Carbon nanotubes uniformly 50 nm in diameter were directly grown on graphite foil. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) shows that the carbon nanotube /graphite foil electrode has a high specific capacitance (115.7 F/g at a scan rate of 100 mV/s) and exhibits typical double-layer behavior. A rectangular-shaped CV curve persists even at a scan rate of 100 mV/s in 1.0 M H SO aqueous solution, which suggests t...

A novel potentiometric, enantioselective membrane electrode based on graphite paste (graphite powder and paraffin oil), impregnated with 10–3 mol/L 2-hydroxy-3-trimethylammoniopropyl-β-cyclodextrin (as chloride salt) solution, has been constructed. The potentiometric, enantioselective membrane electrode can be used for the reliable assay of S-enalapril as raw material and from its pharmaceutica...

Edged plane pyrolytic graphite electrode (EPPGE) was modified with and without Prussian blue (PB) nanoparticles and polyaminobenzene sulphonated single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTPABS) using the chemical deposition method. The electrodes were characterised using microscopy, spectroscopy and electrochemical techniques. Results showed that edged plane pyrolytic graphite-single-walled carbon na...

carbon nanotubes are regarded as promising building blocks for the construction of novel biosensors due to their unique properties like fast electron transfer, high electrocatalytic effect and good biocompatibility. in the present study, the effect of different chemical oxidation’s methods of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (mwcnts) on the electrochemical behavior of modified graphite electrodes ...

In this work a new and simple two electrode amperometric sensor for NO2 detection is described. The sensor consists of a Nafion® proton exchange membrane (PEM), a Graphite working electrode, and a NiO counter electrode. The developed sensor presents a good sensitivity to NO2 and very small cross sensitivity to CO and O2. A dedicated measurement system was developed, and a measurement protocol w...

Here we demonstrate a controlled two-step partial exfoliation method to synthesize functionalized exfoliated graphite substrates. Ultrathin and functionalized graphene sheets anchoring on the graphite provide a large conductive surface area for loading pseudo-capacitive MnO2 nanosheets. The functionalized exfoliated graphite/MnO2 electrode achieved an excellent areal capacitance of 244 mF cm(-2...

The present work describes the construction of a new modified graphite-multiwall carbon nanotube paste electrode by casting the appropriate mixture of tetraheptylammonium iodide-iodine as a new modifier. The modified paste electrode was used for the determination of ascorbic acid (AA) in a phosphate buffer solution (pH 2.0). When compared to activated carbon, a graphite and multiwall carbon nan...

A high full-electrode basis capacity secondary battery anode consisting of a template-free 3D nanostructured Fe3O4/C composite is presented. On a full electrode basis, the nanocomposite exhibits attractive electrochemical performance including a volumetric capacity of 1064 mAh cm(-3), which significantly exceeds both the practical (≈300 mAh cm(-3)) and theoretical (837 mAh cm(-3)) capacity of a...

A simple strategy to immobilize highly efficient ruthenium based molecular water-oxidation catalysts on the basal-plane pyrolytic graphite electrode (BPG) by polymerization has been demonstrated. The electrode 1@BPG has obtained a high initial turnover frequency (TOF) of 10.47 s(-1) at ∼700 mV overpotential, and a high turnover number (TON) up to 31600 in 1 h electrolysis.

OBJECTIVES Characterisation of the airborne concentration of 13 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) at various workplaces in a graphite electrode and a coke production plant. Validation of the urinary excretion of 1-hydroxypyrene (hydroxypyrene) as a biological marker of exposure to PAH. DESIGN Cross sectional study of workers exposed to PAHs (106 in the graphite electrode producing plant...