Author:Adekunle, AS; Ozoemena, KIDate:Dec 2010This study described the decoration of edge plane pyrolytic graphite electrode (EPPGE) with synthesised cobalt and cobalt oxide nanoparticles. The modified electrode was characterised by techniques such as TEM, FESEM, XRD, EDS, cyclic voltammetry ...Read more
Author:Maxakato, NW; Ozoemena, KI; Arendse, CJDate:Mar 2010Comparative electrocatalytic behavior of functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (fMWCNTs) electrodecorated with Pt/Ru nanoparticles towards the oxidation of methanol (MeOH), ethylene glycol (EG) and formic acid (FA) has been investigated. ...Read more
Author:Le Roux, Lukas J; Hietkamp, SDate:Jul 2008Dye-sensitised photoelectrochemical solar cells with four different electrolyte combinations were assembled and characterised using current voltage measurements. The effects that the solvents (acetonitrile - ACN and propionitrile - PN) have ...Read more
Author:Ozoemena, KI; Mathebula, NS; Pillay, J; Toschi, G; Verschoor, JADate:2010The integrity and properties of mycolic acid (MA) antigens integrated into a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of N-(2-mercaptoethyl)octadecanamide, (MEODA), on a gold electrode have been interrogated using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical ...Read more
Author:Adekunle, AS; Ozoemena, KIDate:Jun 2010This work describes the electron transport and electrocatalytic properties of chemically-synthesized nickel (Ni) and nickel oxide (NiO) nanoparticles supported on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) platforms. Successful modification of the ...Read more
Author:Adekunle, AS; Ozoemena, KIDate:Jul 2011Supercapacitive properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes/metal oxides nanocomposites (SWCNT-MO where M=Ni, Fe, Co) have been described. The SWCNT-MO nanocomposites was confirmed with SEM, EDX and XPS techniques. Supercapacitive properties ...Read more
Author:Chidembo, AT; Ozoemena, KI; Agboola, BO; Gupta, V; Wildgoose, GG; Compton, RGDate:Nov 2010The supercapacitive properties of nickel(II) tetraaminophthalocyanine(NiTAPc)/multi-walled carbon nanotube(MWCNT) nanocomposite films have been interrogated for the first time and found to possess a maximum specific capacitance of 981 ± 57 F ...Read more
Author:Adekunle, AS; Pillay, J; Ozoemena, KIDate:May 2010The electrochemical decoration of edge plane pyrolytic graphite electrode (EPPGE) with cobalt and cobalt oxide nanoparticles integrated with and without single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is described. Successful modification of the ...Read more
Author:Agboola, BO; Ozoemena, KI; Nyokong, T; Fukuda, T; Kobayashi, NDate:Mar 2010The integration of phenylamine-functionalised SWCNTs (SWCNT-phenylamine) with a novel cobalt (II) octa[(3,5-biscarboxylate)-phenoxy] phthalocyanine (CoOBPPc) complex has been described. The physical and electrochemical properties of the ...Read more