abstract wenner direct contact method is a method of estimating apparent electrical conductivity (eca) of agricultural soils in situ. this method can be affected by factors such as quality of electrodes in contact with soil, type of employed electric current, moisture content, clay content and compaction of soil. in this research, the effect of electrode type (rod and plate) and electric curren...

Miniature, potentiometric, solid-state, carbon monoxide (CO) sensors with semiconducting oxide electrodes were investigated over the temperature range 5001–7001C. The effects of the electrochemical properties of the semiconducting oxides, after the addition of a catalyst and an alkaline metal oxide were evaluated in terms of the improvement in selectivity and response time. A sensor with high s...

We report on a new counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), which is prepared using layer-by-layer assembly of negatively charged graphene oxide and positively charged poly (diallyldimethylammonium chloride) followed by an electrochemical reduction procedure. The DSC devises using the heteroleptic Ru complex C106TBA as sensitizer and this new counter electrode reach power conver...

A novel electrochemical technique for DNA detection has been developed by a simple combination cisplatin and a glassy carbon electrode. The complexation of cisplatin with DNA caused suppression of the electroreduction of cisplatin owing to the steric hindrance and, subsequently, the electrolytic current for reducing proton that is catalyzed by the platinum deposited on the glassy carbon electro...

The oxidation of a pure pyrite by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans is not really a constant phenomenon; it must be considered to be more like a succession of different steps which need characterization. Electrochemical studies using a combination of a platinum electrode and a specific pyrite electrode (packed-ground-pyrite electrode) revealed four steps in the bioleaching process. Each step can be ide...

The effect of pH and electrochemical potential on copper uptake, xanthate adsorption and the hydrophobicity of sphalerite were studied from flotation practice point of view using electrochemical and micro-flotation techniques. Voltammetric studies conducted using the combination of carbon matrix composite (CMC) electrode and surface conduction (SC) electrode show that the kinetics of activation...

In comparison to the clean conditions of ultrahigh vacuum (UHV), we investigate influence ambient on potential screening (PS) at interfaces Au and Pt electrodes with ionic liquids [C8C1Im][Tf2N] [C8C1Im]Cl. Our study is based a proof-of-principle experiment that shows PS measurements performed by XPS yield same results as using specific 3-electrode sample holder setup, both in UHV. Based this, ...

a modified electrode was prepared by modification of the carbon paste electrode (cpe) with graphene nano-sheets. the fabricated modified electrode exhibited an electrocatalytic activity toward gallic acid (ga) oxidation because of good conductivity, low electron transfer resistance and catalytic effect. the graphene modified cpe had a lower overvoltage and enhanced electrical current respect to...