Insulating 3D-printed templates are turned into metallic electrodes: application as electrodes for glycerol electrooxidation.
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SUBMITTER: Guima KE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9064218 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
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Insulating 3D-printed templates are turned into metallic electrodes: application as electrodes for glycerol electrooxidation.
Guima Katia-Emiko KE Souza Victor H R VHR Martins Cauê Alves CA
RSC advances 20190514 27
We turned printed plastic pieces into a conductive material by electrochemical polymerization of aniline on the plastic surface assisted by graphite. The conductive piece was then turned into a metallic electrode by potentiodynamic electrodeposition. As a proof-of-concept, we built indirect-3D-printed Pd, Pt and Au electrodes, which were used for glycerol electrooxidation. ...[more]
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