title: Efficient electrocatalytic O2reduction at copper complexes grafted onto polyvinylimidazole coated carbon nanotubes.
abstract: A facile approach to prepare Cu complexes for an efficient oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was developed. Copper complexes of 5-nitrophenanthroline were sandwiched between polyvinylimidazole layers wrapped on carbon nanotubes, which showed ORR activity comparable to a Pt/C catalyst in alkaline media.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials of MOE, School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China. liujingang@ecust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Fei-Fei
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials of MOE, School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China. liujingang@ecust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ye-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials of MOE, School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China. liujingang@ecust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ping-Jie
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
authors.forename: Qian-Ling
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials of MOE, School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China. liujingang@ecust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jin-Gang
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5690-8881
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Liu