Functionalized Nanocellulose/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Composites for Electrochemical Applications

Vasuki Durairaj; Panpan Li; Touko Liljeström; Niklas Wester; Jarkko Etula; Ilona Leppänen; Yanling Ge; Katri S. Kontturi; Tekla Tammelin; Tomi Laurila; Jari Koskinen

doi:10.1021/acsanm.1c00774

Functionalized Nanocellulose/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Composites for Electrochemical Applications

Vasuki Durairaj^*, Panpan Li, Touko Liljeström, Niklas Wester, Jarkko Etula, Ilona Leppänen, Yanling Ge, Katri S. Kontturi, Tekla Tammelin, Tomi Laurila, Jari Koskinen

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Four different types of crystalline and fibrillar nanocellulosic materials with different functional groups (sulfate, carboxylate, amino-silane) are produced and used to disperse commercial multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT). Aqueous nanocellulose/MWCNT dispersions are drop-cast on tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) substrates to obtain highly stable composite electrodes. Their electrochemical properties are studied using cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurements with Ru(NH₃)₆^2+/3+, IrCl6^2-/3- redox probes, in electrolytes of different ionic strengths. All studied nanocellulose/MWCNT composites show excellent stability over a wide potential range (-0.6 to +1 V) in different electrolytes. Highly anionic and more porous fibrillar nanocellulosic composites indicate strong electrostatic and physical enrichment of cationic Ru(NH₃)₆^2+/3+ in lower-ionic-strength electrolytes, while lesser anionic and denser crystalline nanocellulosic composites show no such effects. This study provides essential insights into developing tailorable nanocellulose/carbon nanomaterial hybrid platforms for different electrochemical applications, by altering the constituent nanocellulosic material properties.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5842-5853
Number of pages	12
Journal	ACS Applied Nano Materials
Volume	4
Issue number	6
Early online date	14 Jun 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c00774
Publication status	Published - 25 Jun 2021
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

carbon nanotubes
composites
cyclic voltammetry
electrochemical
nanocellulose
outer-sphere redox probes

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Functionalized Nanocellulose/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Composites for Electrochemical Applications

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