Anion-Dependent Electrocatalytic Activity of Supported Palladium Catalysts onto Imidazolium Salt-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes in Oxygen Reduction Reaction

摘要

Ionic liquids (ILs) have attracted an increasing amount of interest, owing to their high thermal and chemical stability with considerable electric conductivity and wide electrochemical windows.1 Initial investigation concerning ILs mostly focused on employing them as green solvents in chemical synthesis and catalysis. Recently, ILs have emerged as "molecular tuner" for functional nanomaterials because the structures and properties of ILs can be easily tuned by selecting the appropriate combination of cation and anions.