Solvent-induced electrochemistry at an electrically asymmetric carbon Janus particle

Albert Tianxiang Liu; Yuichiro Kunai; Anton L. Cottrill; Amir Kaplan; Ge Zhang; Hyunah Kim; Rafid S. Mollah; Yannick L. Eatmon; Michael S. Strano

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23038-7

Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Solvent-induced electrochemistry at an electrically asymmetric carbon Janus particle

Albert Tianxiang Liu,
Yuichiro Kunai,
Anton L. Cottrill,
Amir Kaplan,
Ge Zhang,
Hyunah Kim,
Rafid S. Mollah,
Yannick L. Eatmon,
Michael S. Strano

Affiliations

Albert Tianxiang Liu: Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yuichiro Kunai: Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anton L. Cottrill: Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Amir Kaplan: Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ge Zhang: Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hyunah Kim: Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rafid S. Mollah: Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yannick L. Eatmon: Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael S. Strano: Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23038-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Chemical doping of low dimensional materials by surface adsorbed molecules has proven to be a source of electrical energy. Here, the authors find that asymmetric particles consisting of carbon nanotubes can drive electrochemical reactions by electrical potential generated from solvent adsorption.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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