Application of elimination voltammetry in the study of electroplating processes on the graphite electrode

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ORIŇÁKOVÁ Renáta TRNKOVÁ Libuše GÁLOVÁ Miriam ŠUPICOVÁ Magdalena

Year of publication 2004
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Electrochimica Acta
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Faculty of Science

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Field Electrochemistry
Keywords Elimination voltammetry; Electrodeposition; Graphite electrode; Cyclic voltammetry; Nickel
Description The electrode reaction mechanism of electrolytical coating by nickel on paraffin impregnated graphite electrode (PIGE) was investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and elimination voltammetry with linear scan (EVLS). The EVLS, a relatively new method of processing electrochemical signals obtained by voltammetry, is able to eliminate some individual chosen currents from total voltammetric currents measured at different scan rates. During the electrodeposition of metals on the graphite electrode, hydrogen evolved from aqueous acidic solutions interferes with the plating process. The elimination of kinetic current arising due to hydrogen evolution enables one to study other processes proceeding at the electrode. Cyclic voltammograms for metal coating deposition/dissolution on the graphite electrode were measured at three scan rates (12.5, 25 and 50 mV/s) and the EVLS functions were calculated for one or two eliminated currents. The results indicate the occurrence of surface reactions with the adsorption of intermediates on graphite. The application of EVLS provides deeper insight into the mechanism of electrode reaction during metal deposition.
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