The electrodeposition of silver from supercritical carbon dioxide/acetonitrile

Philip N. Bartlett, Magdalena Perdjon-Abel, David Cook, Gillian Reid, William Levason, Fei Cheng, Wenjian Zhang, Michael W. George, Jie Ke, Richard Beanland, Jeremy Sloan

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Abstract

Cyclic voltammetry of silver coordination complexes in acetonitrile and in a single-phase supercritical carbon dioxide/acetonitrile (scCO2/CH3CN) system is reported. Five silver precursors are investigated: (1,5-cyclooctadiene)(hexafluoroacetylacetonato) silver(I) [Ag(hfac)(COD)], (hexafluoroacetylacetonato)(triphenylphosphine) silver(I) [Ag(hfac)(PPh3)], (perfluorooctanoato)- bis(triphenylphosphine) silver(I) [Ag(CF3(CF2)6CO2)(PPh3)2], tetrakis( triphenylphosphine) silver(I) tetrafluoroborate [Ag(PPh3)4]- [BF4] and tetrakis(acetonitrile) silver(I) tetrafluoroborate [Ag- (CH3CN)4][BF4]. Of these, [Ag(CH3CN)4][BF4] is found to be the most suitable for electrodeposition of silver from scCO2/CH3CN.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberCELC201300131
JournalChemElectroChem
Volume1
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Jan 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cyclic voltammetry
  • Electrochemistry
  • Silver
  • Supercritical fluid
  • Voltammetry

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • Electrochemistry

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