Autolab PGSTAT

Autolab PGSTAT 20 general-purpose system (Eco Chemie, B.V., Netherlands) and homemade multi-channel mV-meter. 

Autolab PGSTAT 20 System (Eco-chemie, The Netherlands) for stripping measurements. 

AUTOLAB-PGSTAT 30 electrochemical analysis system and GPES 4.8 software package (Eco Chemie, The Netherlands) for measurements by using DPY technique. 

Measurements are performed with an Autolab PGSTAT 10 (Eco-Chemie) potentiostat interfaced to an ADL Pentium 120 computer system and controlled by Autolab GPES software version 4.8 for Windows 98. 

Potentiostat, (typically, Echochemie, Autolab PGSTAT), Schlenk tube x 2, aluminum sheet, mild steel rods, P400 sand paper, anhydrous AICI3, l-butyl-3-methyl imidazolium chloride ([BMIM]C1), toluene, acetone, dichloromethane, HC1, HNO3, H3PO4, acetic acid, isopropanol. 

An Autolab PGSTAT 302 N is used in combination with a 20 A current booster to ensure average current density from 0 to 1 A cm 2 on the 20 cm2 electro active surface configuration studied. 

Electrochemical measurements were performed using a poten-tiostat, for example Autolab PGSTAT 12 electrochemical analysis system (Eco Chemie, The Netherlands) in connection with General Purpose Electrochemical System (GPES) software, or CH Instruments 660 Electrochemical Workstation (Austin, TX). The electrochemical set-up consisted of a SPE system is as shown in Fig. 4b. 

Apparatus 1. Electrochemical analyzer Autolab PGSTAT 20 (Eco Chemie,... 

Fig. 2. Pictures of transducer body construction ( A, B ) GECE-M preparation ( C, D ) system of three electrodes, from left to right, auxiliary, working and reference immersed into electrochemical cell (E) electrochemical analyzer Autolab PGSTAT 20 connected to a personal computer, at which DPV electrochemical detection of AuNPs was carried out (F).

The electrochemical techniques used for the silicon nucleation and deposition investigation were cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry. All the electrochemical measurements were performed with an Autolab PGStat 30 potentiostat/galvanostat controlled by a computer using GPES research software. 

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