Patent ID: 9082528
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: B82Y,C01B,H01B,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method for fabricating a carbon nanotube-loaded electrode, comprising (a) providing metal nanoparticles-encapsulated dendrimer having a first functional group and carbon nanotubes having a second functional group, wherein the metal nanoparticles-encapsulated dendrimer is prepared by reducing a metal precursor in a condition allowing synthesis of metal nanoparticles in the presence of a dendrimer molecule having amine terminal groups, in which the metal precursor and the amine terminal groups of the dendrimer molecule are present at a molar ratio of being 0.5:1 or less, (b) reacting the metal nanoparticles-encapsulated dendrimer with the carbon nanotubes to form a first covalent bond between the first functional group of the metal nanoparticles-encapsulated dendrimer and the second functional group of the carbon nanotubes in the presence of a first condensing agent so as to produce hybrid carbon nanotubes having a third functional group; (c) providing a metal electrode coated with a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) having a fourth functional group; and (d) reacting the hybrid carbon nanotubes with the metal electrode to form a second covalent bond between the third functional group of the hybrid carbon nanotubes and the fourth functional group of the metal electrode in the presence of a second condensing agent so as to produce the carbon nanotube-loaded electrode.