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Electrochemical synthesis and nucleation and growth mechanism of Prussian blue films on p-Si(100) electrodes

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In this study, we examined the synthesis of Prussian blue onto p-Si(100). The Prussian blue formation was carried out by means of the deposition of a Fe film and then its dissolution in presence of potassium hexacyanoferrate(II). In the first stage, a study by cyclic voltammetry was carried out, and then, using the potential step method, the corresponding nucleation and growth mechanism were determined. Likewise, a morphologic analysis of the deposits obtained at different potential values by means of atomic force microscopy was carried out. The results are consistent with a 3D progressive nucleation with diffusion-controlled growth. Finally, this research is oriented to construct electrochemical storage devices which can be in situ loaded by the photovoltaic action of the semiconductor base material doped silicon.

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Acknowledgment

We thank FONDECYT, Chile for the financial support for this study (grant no. 1090217) and the Dirección de Investigación e Innovación of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (grant no. 037.108/2008 DII-PUCV). E. Muñoz and R. Henríquez thank Programa Bicentenario de Ciencia y Tecnología, PSD82. R. E. Marotti also acknowledges the support received from CNPq (Brazil, Prosul Program, Project # 490580/2008-4), PEDECIBA–Física, Administración Nacional de Investigación e Innovación (ANII) and the Comisión Sectorial de Investigación Científica (CSIC) of the Universidad de la República, in Montevideo, Uruguay. Special thanks to Fritz Scholz of the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald for his collaboration on the discussion of this work.

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  1. Instituto de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Casilla 4059, Valparaíso, Chile

    Eduardo Carlo Muñoz, Ricardo A. Córdova, Rodrigo G. Henríquez, Ricardo S. Schrebler & Regina Cisternas

  2. Instituto de Física, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de La República, Herrera y Reissig 565, C.C. 30, 11000, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Ricardo E. Marotti

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Muñoz, E.C., Córdova, R.A., Henríquez, R.G. et al. Electrochemical synthesis and nucleation and growth mechanism of Prussian blue films on p-Si(100) electrodes. J Solid State Electrochem 16, 93–100 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-010-1279-2

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