Electrochemical Response of Gold Nanoparticles at a Graphite Electrode

Abstract:

The electrochemical activity of gold nanoparticles at graphite electrodes by the method of cyclic voltammetry is studied. In this article the nature of the supporting electrolyte, modification time of graphite electrode by gold nanoparticles and the potential range on the value of the “inverse” cathodic peak are investigated. The “inverse” cathodic peak of gold nanoparticles formed in the reaction mixture HAuCl₄:Na₃C₆H₅O₇:NaBH₄=1:1:4 is observed on the cathodic branch of cyclic voltamperegram at E_c = 0.05 V at graphite electrode. The mechanism of stepwise electrochemical oxidation and reduction of the phase structure of gold on the surface of the graphite electrode in 0.1 M NaOH is offered. The “inverse” cathodic peak of gold nanoparticles on the cathodic branch of cyclic voltammogram at graphite electrode is caused by oxidation of Au₂O to Au₂O₃.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1040)
• Pages: 297-302
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1040.297
• Online since: September 2014
• Authors: Daria Perevezentseva*, E.V. Gorchakov
• Keywords: Cyclic Voltammetry, Gold Nanoparticles, Graphite Electrode

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