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Published on: June 6, 2012
Electrode potential modified by gelatin surface charge
Shoya Sato1, Yutaka Moritomo1,2,3
1Graduate School of Pure & Applied Science, University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8571 Japan moritomo.yutaka.gf@u.tsukuba.ac.jp.
Abstract:
Recently, it has been reported that electrolytes containing gelatin or other substances cause an enhanced temperature coefficient (α) of the electrode potential E in thermoelectric devices. Here, we investigated the effect of gelatin on E. We found that only the contact with gelatin in electrolytes significantly reduces E by several hundred millivolts. Through systematic experiments with various electrolytes, we ascribed the reduction in E to the positive surface charge of gelatin.
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