Efficient electrocatalytic O2 reduction at copper complexes grafted onto polyvinylimidazole coated carbon nanotubes.
Fei-Fei WangYe-Min ZhaoPing-Jie WeiQian-Ling ZhangJin-Gang LiuPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)
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.