Optically Transparent Carbon Nanotube Film Electrode for Thin Layer Spectroelectrochemistry
By Wang, Tingting; Zhao, Daoli; Alvarez, Noe; Shanov, Vesselin N. & Heineman, William R.
Published in Analytical Chemistry
2015
Abstract
Carbon nanotube (CNT) film was evaluated as an optically transparent electrode (OTE) for thin layer spectroelectrochemistry. Chemically inert CNT arrays were synthesized by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) using thin films of Fe and Co as catalysts. Vertically aligned CNT arrays were drawn onto a quartz slide to form CNT films that constituted the OTE. Adequate conductivity and transparency make this material a good OTE for spectroelectrochemistry. These properties could be varied by the n