Coupling cobalt-iron bimetallic nitrides and N-doped multi-walled carbon nanotubes as high-performance bifunctional catalysts for oxygen evolution and reduction reaction

2017 ◽  
Vol 258 ◽  
pp. 51-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taotao Gao ◽  
Zhaoyu Jin ◽  
Yajie Zhang ◽  
Guangqun Tan ◽  
Hongyan Yuan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Oxygen Evolution ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Bifunctional Catalysts ◽  
Cobalt Iron ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

scholarly journals The sum is more than its parts: stability of MnFe oxide nanoparticles supported on oxygen-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes at alternating oxygen reduction reaction and oxygen evolution reaction conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 2901-2906
Author(s):  
Dulce M. Morales ◽  
Mariya A. Kazakova ◽  
Maximilian Purcel ◽  
Justus Masa ◽  
Wolfgang Schuhmann
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Oxygen Evolution ◽  
Active Sites ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Active Components ◽  
Successful Design ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Abstract Successful design of reversible oxygen electrocatalysts does not only require to consider their activity towards the oxygen reduction (ORR) and the oxygen evolution reactions (OER), but also their electrochemical stability at alternating ORR and OER operating conditions, which is important for potential applications in reversible electrolyzers/fuel cells or metal/air batteries. We show that the combination of catalyst materials containing stable ORR active sites with those containing stable OER active sites may result in a stable ORR/OER catalyst if each of the active components can satisfy the current demand of their respective reaction. We compare the ORR/OER performances of oxides of Mn (stable ORR active sites), Fe (stable OER active sites), and bimetallic Mn0.5Fe0.5 (reversible ORR/OER catalyst) supported on oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Despite the instability of Mn and Fe oxide for the OER and the ORR, respectively, Mn0.5Fe0.5 exhibits high stability for both reactions.

One-step synthesis of multi-walled carbon nanotubes/ultra-thin Ni(OH)2 nanoplate composite as efficient catalysts for water oxidation

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (30) ◽  
pp. 11799-11806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuemei Zhou ◽  
Zhaoming Xia ◽  
Zhiyun Zhang ◽  
Yuanyuan Ma ◽  
Yongquan Qu
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Hydrothermal Synthesis ◽  
Oxygen Evolution ◽  
Oxygen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Water Oxidation ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
One Step ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

One-step hydrothermal synthesis of ultra-thin β-Ni(OH)2 nanoplates (1.5–3.0 nm thickness) and their composite with multi-walled carbon nanotubes in the absence of surfactants function as highly efficient and stable electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction.

Novel ionic bioartificial muscles based on ionically crosslinked multi-walled carbon nanotubes-mediated bacterial cellulose membranes and PEDOT:PSS electrodes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaofeng Wang ◽  
Fan Wang ◽  
Yang Kong ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
Qinchuan Li
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Bacterial Cellulose ◽  
Specific Capacitance ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Actuation Voltage ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Bending Deformation ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Abstract High-performance bioartificial muscles with low-cost, large bending deformation, low actuation voltage, and fast response time have drawn extensive attention as the development of human-friendly electronics in recent years. Here, we report a high-performance ionic bioartificial muscle based on the bacterial cellulose (BC)/ionic liquid (IL)/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) nanocomposite membrane and PEDOT:PSS electrode. The developed ionic actuator exhibits excellent electro-chemo-mechanical properties, which are ascribed to its high ionic conductivity, large specific capacitance, and ionically crosslinked structure resulting from the strong ionic interaction and physical crosslinking among BC, IL, and MWCNT. In particular, the proposed BC-IL-MWCNT (0.10 wt%) nanocomposite exhibited significant increments of Young's modulus up to 75% and specific capacitance up to 77%, leading to 2.5 times larger bending deformation than that of the BC-IL actuator. More interestingly, bioinspired applications containing artificial soft robotic finger and grapple robot were successfully demonstrated based on high-performance BC-IL-MWCNT actuator with excellent sensitivity and controllability. Thus, the newly proposed BC-IL-MWCNT bioartificial muscle will offer a viable pathway for developing next-generation artificial muscles, soft robotics, wearable electronic products, flexible tactile devices, and biomedical instruments.

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