Electrodeposition of Gold Films from a Glycerol Solution on Carbon Paste Electrode and the Effect of Chemical and Electrochemical Parameters of Electrodeposition on the Electrode Performance in Potassium Ferrocyanide Solution

• Autor(a) principal: Gama,Elter G.
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Oliveira,Gildiberto M.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532017000100049
• topic: gold electrodeposition; carbon paste electrode; glycerol; planning factorial; voltammetry

The gold electrodeposition process from a glycerol solution on a carbon paste electrode (CPE) was investigated by voltammetry and the morphologies of the electrodeposits were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Voltammetric study indicated that AuCl4− was reduced to Au0 and the process was mixed controlled (mass transport and electron transfer), preceded probably by AuCl4− decomplexation. Glycerol affected the kinetic of gold electrodeposition in function of the AuCl4− concentration. SEM images indicated that the gold electrodeposit covered totally some of the graphite flake by a homogeneous morphology, regardless of the electrodeposition condition. Moreover, using a full factorial planning it was verified that the deposition charge and potential affected the modified CPE performance in a potassium ferrocyanide solution, while HAuCl4 and glycerol concentrations affected only by interactions with the other factors.