-Terminated Ionic Liquid Arrays and Their Electrocatalysis towards Oxygen Reduction
Materials
multi-walled carbon nanotube
arrays
ionic liquid
elctrocatalysis
author_facet Li Niu
Ari Ivaska
Carita Kvarnström
Rose-Marie Latonen
Zhijuan Wang
author_sort Li Niu
title Preparation of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube/Amino-Terminated Ionic Liquid Arrays and Their Electrocatalysis towards Oxygen Reduction
title_short Preparation of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube/Amino-Terminated Ionic Liquid Arrays and Their Electrocatalysis towards Oxygen Reduction
title_full Preparation of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube/Amino-Terminated Ionic Liquid Arrays and Their Electrocatalysis towards Oxygen Reduction
title_fullStr Preparation of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube/Amino-Terminated Ionic Liquid Arrays and Their Electrocatalysis towards Oxygen Reduction
title_full_unstemmed Preparation of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube/Amino-Terminated Ionic Liquid Arrays and Their Electrocatalysis towards Oxygen Reduction
title_sort preparation of multi-walled carbon nanotube/amino-terminated ionic liquid arrays and their electrocatalysis towards oxygen reduction
publisher MDPI AG
series Materials
issn 1996-1944
publishDate 2010-01-01
description Arrays of aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube-ionic liquid (MIL) were assembled on silicon wafers (Si-MIL). Formation of Si-MIL was confirmed by ATR-FTIR, AFM and Raman techniques. The electrochemical measurements indicated that Si-MIL showed good electrocatalysis towards oxygen reduction compared with MIL drop-cast on a glassy carbon electrode.
topic multi-walled carbon nanotube
arrays
ionic liquid
elctrocatalysis
url http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/3/1/672/
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