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Plastic reactor suitable for high pressure and supercritical fluid electrochemistry

Plastic reactor suitable for high pressure and supercritical fluid electrochemistry
Plastic reactor suitable for high pressure and supercritical fluid electrochemistry
The paper describes a reactor suitable for high pressure, particularly supercritical fluid, electrochemistry and electrodeposition at pressures up to 30 MPa at 115°C. The reactor incorporates two key, new design concepts; a plastic reactor vessel and the use of o-ring sealed brittle electrodes. These two innovations widen what can be achieved with supercritical fluid electrodeposition. The suitability of the reactor for electroanalytical experiments is demonstrated by studies of the voltammetry of decamethylferrocene in supercritical difluromethane and for electrodeposition is demonstrated by the deposition of Bi. The application of the reactor to the production of nanostructures is demonstrated by the electrodeposition of ∼80 nm diameter Te nanowires into an anodic alumina on silicon template. Key advantages of the new reactor design include reduction of the number of wetted materials, particularly glues used for insulating electrodes, compatibility with reagents incompatible with steel, compatibility with microfabricated planar multiple electrodes, small volume which brings safety advantages and reduced reagent useage, and a significant reduction in experimental time.
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H375-H381
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Smith, David C.
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Branch, Jack, Alibouri, Mehrdad, Cook, David A., Richardson, Peter, Bartlett, Philip N., Matefi-Tempfli, Maria, Matefi-Tempfli, Stefan, Bampton, Mark, Cookson, Tamsin, Connell, Phil and Smith, David C. (2017) Plastic reactor suitable for high pressure and supercritical fluid electrochemistry. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 164 (6), H375-H381. (doi:10.1149/2.1051706jes).

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The paper describes a reactor suitable for high pressure, particularly supercritical fluid, electrochemistry and electrodeposition at pressures up to 30 MPa at 115°C. The reactor incorporates two key, new design concepts; a plastic reactor vessel and the use of o-ring sealed brittle electrodes. These two innovations widen what can be achieved with supercritical fluid electrodeposition. The suitability of the reactor for electroanalytical experiments is demonstrated by studies of the voltammetry of decamethylferrocene in supercritical difluromethane and for electrodeposition is demonstrated by the deposition of Bi. The application of the reactor to the production of nanostructures is demonstrated by the electrodeposition of ∼80 nm diameter Te nanowires into an anodic alumina on silicon template. Key advantages of the new reactor design include reduction of the number of wetted materials, particularly glues used for insulating electrodes, compatibility with reagents incompatible with steel, compatibility with microfabricated planar multiple electrodes, small volume which brings safety advantages and reduced reagent useage, and a significant reduction in experimental time.

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Accepted/In Press date: 27 March 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 7 April 2017
Organisations: Physics & Astronomy, Electrochemistry, Quantum, Light & Matter Group, Support Staff

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Local EPrints ID: 407779
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/407779
ISSN: 0013-4651
PURE UUID: b155a583-9a95-452e-9075-5c1aa0a6a93b
ORCID for Philip N. Bartlett: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7300-6900

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Date deposited: 26 Apr 2017 01:05
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:43

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Author: Jack Branch
Author: Mehrdad Alibouri
Author: David A. Cook
Author: Peter Richardson
Author: Maria Matefi-Tempfli
Author: Stefan Matefi-Tempfli
Author: Mark Bampton
Author: Tamsin Cookson
Author: Phil Connell
Author: David C. Smith

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