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Chloroantimonate electrochemistry in dichloromethane

Chloroantimonate electrochemistry in dichloromethane
Chloroantimonate electrochemistry in dichloromethane
Antimony is a technologically relevant element, which is present in many semiconductor materials. Electrodeposition of such materials offers a potential route for cheaper and less wasteful manufacturing, and is especially suited for micro- and nano-feature sizes with complex geometries. Previous work has shown the applicability of electrodeposition of p-block metals and metalloids from the weakly coordinating solvent dichloromethane, using halometallate precursors. Here we more thoroughly investigate the behaviour of the tetrabutylammonium chloroantimonate precursor, [TBA][SbCl4]. We use voltammetry at a stationary macroelectrode, rotating disc electrode and electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance, as well as microelectrodes and highlight the advantages of microelectrodes in this context. Using [TBA]Cl as a background electrolyte it is found that the diffusion coefficients calculated from the rotating disc electrode and microelectrodes are similar. Due to the possibility of mixed speciation with an excess of Cl−, tetrabutylammonium tetrafluoroborate, [TBA][TFB], is also used as a background electrolyte and it is found that the diffusion coefficient does not change. Using a modified form of the Stokes-Einstein equation, that takes into account the shape of the solute and the relative sizes of the solute and solvent, the diffusion coefficients of the antimony precursor and decamethylferrocene are consistent with their relative sizes. Electrodeposition onto large surface area platinum and titanium nitride substrates using either background electrolyte results in amorphous deposits of elemental antimony with similar morphology.
Antimony, Electrodeposition, Halometallate, Microelectrode, Weakly coordinating solvent
0013-4686
Reeves, Simon
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Noori, Yasir
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Zhang, Wenjian
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Reid, Gillian
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Bartlett, Philip N.
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Zhang, Wenjian
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Reid, Gillian
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Bartlett, Philip N.
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Reeves, Simon, Noori, Yasir, Zhang, Wenjian, Reid, Gillian and Bartlett, Philip N. (2020) Chloroantimonate electrochemistry in dichloromethane. Electrochimica Acta, 354, [136692]. (doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136692).

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Abstract

Antimony is a technologically relevant element, which is present in many semiconductor materials. Electrodeposition of such materials offers a potential route for cheaper and less wasteful manufacturing, and is especially suited for micro- and nano-feature sizes with complex geometries. Previous work has shown the applicability of electrodeposition of p-block metals and metalloids from the weakly coordinating solvent dichloromethane, using halometallate precursors. Here we more thoroughly investigate the behaviour of the tetrabutylammonium chloroantimonate precursor, [TBA][SbCl4]. We use voltammetry at a stationary macroelectrode, rotating disc electrode and electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance, as well as microelectrodes and highlight the advantages of microelectrodes in this context. Using [TBA]Cl as a background electrolyte it is found that the diffusion coefficients calculated from the rotating disc electrode and microelectrodes are similar. Due to the possibility of mixed speciation with an excess of Cl−, tetrabutylammonium tetrafluoroborate, [TBA][TFB], is also used as a background electrolyte and it is found that the diffusion coefficient does not change. Using a modified form of the Stokes-Einstein equation, that takes into account the shape of the solute and the relative sizes of the solute and solvent, the diffusion coefficients of the antimony precursor and decamethylferrocene are consistent with their relative sizes. Electrodeposition onto large surface area platinum and titanium nitride substrates using either background electrolyte results in amorphous deposits of elemental antimony with similar morphology.

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Chloroantimonate Electrochemistry in Dichloromethane - Accepted Manuscript
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Accepted/In Press date: 26 June 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 13 July 2020
Published date: 10 September 2020
Keywords: Antimony, Electrodeposition, Halometallate, Microelectrode, Weakly coordinating solvent

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Local EPrints ID: 442777
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/442777
ISSN: 0013-4686
PURE UUID: 10e9d127-d9ee-44dd-8465-f9aa5d0ee4ff
ORCID for Simon Reeves: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5475-2484
ORCID for Yasir Noori: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5285-8779
ORCID for Gillian Reid: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5349-3468
ORCID for Philip N. Bartlett: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7300-6900

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Date deposited: 27 Jul 2020 16:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 05:46

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Author: Simon Reeves ORCID iD
Author: Yasir Noori ORCID iD
Author: Wenjian Zhang
Author: Gillian Reid ORCID iD

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