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First, carbon fiber (CF) monofilaments grafted with CNTs (simplified as CNTs\/CFs) were fabricated in two key steps: (i) nickel electroless plating, followed by (ii) chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Second, a single CNTs\/CF monofilament was selected and encapsulated into a CNTs\/CFME with a simple packaging method. The morphologies of as-prepared CNTs\/CFs were characterized by scanning electron microscopy. The electrochemical properties of CNTs\/CFMEs were measured in potassium ferrocyanide solution (K4Fe(CN)6), by using a cyclic voltammetry (CV) and a chronoamperometry method. Compared with a bare CFME, a CNTs\/CFME showed better CV curves with a higher distinguishable redox peak and response current; the higher the CNT content was, the better the CV curves were. Because the as-grown CNTs significantly enhanced the effective electrode area of CNTs\/CFME, the contact area between the electrode and reactant was enlarged, further increasing the electrocatalytic active site density. Furthermore, the modified microelectrode displayed almost the same electrochemical behavior after 104 days, exhibiting remarkable stability and outstanding reproducibility.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s17040725","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,3,30]],"date-time":"2017-03-30T09:49:54Z","timestamp":1490867394000},"page":"725","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["The Electrochemical Behavior of Carbon Fiber Microelectrodes Modified with Carbon Nanotubes Using a Two-Step Electroless Plating\/Chemical Vapor Deposition Process"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2909-3004","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Longsheng","family":"Lu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical &amp; Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, 381# Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510641, China"},{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA"}]},{"given":"Linsheng","family":"Liang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical &amp; Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, 381# Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510641, China"}]},{"given":"Kwok","family":"Teh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA"},{"name":"School of Engineering, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA"}]},{"given":"Yingxi","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical &amp; Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, 381# Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510641, China"},{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA"}]},{"given":"Zhenping","family":"Wan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical &amp; Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, 381# Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510641, China"}]},{"given":"Yong","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical &amp; Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, 381# Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510641, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,3,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Forster, R. 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