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Won Jin Park1, Youngmi Yi, Jaeyoung Lee
1Department of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University, 1370 Sankyuk-dong, Buk-gu, Daegu-city 702-701, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
We demonstrate a novel reference electrode material namely an organometallic silver complex e.g., silver (I) tetramethylbis(benzimidazolium) diiodide [1a] for both acid and alkaline electrolysis. The potential usage of the silver complex as a reference electrode with at least equal electrochemical capabilities compared to those of the conventional electrode materials (e.g., Hg/HgO in alkaline media and Ag/AgCl in acidic media) are also demonstrated using cyclic voltammetry. In addition, the well dispersed surface morphology and fine crystalinity of the silver complex is investigated using field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD).
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