Graphite powder and multiwalled carbon nanotubes chemically modified with 4-nitrobenzylamine

Gregory G. Wildgoose; Shelley J. Wilkins; Gareth R. Williams; Robert R. France; David L. Carnahan; Jiang Li; Timothy G. J. Jones; Richard G. Compton

doi:10.1002/cphc.200400403

Graphite powder and multiwalled carbon nanotubes chemically modified with 4-nitrobenzylamine

Gregory G. Wildgoose, Shelley J. Wilkins, Gareth R. Williams, Robert R. France, David L. Carnahan, Jiang Li, Timothy G. J. Jones, Richard G. Compton

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Abstract

We demonstrate that graphite powder and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) can be derivatized by 4-nitrobenzylamine (4-NBA) simply by stirring the graphite powder or MWCNTs in a soln. of acetonitrile contg. 10 mM 4-NBA. We propose that 4-NBA partially intercalates at localized edge-plane or edge-plane-like defect sites and support this hypothesis with a range of exptl. data provided by electrochem. in both aq. and nonaq. media, electron microscopy and X-ray powder diffraction. [on SciFinder(R)]

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	352-362
Number of pages	11
Journal	ChemPhysChem
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200400403
Publication status	Published - 2005

Keywords

graphite carbon nanotube nitrobenzylamine intercalation electrode

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