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Synthetic Metals 160 (2010) 2089–2098 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Synthetic Metals j o u rn al h omepage: w w w. elsev /locate/syn met Covalent linking of ethylene amine functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes to cobalt (II) tetracarboxyl-phthalocyanines for use in electrocatalysis Tawanda Mugadza, Tebello Nyokong ∗ Chemistry Department, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: In this paper, we report on the use of ethylene amine (EA) side-wall functionalized single-walled Received 8 April 2010 carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) in the synthesis of covalently linked cobalt (II) tetracarboxyl- Received in revised form 15 June 2010 phthalocyanine complex (CoTCPc–EA–SWCNT(linked)), the characterization of the linked complex Accepted 27 July 2010 and the application of this complex in the electrocatalytic oxidation of amitrole. UV–vis, Available online 25 August 2010 FTIR, TEM, Raman and XRD spectroscopies were used in characterization of CoTCPc–EA– SWCNT complex, while cyclic voltammetry, rotating disc electrode (RDE) voltammetry, chronoamperom- Keywords: etry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy were used during the characterization of amitrole on Single-walled carbon nanotubes Ethylene amine the modified glassy carbon electrode. Thermogravim