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The Ag+ Reduction Process in a Plasma Electrochemical System Tuned by the pH Value

Authors :
Huihong Wu
Zhaoyuan Liu
Liangsheng Xu
Xin Wang
Qiang Chen
Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov
Source :
Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 168:123508
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
The Electrochemical Society, 2021.

Abstract

The interactions between discharge plasmas and an aqueous solutions can enable the production of reactive species and charge transfer at the plasma-liquid interface, forming the plasma electrochemical system (PES). The PES are promising for diverse applications, such as nanomaterials synthesis, due to the activation of the solution chemistry by the plasma. In this paper, we investigate the influence of the solution’s pH value on the formation of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in a direct current (DC) PES. Dual argon DC plasmas are generated in an H-type electrochemical cell containing an aqueous solution of silver nitrate with pH values in the range of 1.99–10.71. By this design, the solution acts as a cathode at one end of the H-type cell, and as an anode at the other end. The results show that the AgNPs are formed at the anode except for the solution with the pH value of 1.99. However, at the cathode, the AgNPs only appear in the solution with the pH value of 10.71. We find that the solvated electrons and hydrogen peroxide produced by the plasma-liquid interactions are responsible for the Ag+ reduction at the solution anode and the solution cathode, respectively.

Details

ISSN :
19457111 and 00134651
Volume :
168
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of The Electrochemical Society
Accession number :
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