Electrochemical and SEM properties of Co2+ ion in hexagonal mesophase of pluronic lyotropic liquid crystal template

The electrochemical and SEM properties of Co2+ ion in hexagonal mesophase of the pluronic lyotropic liquid crystal template are reported. The cyclic voltammetric studies evidenced the occurrence of two slow electron transfer reduction processes. Such a reaction presumably related to the reduction of Co2+ ion to Co metal. The hexagonal (H-1) lyotropic liquid crystalline phases of P-84 surfactant have been used to template the electrochemical deposition of nanostructured cobalt films as well as its uses as background electrolyte. Electrochemical studies show that these films have very high surface areas, which reveals that the deposited film exhibits promising properties. The electrode parameters of Co(II) ion in hexagonal meso phase of the lyotropic liquid crystal ternary system (pluronic P-84/cobalt/p-xylene) is determined using cyclic voltammetry, deduced convolutive voltammetry and chronoamperometry techniques. The morphology of nanostructured deposited films of Co2+ ion in pluronic lyotropic liquid crystal template was investigated via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) technique.