期刊
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
卷 56, 期 20, 页码 7194-7201出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2011.04.104
关键词
Gas evolving electrode; Ni PTFE; Controlled bubbles; Wettability; Hydrophobic electrode
资金
- ANR (Agence Nationale pour la Recherche)
This paper deals with an experimental study on millimetre-size electrochemically evolved hydrogen bubbles. A method to generate gas bubbles controlled in number, size at detachment and place on a flat electrode is reported. Partially wetted composite islands are implemented on a polished metal substrate. As long as the island size is lower than a limit depending on its wettability, only one bubble spreads on the island and its size at detachment is controlled by the island perimeter. The composite, a metal-polytetrafluoroethylene (Ni-PTFE), is obtained by an electrochemical co-deposition process. On the contrary to predictions of available models for co-deposition, at current densities beyond Ni2+ limiting current density, the mass ratio of PTFE in the deposit strongly increases. A mechanism is proposed to describe co-deposition when hydrogen bubbles are co-evolved. The observation of gas evolution on fully hydrophobic electrodes highlights the fact that bubbles growth rate on such electrodes differs from growth rates when bubble growth is controlled by mass transport of dissolved gas. The more a bubble grows by coalescence the more its foot expands on the electrode the bigger its size at detachment. This triple line creeping mechanism explains why, when attached bubbles coalesce many times before detaching, their size at detachment increases with current density. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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