Geometrical and chemical effects on the electrochemistry of single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) network electrodes

Leppänen, Elli; Gustafsson, Eero; Wester, Niklas; Varjos, Ilkka; Sainio, Sami; Laurila, Tomi

doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2023.143059

Geometrical and chemical effects on the electrochemistry of single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) network electrodes

Journal Article · Sun Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Electrochimica Acta

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2023.143059· OSTI ID:2308802

Leppänen, Elli ^[1]; Gustafsson, Eero ^[1]; Wester, Niklas ^[2]; Varjos, Ilkka ^[3]; Sainio, Sami ^[4]; ^[1]

Aalto Univ., Otaniemi (Finland)
Aalto Univ., Otaniemi (Finland); Canatu Oy, Vantaa (Finland)
Canatu Oy, Vantaa (Finland)
Aalto Univ., Otaniemi (Finland); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Univ. of Oulu (Finland)

Single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) network is a promising electrode material for bio detection. Unfortunately, the associations between their physical as well as chemical properties and observed electrochemical performance are not known. This hinders any systematic optimization of the network properties towards specific analytes. Here we present a consistent physicochemical and electrochemical characterization of differently treated SWCNT networks. The results unambiguously show that (i) even if the electrochemical properties of different electrodes are practically identical when assessed by surface insensitive outer sphere redox (OSR) probes their behavior with inner sphere redox (ISR) probes can be drastically different. Further, (ii) the choice of the modification method (structural, chemical, electrochemical) heavily depends on nature of the target analyte, which are typically ISR probes. Although, (iii) chemical changes in the carbon phase appeared to be minor, effects of different treatments on oxidation states of Fe appeared to have a strong effect on the electrochemical performance of the networks in the case of ISR probes.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 2308802

Journal Information:: Electrochimica Acta, Vol. 466; ISSN 0013-4686

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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