Electrode, capacitance preparation

Information about the PZC and the nature of the solid/electrolyte interface can be obtained from capacitance measurements with scrupulous care in electrode surface preparation and solution purity (35). For example, capacitance curves for Ag (100) at different concentrations of two electrolytes, KPF6 and NaF, are shown in Figure 13.4.5. The essential inde-... 

Combinations of detection mechanisms have also been employed in MIP sensors. For example, an electropolymerized film of polyphenol imprinted with phenylalanine was prepared on a gold electrode by Panasyuk et al. [51], who employed surface plasmon resonance and reduction in electrode capacitance to effect recognition sensing. The change in capacitance upon exposure to a mixture of amino acids... 

The thiolated j -CD forms monolayers with substantial defect densities due to the lack of favorable lateral interactions between the CD molecules. In order to patch the holes in these monolayer assemblies without clogging the CD cavities, we devised procedures for the preparation of mixed monolayers containing both the thiolated P-CD receptors and pentanethiol molecules. These monolayers were characterized by reductive desorption and electrode capacitance measurements. The monolayer blocking properties were also investigated, i.e., the voltammetric response of solution redox probes such as Fe(CN) and Ru(NH3)6 at the monolayer-covered electrodes were recorded. Our data supported the monolayer structure depicted in the Scheme 3 [26]. 

The electrode layers formed using die physical loading method are usually relatively thicker (more than 10 pm in thickness), and the composite layers are composed of nanoparticles of the electrode material and the ionic polymer. These layers are both electronically and ionically conductive. The impedance for such electrodes is assumed to be similar to diat of porous electrodes. Levie (1963, 1964) was the first to develop a transmission line circuit (TLC) model of the porous electrode consisting of the electrolyte resistance and the double-layer capacitance. Subsequently, a number of authors proposed modified TLC models for the impedance of porous electrodes on the basis of Levie s model. Bisquert (2000) reviewed the various impedance models for porous electrodes. The composite electrode layers prepared by the physical loading method could be successfully represented by the impedance model for porous electrodes, as shown in Fig. 6d this model is composed of the double-layer capacitance, Cj, the Warburg diffusion capacitance, W and the electrolyte resistance, 7 (Liu et al. 2012 Cha and Porfiri 2013). 

Ion liquid-based gel polymer electrolytes in combination with electronically conducting polymer-based electrodes, such as PEDOT, have been smdied to prepare supercapacitors [113, 114]. For instance, Pandey et al. have characterized devices with specific PEDOT electrode capacitance of-154.5 F g, maximum specific energy of 6.5 Wh kg", and specific power of 11.3 kW kg". ... 

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The differential capacitance method cannot be used for reactive metals, such as transition metals in aqueous solutions, on which the formation of a surface oxide occurs over a wide potential re ion. An immersion method was thus developed by Jakuszewski et al. 3 With this technique the current transient during the first contact of a freshly prepared electrode surface with the electrolyte is measured for various immersion potentials. The electrode surface must be absolutely clean and discharged prior to immersion.182-18 A modification of this method has been described by Sokolowski et al. The values of obtained by this method have been found to be in reasonable agreement with those obtained by other methods, although for reactive metals this may not be a sufficient condition for reliability. 

How can such problems be counterbalanced Since a large capacitance of a semiconductor/electrolyte junction will not negatively affect the PMC transient measurement, a large area electrode (nanostructured materials) should be selected to decrease the effective excess charge carrier concentration (excess carriers per surface area) in the interface. PMC transient measurements have been performed at a sensitized nanostructured Ti02 liquidjunction solar cell.40 With a 10-ns laser pulse excitation, only the slow decay processes can be studied. The very fast rise time cannot be resolved, but this should be the aim of picosecond studies. Such experiments are being prepared in our laboratory, but using nanostructured... 

Table 1 contains the values of specific capacitance obtained when different amounts of carbon nanotubes are added to a-Mn02-nH20 for the preparation of the composite electrodes. 

The history of the observation of anomalous voltammetry is reviewed and an experimental consensus on the relation between the anomalous behavior and the conditions of measurement (e.g., surface preparation, electrolyte composition) is presented. The behavior is anomalous in the sense that features appear in the voltammetry of well-ordered Pt(lll) surfaces that had never before been observed on any other type of Ft surface, and these features are not easily understood in terms of current theory of electrode processes. A number of possible interpretations for the anomalous features are discussed. A new model for the processes is presented which is based on the observation of long-period icelike structures in the low temperature states of water on metals, including Pt(lll). It is shown that this model can account for the extreme structure sensitivity of the anomalous behavior, and shows that the most probable explanation of the anomalous behavior is based on capacitive processes involving ordered phases in the double-layer, i.e., no new chemistry is required. 

Similar discrepancies can be found in regard to the inner-layer capacitance at electrode surface, different supporting electrolytes used, and various methods of preparing the single crystals. Valette showed that fluorides are specifically though weakly adsorbed on silver electrodes, an effect not observed by Vitanov et... 

Rao, Jayalakshmi and coworkers have prepared NPs of SnO, SnS and ZnS in order to study their capacitance behavior [88-90]. The metal oxide and metal sulfide NPs were prepared using hydrothermal methods. After immobilization in PIGE electrodes, their electrochemical properties were examined. Capacitance values in the 4—15 Fg were reported for SnS. Comparable values were reported for ZnS. 

UMEs of 10 pm in diameter and voltammetric instruments for use with such UMEs are commercially available. Electrodes of smaller dimensions can be prepared in the laboratory, although this requires considerable skill [74], In order to use UMEs successfully for high-speed voltammetry in highly resistive solutions, care must be taken concerning the effects of the ohmic drop and the capacitance of the cell system [65 b, 74, 75]. Moreover, two types of voltammograms, i.e. curves (a) and (b) in Fig. 5.23, should be used appropriately, according to the ob-... 

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