Microarrays of Ring-Recessed Disk Electrodes in Transient Generator-Collector Mode: Theory and Experiment

The fabrication, characterization, and use of arrays of ring recessed disk microelectrodes are reported. These devices are operated in generator-collector mode with a disk acting as the generator and the ring as the collector. We report experiments and simulations relating to time-of flight experime...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Menshykau, Denis, O'Mahony, Aoife M., Campo García, Francisco Javier del, Muñoz Pascual, Francisco Javier, Compton, Richard G.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/17708
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/17708
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Microelectrode
Microelectrodo
Microelectrode array
Red de microelectrodo
Electrochemistry
Electroquímica
Redox cycling
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Sumario:The fabrication, characterization, and use of arrays of ring recessed disk microelectrodes are reported. These devices are operated in generator-collector mode with a disk acting as the generator and the ring as the collector. We report experiments and simulations relating to time-of flight experiments in which material electrogenerated at a disk is diffusionally transported to the ring. Analysis of the current transient measured at the latter when it is potentiostatted at a value to ensure diffusionally controlled “collection” is shown to sensitively reflect the diffusion coefficients of the species forming the redox couple being driven at the generator electrode. The method is applied to the ferrocene/ferrocenium couple in the room temperature ionic liquid [N6, 2, 2, 2][NTf2], and the results are found to agree with independent measurements.