Carbon nanotubes, phthalocyanines and porphyrins: attractive hybrid materials for electrocatalysis and electroanalysis.

J Nanosci Nanotechnol

Departamento de Química de los Materiales, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Casilla 40, Correo 33 Santiago, 917 0022, Chile.

Published: April 2009

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  • The manuscript explores the creation of hybrid materials by combining single and multi-walled carbon nanotubes with biomimetic compounds like metalloporphyrins and metallophthalocyanines.
  • These hybrid materials are utilized for electrocatalytic processes including the reduction of oxygen and hydrogen peroxide, as well as the oxidation of nitric oxide and thiols.
  • Additionally, the manuscript covers various characterization techniques for these hybrid materials, including cyclic voltammetry, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Article Abstract

The manuscript discusses different ways of forming hybrid materials between single (SWCNT) or multi (MWCNT) walled carbon nanotubes and biomimetic compounds such as metalloporphyrins, metallophthalocyanines and other MN4 complexes. The hybrid materials are employed for electrocatalysis of reactions such as oxygen and hydrogen peroxide reduction, nitric oxide oxidation, oxidation of thiols and other pollutants. Methods of characterizing the hybrid materials such as cyclic voltammetry (CV), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) are discussed.

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