Multifunctional electrocatalytic hybrid carbon nanocables with highly active edges on their walls
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60461373%3A22310%2F16%3A43901917" target="_blank" >RIV/60461373:22310/16:43901917 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/61388963:_____/16:00459356
Result on the web
<a href="http://pubs.rsc.org/is/content/articlehtml/2016/nr/c6nr00636a" target="_blank" >http://pubs.rsc.org/is/content/articlehtml/2016/nr/c6nr00636a</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6nr00636a" target="_blank" >10.1039/c6nr00636a</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Multifunctional electrocatalytic hybrid carbon nanocables with highly active edges on their walls
Original language description
Graphene sheets exhibit fast heterogeneous electron transfer at the edges while at the basal plane the electron transfer is much slower. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) represent fascinating quasi-1-dimensional materials due to their electronic and mechanical properties which enable the formation of (unlike graphene) robust, flexible and well defined three dimensional structures. Because CNTs are created from "rolled up" graphene sheets, exposing mostly inactive walls, they generally exhibit poor electrochemical properties. In contrast, graphene sheets can exhibit fast electron transfer rates but are often prone to "restacking" which hinders their true electrochemical potential. Here we obviate this problem by partial unzipping of CNTs, where their inner core creates nanocables with high electrical conductivity while the outer unzipped graphene layers full of edges and defects act as highly electroactive materials. Metallic nanoparticles are introduced into graphene oxide/CNT hybrid structures (GOCNT), so they do catalyze reactions which are not catalyzed by carbon. We show that in combination with trace metal doping, these nanocables act as efficient electrocatalysts towards oxidation of biomarkers and energy related applications, such as hydrogen evolution reaction. Such hybrid graphene/CNT/metallic nanoparticles present universal well-structured catalysts which should find wide applications in electrochemical devices. GOCNTs rich in oxygenated groups show much promise in pollution management, thus their adsorption behaviour was investigated to establish their ability to remove harmful heavy-metal pollutants. The results show an increasing trend in the concentration of oxygen functional groups, directly correlated with the GOCNT adsorption capacity.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
CA - Inorganic chemistry
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA16-05167S" target="_blank" >GA16-05167S: Ion beam modifications of graphene based structures</a><br>
Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Nanoscale
ISSN
2040-3364
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
8
Issue of the periodical within the volume
12
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
6700-6711
UT code for WoS article
000372851500056
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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