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Chitosan‐Based Hydrothermal Nanocarbon: Core‐Shell Characteristics and Composite Electrodes
Author(s) -
Xia Fengjie,
Pan Mu,
Mu Shichun,
Jones Matthew D.,
Wolverson Daniel,
Marken Frank
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
electroanalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1521-4109
pISSN - 1040-0397
DOI - 10.1002/elan.201200224
Subject(s) - hydrothermal circulation , composite number , adsorption , amorphous carbon , raman spectroscopy , nanoparticle , carbon fibers , materials science , chemical engineering , chitosan , electrochemistry , shell (structure) , electrode , nanotechnology , amorphous solid , chemistry , composite material , crystallography , physics , optics , engineering
Low cost sustainable hydrothermal nanocarbon from chitosan is investigated for anion binding and electrochemical sensing. Raman analysis suggests amorphous carbon core components but film electrodes show insulator characteristics due to incomplete “core‐shell carbonisation”. Anion adsorption capability is exploited in a composite with negatively charged carbon nanoparticles. The accessible positive surface charge is estimated as 14, 70, 20 C g −1 for hydrothermal nanocarbon obtained at 180 °C, 200 °C, 230 °C, respectively (Langmuirian binding constant ca. 10 5 mol −1 dm 3 ), which suggests that up to 15 % of nitrogen can be present in the form of accessible surface or shell ammonium functionalities.