Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Electrodes Directly Grown on a Glassy Carbon Electrode

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• 作者：Serin Park ; Park Dong-Won ; Cheol-Soo Yang ; Kwang-Rok Kim ; Jun-Hyuk Kwak ; Hye-Mi So ; Chi Won Ahn ; Beom Soo Kim ; Hyunju Chang ; Jeong-O Lee
• 刊名：ACS Nano
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：September 27, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：5
• 期：9
• 页码：7061-7068
• 全文大小：968K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1936-086X

文摘

Three-dimensional microelectrodes were fabricated using glassy carbon electrodes combined with vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs). VACNTs were grown on various conducting electrode patterns including a carbon electrode fabricated by pyrolysis of a negative photoresist, with plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition using a bilayer Fe/Al catalyst. VACNT electrodes grown on the glassy carbon showed excellent electrochemical behavior, whereas VACNT electrodes grown on Pt showed poor electrochemical performance, presumably due to the poor contact between VACNTs and the Pt electrode. Electron microscopy showed that the VACNT layer was strongly bound to the carbon electrode, while that on Pt tended to peel away. The versatility of the all-carbon microelectrodes was also tested by using them for interfacing stem cells. Their superior mechanical properties and the electrical connectivity between the carbon electrode and the VACNTs, along with the simple fabrication process, suggest that glassy carbon may be a good conducting substrate for VACNT electrodes.