Comparison of Admittance Plots for Glass Carbon (GC) and Edge Plane Pyrolytie Graphite (EPPG) Electrodes in Three Typical Kinds of Electrolytes
Electrochemical response of glass carbon (GC) and edge plane pyrolytic graphite (EPPG) electrodes was investigated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) method in three kinds of electrolytes, i.e., 0.1 M Na2SO4 (aqueous solution), 0.1 M tetraethylammonium perchlorate (TEAP) (acetonitrile solution) and pure room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluorobroate (EMIBF4). The marked difference in the admittance plots was exhibited by the GC electrode, suggesting that the double layer occurring on GC electrode differed from each other when immersed in different electrolytes, indirectly proving the meso-porosity structure of GC electrode. While for EPPG electrode, similar results were obtained in these three selected electrolytes, which were interpreted by the "defects" in EPPG electrode.
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Electroquímica
2007
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| Summary: | Electrochemical response of glass carbon (GC) and edge plane pyrolytic graphite (EPPG) electrodes was investigated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) method in three kinds of electrolytes, i.e., 0.1 M Na2SO4 (aqueous solution), 0.1 M tetraethylammonium perchlorate (TEAP) (acetonitrile solution) and pure room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluorobroate (EMIBF4). The marked difference in the admittance plots was exhibited by the GC electrode, suggesting that the double layer occurring on GC electrode differed from each other when immersed in different electrolytes, indirectly proving the meso-porosity structure of GC electrode. While for EPPG electrode, similar results were obtained in these three selected electrolytes, which were interpreted by the "defects" in EPPG electrode. |
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