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Development of a versatile rotating ring-disc electrode for in situ pH measurements.
Zimer, Alexsandro Mendes; Medina da Silva, Marina; Machado, Eduardo G; Varela, Hamilton; Mascaro, Lucia Helena; Pereira, Ernesto Chaves.
Afiliação
  • Zimer AM; Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Eletroquímica e Cerâmica (LIEC), Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Chemistry Dept., PO Box: 676, CEP: 13.565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
  • Medina da Silva M; Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Eletroquímica e Cerâmica (LIEC), Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Chemistry Dept., PO Box: 676, CEP: 13.565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
  • Machado EG; Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos, University of São Paulo (USP), PO Box: 780, CEP: 13560-970, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
  • Varela H; Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos, University of São Paulo (USP), PO Box: 780, CEP: 13560-970, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
  • Mascaro LH; Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Eletroquímica e Cerâmica (LIEC), Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Chemistry Dept., PO Box: 676, CEP: 13.565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: lmascaro@ufscar.br.
  • Pereira EC; Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Eletroquímica e Cerâmica (LIEC), Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Chemistry Dept., PO Box: 676, CEP: 13.565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
Anal Chim Acta ; 897: 17-23, 2015 Oct 15.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26515001
ABSTRACT
There are some electrocatalytic reactions in which the key parameter explaining their behavior is a local change in pH. Therefore, it is of utter importance to develop an electrode that could quantify this parameter in situ, but also be customizable to be used in different systems. The purpose of this work is to build a versatile rotating ring/disc electrode (RRDE) with IrOx deposited on a glass tube as a ring and any kind of material as disc. As the IrOx is sensitive to pH variation, the reactions promoted on the disc can trigger proportional pH shifts on the ring. In such assembly, the IrOx ring presents a fast response time even during the pH transients due to the small thickness of the ring (approximately 10 µm), which enables the detection of interfacial pH changes. The ring electrode was tested toward the interfacial pH shift observed during the electrolytic reduction of water on the disc and also characterized by acid-base titration to determine the response time. As the main conclusions, fast response and durable RRDE were obtained, and this assembly could be used to revisit many electrocatalytic reactions in order to test the importance of local pH on the process.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Anal Chim Acta Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Anal Chim Acta Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil