The preparation of polypyrrole coated brass and copper electrodes for electrocatalysis


Tuken T., Arslan G., Yazici B., Erbil M.

PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS, cilt.49, sa.2, ss.153-159, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 49 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2003.09.006
  • Dergi Adı: PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.153-159
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study the electrochemical synthesis of polypyrrole (PPy) was achieved on copper and brass electrodes by using the cyclic voltammetry technique from 0.3 M oxalic acid + 0.1 M pyrrole solution and the electroactivity of these modified electrodes were investigated using the hydroquinone (HQ)/quinone (Q) couple reaction in 0.5 M H2SO4 solution. The activation energy values (E-a), temperature coefficients ((deltaE/deltaT)(p)), the rate constant (k) and reaction order values (n), overpotential values (eta) for the oxidation and the reduction processes were calculated. It was found that the copper/PPy and brass/PPy electrodes have very good electrocatalytic efficiency which was comparable to uncoated Pt electrodes and the strongly adherent, homogenous and highly conductive nature of the coating was kept for a long time. It could be said that either the copper/PPy or brass/PPy electrodes could easily replace the Pt electrode for electrocatalysis in many applications. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.