Thermodynamics of silver—silver halide electrodes and thermodynamic solubility products of silver halides in glycerol + water mixtures at different temperatures

The standard potentials of silver—silver bromide and silver—silver iodide electrodes in glycerol+water mixtures containing 5, 10, 20 and 30 wt% glycerol were determined from electromotive force measurements of the cell Ag(s), AgX(s), KX(c)//KCl(c), AgCl(s), Ag(s), where X is Br or I, at seven different temperatures in the range 5–35°C. The standard potentials in each solvent are represented as a function of temperature. The standard thermodynamic functions for the electrode reactions, the primary medium effects of various solvents upon X⁻, and the standard thermodynamic quantities for the transfer of 1 g-ion of X⁻ from water to the respective glycerol + water media are evaluated and discussed in the light of ion—solvent interactions as well as the structural changes of the solvents. From the values of the Ag/Ag⁺ and Ag/AgX, X⁻ electrodes, the thermodynamic solubility product constants of silver chloride, silver bromide and silver iodide have been determined in glycerol + water solvent mixtures at different temperatures.     

Preparation of Nano‐bismuth with Different Particle Sizes and the Size Dependent Electrochemical Thermodynamics

Nano‐bismuth has excellent electrochemical properties. However, it is still unclear how the particle size of nano‐bismuth influences its electrochemical thermodynamic properties. In this paper, spherical bismuth nanoparticles with different particle sizes were prepared by solvothermal method; the electrode potentials, the temperature coefficients of the electrode potentials and the thermodynamic functions of reaction for nano‐bismuth electrodes with different particle sizes at different temperatures were determined; and the effects of particle size on the electrode potential, the temperature coefficient and the thermodynamic functions were discussed. The experimental results show that particle size of bismuth nanoparticles has a significant influences on the electrochemical thermodynamic properties. The standard electrode potential of the nano‐bismuth electrode with a diameter of 39.9 nm was 0.009 V lower than that of the ordinary standard electrode (0.308 V); the temperature coefficient of the electrode potential with a diameter of 39.9 nm was nearly double that of 85.9 nm. With the particle sizes decrease, the standard molar Gibbs energy of reaction, the standard molar enthalpy of reaction, the standard molar entropy of reaction, the molar reversible reaction heat and the temperature coefficient increase; and these quantities are linearly related to the reciprocal of the particle diameter.     

Electrochemical Preparation of Brilliant‐Blue‐Modified Poly(diallyldimethylammonium Chloride) and Nafion‐Coated Glassy Carbon Electrodes and Their Electrocatalytic Behavior Towards Oxygen and L‐Cysteine

Brilliant blue FCF‐modified glassy carbon electrodes have been prepared by cycling the Nafion (or poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDAC)) coated electrodes repeatedly 15 cycles in brilliant blue FCF (BB FCF) dye solution. The BB FCF molecules are incorporated into Nafion coating by cycling the film‐covered electrode between +0.3 to 1.2 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) in pH 1.5 BB FCF solution while PDDAC‐coated electrode cycled between 0 to ?1.0 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) in pH 6.5 BB FCF solution to immobilize the dye. Electrostatic interaction between dye molecule and PDDAC was predominant in PDDAC coating whereas immobilization of dye in Nafion film attributed to the combined effect of electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions. The voltammetric features of BB FCF‐modified electrodes resemble that of surface‐confined redox couples. The peak potentials of BB FCF‐incorporated PDDAC‐coated electrode were shifted to more positive potential region with decreasing pH of contacting solution. BB FCF‐modified electrodes showed electrocatalytic activity towards reduction of oxygen and oxidation of L ‐cysteine with significant decease of overvoltage compared to unmodified electrode. The BB FCF‐modified Nafion‐coated electrode was tested for its analytical applications toward determination of L ‐cysteine. The linear range of calibration plot at BB FCF‐modified Nafion‐coated electrode is 10 to 100 μM, which coincides with L ‐cysteine levels in biological fluids. Sensitivity and detection limit of the electrode are 111 nA μM^?1 and 0.5 μM, respectively.     

Thermodynamic properties of the silver ion in alcohol + water solvent mixtures from electromotive force measurements and thermodynamic solubility product constants of AgX (X = Cl,Br, I or CNS) at different temperatures

The standard potentials of the silver-silver ion electrode in alcohol+water solvent mixtures containing 10 and 20 wt% methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol and 2-propanol have been determined from the electromotive force measurements of the cell Ag(s), AgCl(s), NaCl(c), NaNO₃(c)// NaNO₃(c), AgNO₃(c), Ag(s) at seven different temperatures in the range 5–35°C. The standard potentials in each solvent have been represented as a function of temperature. The standard thermodynamic functions for the electrode reaction, the primary medium effects of various solvents upon Ag⁺, and the standard thermodynamic quantities for the transfer of 1 g-ion of Ag⁺ from water to the respective alcohol + water media have been evaluated and discussed in the light of ion-solvent interactions as well as the structural changes of the solvents. From the values of the standard potentials of the Ag/Ag⁺ and Ag/AgX, X^? electrodes, the thermodynamic solubility product constants of silver chloride, silver bromide, silver iodide and silver thiocyanate have been determined in alcohol + water solvent mixtures at different temperatures.     

Thermodynamics of solid-state connected ion-sensitive membrane electrodes: The silver-silver chloride system: Part I. Standard potential EM0 at 25, 50, and 75°C

Standard potentials E_M⁰ at 25, 50 and 75°C of all-solid-state silver-silver chloride ring membrane electrodes (Schott) with pressed-in silver foil have been measured with respect to the Pt, H₂ electrode by means of a cell without transference (see also [1]) applied earlier by Bates and Bower who measured standard potentials E⁰ of corresponding electrodes of the 2nd kind. The data evaluated by the extended Debye-Hückel theory can directly be compared with the reported 2nd kind electrode data. Identical thermodynamic behavior of both electrode types is observed; small differences (<1.5 mV) of standard potentials and their temperature dependence are discussed on the basis of different states of electrode materials orignating from different electrode preparation and are applied to calculate thermodynamic data of membrane electrodes referred to those of electrodes of the 2nd kind. The results and contradictory literature data are discussed. A brief characterization of membrane and 2nd kind electrodes is given.     

Adsorption of 4-aminopyridine on Co and Ag electrodes probed by SERS

The adsorption of 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) on Co and Ag electrodes in acid or alkaline solutions of KCl and KI electrolyte salts were monitored by the Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) technique. The SERS intensity for the Ag electrode was in 2 orders of magnitude higher than for the Co electrode, due to the enhancement of the Raman cross-section on Ag by the surface-plasmon excitation. In acidic chloride medium (pH 4), the SERS results for Ag electrodes indicate that the protonated form of 4-AP (4-APH⁺) adsorbs in the potential range of −0.1 to −0.6 V (Ag|AgCl|KCl sat) through hydrogen-bonding between 4-APH⁺ and Cl⁻ adsorbed on the electrode surface; at more negative potentials the neutral form 4-AP is the predominant adsorbed species. For Co electrode in the same medium, only bands due to neutral 4-AP were observed in the spectra at −0.8 and −0.9 V. For more negative potentials bands assigned to both 4-AP and 4-AP surface complex are observed, with the lasts being enhanced, as the potentials are turned more negative. In alkaline chloride medium (pH 13), for less negative potentials the bands assigned to free 4-AP were observed in the spectra of both Ag and Co surfaces. For more negative potentials, only bands assigned to the 4-AP surface complex were observed. For 0.1 mol L⁻¹ KI acidic or alkaline solutions, bands assigned to 4-AP and 4-APH⁺ were observed in a wider potential range than in chloride solutions. An adsorption scheme of 4-AP on Ag and Co is proposed for acidic and alkaline solutions.     

邻碘苯甲酸电还原脱碘的原位红外光谱研究

采用循环伏安法研究了邻碘苯甲酸在NaOH溶液中的电化学还原反应,与Pt和Ti等电极相比,Ag和Cu电极对邻碘苯甲酸具有较好的电还原活性,还原电位向正电位方向移动.通过原位红外光谱技术研究了邻碘苯甲酸在Ag和Cu电极上的电还原机理.结果表明,在电位高于-800 mV时,邻碘苯甲酸在Ag电极表面先形成吸附中间态R…I…Ag,而在Cu电极表面以负离子形式存在.随着电位的进一步负移,邻碘苯甲酸在Ag和Cu电极上均发生脱碘加氢反应,经还原得到最终产物苯甲酸.     

Reference Electrode for Ionic Liquids

Reference electrodes for room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) applications were constructed that have a known and reproducible potential versus the ferrocene/ferrocenium couple. They are based on reference electrodes of the first kind, Ag/Ag⁺ couple type, or of the second kind, based on Ag/AgCl in M⁺Cl^?. The former uses AgNO₃ salt and the latter tetrabutylammonium chloride, Bu₄NCl, dissolved in acetonitrile which are then introduced to the ionic liquid of choice for a final concentration of 0.1 M. The reference electrodes can be easily and reproducibly constructed. An ionic contact of these reference systems with the test electrolyte was made using an asbestos fiber liquid junction. The internal compartment of the reference system was filled with the same ionic liquid as used for the electrochemical experiment. The performance of these reference electrodes was tested in selected ionic liquids using the ferrocene/ferrocenium redox couple. The stability, reproducibility, and temperature behavior of the two reference systems have been characterized in the following ionic liquids: 1‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMIBF₄), 1‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (BMI(CF₃SO₂)₂N), and 1‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (BMIPF₆). It has been found that the formal potentials of the examined reference systems are stable over several days. There is a linear relationship for the temperature studied in the range from 25 to 60 °C.     

基于电化学方法研究以铜和银为电极的对苯二甲酸单分子结电导

利用基于电化学跳跃接触的扫描隧道显微镜裂结法(ECSTM-BJ), 通过现场形成金属电极, 对以Cu和Ag为电极的对苯二甲酸单分子结电导进行了测量. 研究结果表明: 利用该方法对所有数据直接线性统计即可得到很好结果; 两种电极下都存在两套高和低电导值, 其中以Cu为电极的单分子结电导高低值分别为11.5和4.0 nS, 而以Ag为电极的单分子结电导分别为10.3和3.8 nS, 高值都约为低值的3倍, 且以Cu为电极的单分子结电导要略大于以Ag为电极的电导, 可归结于电极和分子的耦合不同造成的. 与同样条件下测量得到的烷基链羧酸单分子结电导只存在一套值相比,对苯二甲酸表现出两套电导值, 反应了分子内主链对分子结电导的影响.     

Screen-printed reference electrodes for potentiometric measurements

A convenient and reliable method for large-scale production of miniaturized, planar, all-solid-state reference electrodes is reported. All elements of the Ag/AgCl/KCl reference half-cell i.e. layer of Ag/AgCl (inner electrode), immobilized electrolyte (junction) and encapsulation are fabricated by means of screen-printing technology. The use of pastes cured in low temperature allows fabrication on low-cost, plastic, flexible foils. The developed reference electrodes exhibit good long-term stability. Continuous operation life-time exceeds one week. Storage stability is longer than 9 months. pH, chlorides as well as other halide anions, typical buffer components, alkaline and heavy metal cations, complexing ligands and redox agents, do not influence the potential of the reference electrodes. The developed reference electrodes are compatible with strip potentiometric sensors fabricated in the same format. Examples of analytical applications of the reference electrodes with various screen-printed sensors are demonstrated.     

Specific Features of the Structure of the Electrical Double Layer on Intermetallic Compound Ag3Sn in Aqueous Surface-Inactive Electrolytes

The behavior of a polycrystalline electrode of intermetallic compound Ag₃Sn in aqueous NaF solutions is studied using an impedance method. At potentials of –1.3 to –0.6 V (SCE), the electrode may be viewed as ideally polarizable. The Gouy–Chapman–Stern–Grahame model quite satisfactorily describes capacitance curves obtained at various electrolyte concentrations. Experimental capacitance curves for an Ag₃Sn electrode are compared with those for polycrystalline Ag and Sn electrodes renewed by cutting. Characteristics of an Ag₃Sn electrode are unique and its capacitance curves cannot be simulated from the data for Ag and Sn electrodes within the known phenomenological approaches.     

Meaning and Measurability of Single‐Ion Activities,the Thermodynamic Foundations of pH,and the Gibbs Free Energy for the Transfer of Ions between Dissimilar Materials

Considering the relationship between concentration and vapor pressure (or the relationship between concentration and fugacity) single‐ion activity coefficients are definable in purely thermodynamic terms. The measurement process involves measuring a contact potential between a solution and an external electrode. Contact potentials are measurable by using thermodynamically reversible processes. Extrapolation of an equation to zero concentration and ionic strength enables determination of single‐ion activity coefficients. Single‐ion activities can be defined and measured without using any extra‐thermodynamic assumptions, concepts, or measurements. This method could serve as a gold standard for the validation of extra‐thermodynamic methods for determining single‐ion activities. Furthermore, it places the concept of pH on a thermodynamically solid foundation. Contact potential measurements can also be used to determine the Gibbs free energy for the transfer of ions between dissimilar materials.     

Electrochemistry at High Pressures: A Review

High pressure electrochemical studies are potentially dangerous and less immediately implemented than conventional investigations. Technical obstacles related to properties of the working electrode material, preparation of its surface, availability of suitable reference electrodes, and the need for specially designed high pressure equipment and cells may account for the relative lack of experimental data on electrochemistry at high pressures. However, despite the stringent requirements for system and equipment stability, significant developments have been made in recent years and the combination of electrochemical methods with high hydrostatic pressure has provided useful insights into the thermodynamics, kinetics, and other physico‐chemical characteristics of a wide range of redox reactions. In addition to fundamental information, high pressure electrochemistry has also lead to a better understanding of a variety of processes under non‐classical conditions with potential applications in today's industrial environment from extraction and electrosynthesis in supercritical fluids to measurement of the pH at the bottom of the ocean. The purpose of this article is to detail the experimental pressurizing apparatus for electroanalytical measurements at high pressures and to review the relevant literature on the effect of pressure on electrode processes and on the properties of aqueous electrolyte solutions.     

Electrochemical fabrication of metal/organic/metal junctions for molecular electronics and sensing applications

A simple electrochemical approach was used for fabricating electrode/metal nanowire/(molecule or polymer)/electrode junctions for sensing or molecular electronics applications. The procedure for fabricating these molecule-based devices involves electropolymerization of phenol or chemisorption of alkanethiols on one set of electrodes (E1) and electrodeposition of Ag metal nano/microwires on a second electrode (E2) which is ～5 μm away from E1. Under appropriate deposition conditions, Ag nanowires grow from E2 and cross over to E1, forming a E1/(molecule or polymer)/Ag nanowire (NW)/E2 junction. The junction resistance was controlled by (1) electrodepositing polyphenol of varied densities on E1 and (2) assembling alkanethiols of different chain lengths on E1. Ag NWs at high resistance E1/polyphenol/Ag NW/E2 junctions functionalized with Pd monolayer protected clusters (MPCs) responded fast and reversibly to H(2) concentrations as low as 0.11% in a nitrogen carrier gas by a resistance decrease, likely due to volume expansion of the Pd nanoparticles, demonstrating the use of these electrochemically fabricated junctions for gas sensing applications.     

Voltammetric studies of the activity of an electrode made of a graphite-epoxy composite in redox reactions of ascorbic acid and hydroquinone

The potentials of the anodic peak of ascorbic acid oxidation and the potential differences of anodic and cathodic peaks (ΔE _p) of the hydroquinone/benzoquinone redox system at an electrode made of a graphite-epoxy composite are determined in weakly acidic and neutral supporting electrolytes by direct and cyclic voltammetry. The results obtained are compared with thermodynamic values and with the available values of these parameters at different solid electrodes for the above-mentioned redox systems. The effect of aging of the surface of electrodes made of graphite-epoxy composites on the potentials and peak currents of the anodic oxidation of ascorbic acid are studied. It is demonstrated that the regeneration of the electrode surface by mechanically cutting thin layers is important for reducing the δE _p value of the hydroquinone/benzoquinone redox system down to 28–30 mV in supporting electrolytes with pH 2.0 and 7.0. This value is typical of thermodynamically reversible electrode reactions involving two-electron transfer at 20–25°C.     

溶胶-凝胶法设计与制备金属及合金纳米材料的研究进展

溶胶-凝胶法是常见的制备金属氧化物的方法之一。在溶胶-凝胶法中,各种反应物能达到分子级的均匀混合,因此能制备成份复杂的氧化物材料。目前,溶胶-凝胶法也应用于设计与制备金属纳米材料,特别是合金纳米颗粒。例如,溶胶-凝胶法能应用于制备CoPt、FePt等磁性纳米合金材料以及CoCrCuNiAl高熵合金纳米材料,以及物相结构为有序相的Cu3Pt合金纳米材料。本文综述溶胶-凝胶法设计制备金属纳米材料的研究进展,包括溶胶-凝胶法实施的基本步骤、该方法在制备金属纳米材料方面的具体应用,并着重论述采用热力学计算设计金属及化合物的基本原理。该基本原理包括计算金属氧化物与还原性气体如氢气的还原反应的吉布斯自由能的变化量、金属氧化物的标准电极电位(不同于金属离子的标准电极电位)。最后探讨溶胶-凝胶法设计制备金属纳米材料存在的问题以及后续可能的发展方向。     

Effect of dissolved CO2 on the potential stability of all-solid-state ion-selective electrodes.

The influence of dissolved CO2 on the potentiometric responses of all-solid-state ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) was systematically examined with four different types of electrodes fabricated by pairing pH-sensitive and pH-insensitive metal electrodes (Pt and Ag/AgCl, respectively) with pH-sensitive and pH-insensitive ion-selective membranes (H+-selective membrane based on tridodecylamine and Na+-selective membrane based on tetraethyl calix[4]arenetetraacetate, respectively). The experimental results clearly showed that the carbonic acid formed by the diffused CO2 and water vapor at the membrane/metal electrode interface varies the phase boundary potentials both at the inner side of the H+-selective membrane (deltaE(in)mem) and at the metal electrode surface (deltaEelec). The potential changes, deltaE(in)mem and deltaEelec, occurring at the facing boundaries, are opposite in their sign and result in a canceling effect if both the membrane and metal surface are pH-sensitive. Consequently, the H+-selective membrane coated on a pH-sensitive electrode (Pt) tends to exhibit a smaller CO2 interference than that on a pH-insensitive electrode (Ag/AgCl). When the all-solid-state Na+ and K+ ISEs were fabricated with both pH-insensitive metal electrode and ion-selective membrane, they did not suffer from CO2 interference. It was also confirmed that plasticization of the PVC leads to increased CO2 permeation. Various types of intermediate layers were examined to reduce the CO2 interference problem in the fabrication of H+-selective all-solid-state ISEs. The results indicated that the H+-selective electrode needs an intermediate layer that maintains a constant pH unless the carbonic acid formation at the interfacial area is effectively quenched.     

高温水溶液pH值原位测量系统与机理

研制了以氧化钇稳定氧化锆(YSZ)陶瓷薄膜电极为pH电极、外置压力平衡式Ag/AgCl电极为参比电极的高温高压水溶液pH值原位测量系统,测量了H₃BO₃\LiOH水溶液在473.15~573.15 K范围内的pH值,并与热力学计算得到的pH值比较。 结果表明,当温度高于548.15 K时,测量系统可以实现pH值的准确测量;而低于此温度时,由于YSZ陶瓷膜内阻过大,测得的pH值与理论计算值存在偏差,且随温度的降低,测量偏差增大。 讨论了该系统的pH值测量机理。     

Thermodynamics of solid-state connected ion-sensitive membrane electrodes: The silver-Silver chloride system: Part II. Standard potentials (ε0′+εj) between 5 and 90°C of the 2nd kind silver-Silver chloride reference electrode with 3.5 M and sat'd KCl measured by means of membrane electrodes

Standard potentials (ε_M^0′+ε_j)_T of solid-state connected silver-silver chloride membrane electrodes (“chloride ion-sensitive electrodes”) in saturated and in 3.5 M (25°C) aqueous KCl solution (Ag|AgCl|KCl(sat'd or 3.5 M)||…) were measured between 5 and 90°C. The cells with transference comprised a Pt,H₂ electrode half-cell with NBS (DIN) phosphate buffer solution D. Identical thermodynamic behaviour of the membrane electrodes and respective 2nd kind silver-silver chloride electrodes and the small differences ΔE⁰ of their standard potentials E_M⁰ and E⁰, both reported in Part I of this work [1], allowed the application of the membrane electrode data to determine also standard potentials (ε^0′+ε_j)_T of the respective silver-silver chloride reference electrode of the second kind with “fixed potential” (Ag|AgCl(sat'd), KCl(sat'd or 3.5 M)6…). The results are discussed and compared with literature data.     

The use of membrane electrodes in the determination of sulphides in sea water

The direct potentiometric determination of sulphides in natural sea water with a sulphide-selective membrane electrode is proposed. The experimental evaluation of the “apparent mixed” dissociation constants and the thermodynamic activity coefficient in spiked sea water samples, by means of the electrode, permits direct calibration in terms of activity. Alternatively, it is possible to establish, for natural sea water, an experimental equation for the correction of the electrode potentials in terms of pH; this allows direct calibration of the electrodes in terms of total sulphide concentration. This criterion can be applied to any aqueous solution.