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The inclusion of a generation-4 polyamidoamine (G4-PAMAM) dendrimer in a silica sol-gel yielded a solid electrolyte that was used to encapsulate Prussian Blue (PB), iron(III) hexacyanoferrate(II), and cobalt hexacyanoferrate. The PB was synthesized in the doped silica by sequential immersion of a monolith in 0.1 M K4Fe(CN)6, water, and 0.1 M FeCl3. Inclusion of G4-PAMAM resulted in a nanoporous anion-exchange material with a capacity of 10.1 mmol g–1, which is about four times greater than the capacity of silica alone. Relative to its G0 counterpart, the G4-PAMAM doped silica increased the rate of formation of PB by a factor of ca. 20. The solid state voltammetry of PB in the doped silica had the usual features for this compound. At 0.1 V vs. a Ag quasi-reference electrode, a reversible reduction was seen; the relationship between current and scan rate was that for a surface-confined redox couple. The quasi-reversible oxidation of PB was observed at 0.85 V. Inclusion of G4-PAMAM increased the lifetime of silica as a solid electrolyte from a few days to at least three months. Raman microprobe mapping analysis demonstrated that PB was homogeneously distributed across the entire width (ca. 1 mm) of the G4-doped monolith with 20-h immersions.
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Zamponi, S., Kijak, A.M., Sommer, A.J. et al. Electrochemistry of Prussian Blue in silica sol-gel electrolytes doped with polyamidoamine dendrimers. J Solid State Electrochem 6, 528–533 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-002-0269-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-002-0269-4