Metallic-Based CP Composites for Electrocatalytic and Electroanalytic Applications

6 Metallic-Based CP Composites for Electrocatalytic and Electroanalytic Applications 

The overview presented so far has shown the manifold activities of synthetic chemists and electrochemists to produce various metallic-based CP nanocomposite materials. These efforts have been directed to a diversity of applications, e.g. electrocatalysis, electroanalytics, chemical and electrochemical sensing etc. To outline these areas of research is a separate task that remains outside the scope of this chapter. Nevertheless, for the prevailing niunber of investigations, where the synthetic work has been combined with applications-related measurements, a brief outline will be presented here. 

The development of nanostructured composite materials suitable for electrocatalytic and electroanalytic purposes is based on expectations of increasing the surface-to-volume 

Studies concerning the involvement of metallic-based CP nanocomposites in electro-analytical applications in general have not addressed issues concerning the specifics of the material in terms of metal-particle characteristics and CP bulk properties. The main focus has remained on showing possibilities for electroanalytical applications without going into the various possibilities to influence the properties of the nanocomposite materials and thus of the electroanalytic response. This seems to be an area that requires further concerted efforts by chemists specializing in the synthesis of metallic-based CP nanocomposites and those aiming at specific applications. 

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