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Investigation Of Underpotential Deposition Of Copper At Heated Gold Loop Screen-Printed Electrodes In A Variety Of Water Samples, Eun-Ju Lee Jan 2020

Investigation Of Underpotential Deposition Of Copper At Heated Gold Loop Screen-Printed Electrodes In A Variety Of Water Samples, Eun-Ju Lee

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

To study the underpotential deposition (UPD) of copper, three different types of water samples (TraceSelect® Ultra-pure water, Indian pond water at University at Albany and tap water) are used at a heated gold loop screen-printed electrode (GLE), which is a new type of heated working electrode for voltammetry measurements that is able to directly detect the copper content in the water samples. The anodic stripping analysis of copper is performed with these gold loop electrodes at room temperature of 25 °C and electrode temperature of 80 °C at two different deposition potentials, -0.20 V and +0.10 V. Furthermore, the concentration …


Permanently Heated Micro-Wire Electrodes For Electrochemistry Above The Boiling Point, Zhihua Chang Jan 2019

Permanently Heated Micro-Wire Electrodes For Electrochemistry Above The Boiling Point, Zhihua Chang

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Heated micro-wire electrodes offer lots of advantages, such as, accurate temperature control, enhanced diffusion and accelerated reaction kinetics through micro-stirring effect, easy cleaning, and low cost, etc. Its application in high temperature electrochemistry has gained lots of interests since its debut in the mid-1990s. A maximum of 250 °C has been reported using heating pulses in duration of 5 ms. For various applications, permanently heating would be more useful. In this study, two types of micro-wire electrodes were successfully developed for electrochemistry above the boiling point with acetaminophen as model compound and a continuous heating time of at least 2 …


Study Of Small Molecules With Dna Monolayers On Gold Electrodes Using Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance On The Millisecond Timescale, Sarasi Kaushalya Kumari Galagedera Jan 2019

Study Of Small Molecules With Dna Monolayers On Gold Electrodes Using Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance On The Millisecond Timescale, Sarasi Kaushalya Kumari Galagedera

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Biosensors based on DNA self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) combined with electrochemical transducers have shown great potential to serve an important role in simple, accurate and inexpensive genetic analyses relevant to many fields. The most popularly adapted method in designing biosensing platforms is the self-assembly of 5’-alkylthiol-modified single stranded or double stranded DNA on gold surfaces followed by a passivation step using a diluent like mercaptohexanol (MCH). Since analytical performance (sensitivity, selectivity and stability) of such sensors is solely related to the probe surface architecture, methods to characterize and measure the surface density has gained a lot of interest among the scientific …


Investigation Of Titanium Nitride As Catalyst Support Material And Development Of Durable Electrocatalysts For Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Bharat Avasarala Jan 2011

Investigation Of Titanium Nitride As Catalyst Support Material And Development Of Durable Electrocatalysts For Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Bharat Avasarala

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The impending energy and climatic crisis makes it imperative for human society to seek non-fossil based alternative sources for our energy needs. Although many alternative energy technologies are currently being developed, fuel cell technology provides energy solutions, which satisfy a wide range of applications. But the current fuel cell technology is far from its target of large scale commercialization mainly because of its high cost and poor durability. Considerable work has been done in reducing the cost but its durability still needs significant improvement. Of the various materials in a PEM fuel cell, the degradation of electrocatalyst affects its durability …