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Multiwalled carbon nanotubes; Pt nanoparticles; alcohols; electrochemical oxidation.

Some composites of multiwalled carbon nanotubes, which were chemically treated in acidic and/or hydrogen peroxide solution, and platinum nanoparticles were prepared by the simple reduction in glycerol solution. Carboxylated and/or hydroxyl MWNTs were structurally analysed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. In addition, the MWNT–Pt composites were characterized by XRD and TEM in detail. The electrochemical oxidation of some basic alcohols, which was catalyzed by the MWNT–Pt composites, was analysed by cyclic voltammetry. Their catalytic activities were studied with cyclic voltammograms of alcohols.

Minsoo Koo¹ Jong-Seong Bae² Hyun-Chul Kim³ Dae-Geun Nam⁴ Chang Hyun Ko⁵ Jeong Hyun Yeum⁶ Weontae Oh¹

1. Department of Materials & Components Engineering, Electronic Ceramics Centre, Dong-Eui University, Busan 614–714, Korea
2. Division of High-Technology Materials Research, Korea Basic Science Institute, Busan 618-230, Korea
3. Division of Nano- & Bio-technology, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology, Daegu 704–230, Korea
4. Dongnam Regional Division, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Busan 618–230, Korea
5. School of Applied Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Korea
6. Department of Natural Fibre Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702–701, Korea

Published

August 2012

Manuscript received

16 March 2011

Manuscript revised

26 June 2011