Abstract
The electro-oxidation of silver and nickel nanoparticles in aqueous solution was studied via their collisions with a carbon electrode. The average charge passed per impact varies with electrode potential and was analysed to determine that AgNPs display an electrochemically fast ("reversible") one-electron oxidation, whilst the NiNPs exhibit slow ("irreversible") 2-electron kinetics. Kinetic parameters are reported.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 14354-14357 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 41 |
| Early online date | 10 Sept 2012 |
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| Publication status | Published - 7 Nov 2012 |