1. Introduction Since carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were discovered by Iijima in 1991 [1], they have obtained much attention in nanoscale science because of their distinctive optical, electronic and mechanical properties [2,3]. CNTs, including single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNT), possess subtle electronic properties and efficient catalytic activity, revealing that they are ideal electrode materials and have promising applications in electrochemistry [4]. However, the insolubility of CNTs represents a barrier to fabricate CNTs film-modified electrode [5,6]. In order to overcome this difficulty and develop novel CNTs film electrode, various methods such as dispersing CNTs into N,N-dimethyl formamide (DMF) [5], Nafion solution [6,7], acetone [8] and dihexadecyl hydrogen phosphate (DHP) [9–12], have been reported. |