In this article, we developed a facile one-step hydrothermal method using dimethyl formamide (DMF) as a reducing agent for the fabrication of PdAg catalyst. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images have shown that the as-synthesized PdAg catalyst had a nanochain structure. The energy-dispersive X-ray analyzer (EDX) spectrum presented the actual mo...

We report an electrochemical study of the collisions of single droplets in an emulsion by two methods. In the first method, an electroactive redox species, for example, ferrocene, inside a toluene-in-water emulsion droplet (but not in the continuous phase) is measured by chronoamperometry during a collision with an ultramicroelectrode (UME). Here, a blip or spike type of collision signal is obs...

Two structural forms of a ternary alloy PtRuIr/C catalyst, one amorphous and one highly crystalline, were synthesized and compared to determine the effect of their respective structures on their activity and stability as anodic catalysts in methanol oxidation. Characterization techniques included TEM, XRD, and EDX. Electrochemical analysis using a glassy carbon disk electrode for cyclic voltamm...

The electrocatalytic oxidation of captopril (CAP) was studied by modified carbon nanotubes paste electrode in the presence of isoproterenol (ISPT) using cyclic voltammetry (CV), chronoamperometry and square wave voltammetry (SWV). Also, the values of catalytic rate constant (k), and electron transfer coefficient (α) for CAP were calculated. The mechanism of CA electrochemical behavior at the mo...

Platinum catalysts supported on carbon xerogel and carbon black (Vulcan) were synthesized with the aim of investigating the influence of the characteristics of the support on the electrochemical performance of the catalysts. Three synthesis methods were compared: an impregnation method with two different reducing agents, sodium borohydride and formic acid, and a microemulsion method, in order t...

Mass transport properties were investigated by means of the chronoamperometry method for a series of sulfonated poly~arylene ether sulfone! ~SPES! membranes and sulfonated polysulfide sulfone ~SPSS! polymers of various ion exchange capacities ~IEC! at a Pt ~microelectrode!/proton exchange membrane ~PEM! interface. The temperature and pressure dependence of oxygen transport parameters show simil...

Electrodeposition of Si on substrates such as Ni, Ag and GC from acetonitrile and tetrahydrofuran containing SiCl4 and SiHCl3 as precursors is reported. The deposits readily oxidize on exposure to air but XPS analysis of a deposit withminimum contact with air confirms that elemental Si (2p, 99.5 eV) is electrodeposited. The deposits contained C, O, N and Cl impurities; annealing under argon imp...

Boron-doped diamond (BDD) ultramicroelectrode (UME) tips were fabricated by the growth of BDD films by chemical vapor deposition onto sharpened tungsten wires. Both nanocrystalline and microcrystalline forms of diamond coatings were examined. The diamond-coated wires were selectively insulated with nail varnish, electrophoretic paint, or fast-setting epoxy to form UME tips of critical dimension...

Highly branched noble metal nanostructures are highly attractive for catalytic applications owing to their specific physical and chemical properties. In this work, three-dimensional highly branched palladium tetrapods (Pd-THBTs) have been constructed in the presence of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) through one-step hydrothermal reduction of ethylenediamine-tetramethylene phosphonate-palladium(II) ...

The study of electroactive microbial biofilms often requires knowledge of the biofilm thickness. Unfortunately, this parameter is, nowadays, only accessible through expensive microscopic techniques. This work overcomes this limitation by presenting a new strategy, exploiting the use of chronoamperometry (CA) alone. A mixed-culture biofilm is exposed to an O2-saturated solution during anode resp...