title: Insights into the electrocatalysis of nitrobenzene using chemically-modified carbon nanotube electrodes.
abstract: The electrochemical behavior of nitrobenzene and its derivatives at chemically-functionalized multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) modified electrodes was studied. Experimental results showed that hydroxyl-containing MWNTs exhibited the highest electrocatalytic activity among the used MWNTs because of its weak capacitive features and oxygen-containing functional groups. The cycle voltammetrys of nitrobenzene derivatives on the MWNTs modified electrodes can be easily tuned by changing the substituted groups of nitrobenzene. Based on the experimental data, the electrochemical reaction mechanisms of nitrobenzene and its derivatives on the MWNTs modified electrodes have been discussed and analyzed.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of New Fiber Materials and Modern Textile, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Marine Biomass Fibers, Materials and Textiles of Shandong Province, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yutao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of New Fiber Materials and Modern Textile, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Marine Biomass Fibers, Materials and Textiles of Shandong Province, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Baoyan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of New Fiber Materials and Modern Textile, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Marine Biomass Fibers, Materials and Textiles of Shandong Province, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Qinchao
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: 1] State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of New Fiber Materials and Modern Textile, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Marine Biomass Fibers, Materials and Textiles of Shandong Province, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, P. R. China [2] School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of New Fiber Materials and Modern Textile, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Marine Biomass Fibers, Materials and Textiles of Shandong Province, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Peizhi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guo