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Electrochemical behavior of Cu(II)-poly(4-vinylpyridine) complexes at the electrode/electrolyte interface

Journal Article · · Sov. Electrochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6801191

The electrochemical behavior and electrocatalytic properties of the complex of Cu/sup 2 +/ with poly(4-vinylpyridine) were studied at a pyrolytic graphite electrode. It was shown that not all copper ions of the polymer films are in an electrochemically active state when the process is conducted under nonequilibrium conditions. The counterion type has an important effect of the electrochemical behavior of the polymer film electrode. The complex displays electrocatalytic activity in molecular-oxygen electroreduction in neutral buffer solutions; the activity depends on the degree of saturation of the polymer film with copper ions.

Research Organization:
A. N. Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry, Moscow, USSR
OSTI ID:
6801191
Journal Information:
Sov. Electrochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Electrochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 22:6; ISSN SOECA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English