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Oxygen functional groups are one of the most important subjects in the study of electrochemical properties of carbon materials which can change the wettability, conductivity and pore size distributions of carbon materials, and can occur redox reactions. In the electrode materials of carbon-based supercapacitors, the oxygen functional groups have widely been used to improve the capacitive performance. In this paper, we not only analyzed the reasons for the increase of the capacity that promoted by oxygen functional groups in the charge∕discharge cycling tests, but also analyzed the mechanism how the pseudocapacitance was provided by the oxygen functional groups in the acid/alkaline aqueous electrolyte. Moreover, we also discussed the effect of the oxygen functional groups in electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.

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Gold nanorods (AuNRs) were conjugated with chlorin e6 (Ce6), a commonly used photosensitizer, to form AuNRs-Ce6 by electrostatic binding. Due to the strong surface plasmon resonance coupling, the fluorescence of conjugated Ce6 was enhanced 3-fold and the production of singlet oxygen was increased 1.4-fold. AuNRs-Ce6 were taken up by the HeLa and KB cell lines more easily than free Ce6, enhancing the intracellular delivery of Ce6. The increased cellular amount of Ce6 leads to a 3-fold more efficient photodynamic killing of these two cell lines. This demonstrates the potential of this approach to improve photodynamic detection and therapy of cancers.