- Title
- Tuning the physico-electrochemical properties of novel cobalt (II) octa[(3,5-biscarboxylate)-phenoxy] phthalocyanine complex using phenylamine-functionalised SWCNTs
- Creator
- Agboola, Bolade Oyeyinka, Ozoemena, Kenneth I., Nyokong, Tebello, Fukuda, Takamitsu, Kobayashi, Nagao
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- vital:7238
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019689
- Description
- The integration of phenylamine-functionalised SWCNTs (SWCNT-phenylamine) with a novel cobalt (II) octa[(3,5-biscarboxylate)-phenoxy] phthalocyanine (CoOBPPc) complex has been described. The physical and electrochemical properties of the CoOBPPc-SWCNT-phenylamine hybrid were evaluated using spectroscopy (IR and UV–vis), field emission scanning electron microscopy and electrochemistry (cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy). Integration of SWCNT-phenylamine resulted in the physical transformation of the CoOBCPPc from the usually bluish colour of cobalt phthalocyanine complexes to a beautiful bright green colour. In addition, the heterogeneous electron transfer kinetics and electrocatalytic properties of the CoOBCPPc were greatly enhanced following the attachment of the SWCNT-phenylamine. The potential electrocatalytic application of the hybrid was tested using β-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) as a model biological analyte. Interestingly, the onset oxidation potential of this analyte was significantly reduced (300 mV) by this hybrid compared to the bare electrode.
- Description
- Original publication is available at http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2009.10.023
- Format
- 11 p., pdf
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Agboola, B. O., Ozoemena, K. I., Nyokong, T., Fukuda, T., & Kobayashi, N. 2010. Tuning the physico-electrochemical properties of novel cobalt (II) octa [(3, 5-biscarboxylate)-phenoxy] phthalocyanine complex using phenylamine-functionalised SWCNTs. Carbon, 48(3): 763-773. Available: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2009.10.023
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