Carbon nanotube–hydroxyapatite nanocomposite: A novel platform for glucose/O2 biofuel cell

Effect of the addition CNTs on performance of CaP/chitosan/coating deposited on magnesium alloy by electrophoretic deposition

“…It was found from Fig. 2C(a-f) that two significant regions of the G band at~1581 cm −1 and the D band at~1331 cm −1 revealed the existence of CNTs in the CaP/chitosan coating with different addition amounts of CNTs [27,28]. One sharp peak at 961 cm −1 was the P-O stretching vibration of ν 1 (PO 4 ) mode and was assigned to a typical feature of crystalline HA [29].…”

Immobilization of laccase onto 1-aminopyrene functionalized carbon nanotubes and their electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction

“…Biocatalysts such as microorganisms or enzymes with high selectivity and catalytic efficiency have been extensively investigated for the construction of biofuel cells. Among them, laccase (Lac) as a well known multicopper oxidase, which can reduce oxygen into water in a fourelectron transfer step without intermediate formation of hydrogen peroxide, has been widely applied for the reduction of oxygen at the cathode of the enzyme-based biofuel cells [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. Recently, enzyme-based biofuel cells have attracted considerable research attention because of their unique advantages such as corrosion-free electrolyte, low cost, good biocompatibility and more moderate temperature [29].…”

Multiwalled carbon nanotube wrapped hydroxyapatite, convenient synthesis via microwave assisted solid state metathesis

“…Additionally, it is believed that the accumulation of electroactive ions into the HA layer [8] and the direct electrochemistry of species [7] in vicinity of the surface of HA modified MWCNTs, makes them more reactive toward the charge transfer reactions. As expected n-HA modified GCE showed the worst R ct due to the presence of the nonconductive HA on GCE.…”

“…CNTs exhibit an excellent electrical conductivity [5]. Although HA/CNT composites are a promising biomaterial for tissue engineering [6], recently some authors have reported their applications in electrochemistry [7,8]. Several articles have reported the synthesis of HA/CNT composites [6].…”